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ARTICLE · 19 OCTOBER 2016

Data Protection 2016

Ersoy Bilgehan
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The principal data protection legislation is the Law on the Protection of Personal Data no. 6698, which was inspired by the European Union Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC.

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1 RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

1.1 What is the principal data protection legislation?

The principal data protection legislation is the Law on the Protection of Personal Data no. 6698 (the "Data Protection Law"), which was inspired by the European Union Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC (the "EU Directive").

The Data Protection Law entered into force on 7 April 2016; however, its provisions relating to the transfer of data, rights of the data subject, data controllers registry, administrative fines, and criminal sanctions will enter into force six months following its effective date.

1.2 Is there any other general legislation that impacts data protection?

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