The "Pandemic Isolation Tracking Project", which aims
to observe the movements of quarantined people and regions, has
been announced by the Presidency Of The Republic Of Turkey; in the
announcement, it is stated that the aim of the project is to make
analysis to prevent further spread of the epidemic.
In the project, which will be carried out in cooperation with
the Ministry of Health, Information Technologies and Communications
Authority and all GSM operators, it has been realized that the
location information of the individuals will be monitored by GSM
operators, which may violate personal data security and
privacy.
By publishing an announcement regarding the subject on
09.04.2020, the Personal Data Protection Authority has declared
that the processing of the location data by the authorized
institutions and organizations in order to prevent further spread
of the pandemic will be considered under the exception of the
Article 28 of KVKK, as the epidemic disease
