Legal Issues To Consider When Providing Hotspot Service In Turkey

Hotspot is a public territory where internet access is provided via wireless local area network ("WLAN"). Hotels, restaurants, train stations, bus terminals, hospitals and university campuses are just some of many examples of Hotspot areas. As internet continues to grow, number of public authorities and commercial enterprises providing hotspot service to their guests increase every day and hotspots are used by many laptop and mobile device users. Several methods are used by these entities for allowing internet access such as e-mail information, creating profiles or asking for a membership passwords. While in many cases hotspot services are offered to guests for free, some commercial hotspot providers prefer to charge a certain fee in consideration of this wireless internet access.