Personal Data Protection Authority Has Published Guideline On The Processing Of Turkish Republic Identity Numbers

The Personal Data Protection Authority ("Authority") published Guidelines on the Processing of Turkish Republic Identity Numbers ("Guidelines") on January 16, 2024.

The Guideline emphasizes that the Authority has received many complaints that the direct processing of Turkish Republic ID numbers is being preferred by data controllers/processors while other methods are possible. In this context, since the main purpose of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("Law") is to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, it is emphasized that data processing activities should be limited in a way to cause minimum interference with such rights, and it is pointed out that the Turkish ID number has an important place since it is not special personal data, but it can also provide access to other personal data.