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ARTICLE · 21 DECEMBER 2023

Personal Data Protection Monthly Newsletter: July - August

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The Decision amending the exception criteria for the obligation to register with the Data Controllers Registry.

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The Turkish Personal Data Protection Board's ("Board") Decision

  • On 6 July 2023, the Board published its Decision numbered 2023/1154 ("Decision") on its official website. The Decision amending the exception criteria for the obligation to register with the Data Controllers Registry ("VERBIS"). In the Decision, the Board made the following findings.
  • Some data controllers in Türkiye do not have the obligation to register and notify VERBIS and are considered to be within the exception. One category of data controllers included in the exemption was "real or legal person data controllers with less than 50 employees and an annual financial balance sheet total of less than TRY 25 million, whose main activity is not processing special categories of personal data".

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