Due to the Covid-19 virus, necessary precautions have been taken
by the organizations; within the scope of these precautions, the
possibility of unauthorized access to personal data has emerged,
including health data of employees or third parties. Organizations
should be very careful to avoid possible violations which might
directly impact the rights and freedoms of persons when taking
relevant preventive measures. In this process, organizations can
follow the methods in the precautions to be taken, which are
elaborated as follows:
1. Remote Working
In order to ensure business continuity, an organization may go
for the option of remote working in this period. In such case, if
organizations do not already have sufficient technical
infrastructure, certain difficulties may be faced. For example,
within the scope of this measure taken to protect public health,
the personal phone numbers of people who do not use the company
phone for communication between people, other
