Legitimate Interest As A Basis Of Processing Personal Data In Employment Relations

Following fast development in information technologies and intensive processing activities of any personal data, the need for the protection of personal data has become incrementally vital. To meet such needs, the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("Law") entered into force in Turkey on 07-04.2016 and imposed certain obligations on data controllers and data processors. Employer-employee relations, an area where personal data is heavily processed, have also been affected by the Law and its secondary regulations. Employers were already obliged to keep their employees' personal data confidential by certain regulations such as the Turkish Code of Obligations, Labor Law, and Occupational Health and Safety Law, and their obligations have increased with the entry into force of the Law.