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ARTICLE · 26 FEBRUARY 2021

Personal Data Protection Board Announced Its Decision Regarding A Bank's Failure To Act In Compliance With The Given Instructions.

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As a result of the complaint of the data subject complainant, regarding the data controller Bank ("Data Controller") who did not fulfil its obligation to inform in accordance with Article 11 of the...

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As a result of the complaint of the data subject complainant, regarding the data controller Bank ("Data Controller") who did not fulfil its obligation to inform in accordance with Article 11 of the Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698 ("PDP Law"), the Personal Data Protection Board ("Board") rendered a decision dated 08.10.2020 and numbered 2020/766 ("Decision Dated 08.10.2020") regarding the Bank's failure to comply with the previous Board Decision dated 06.02.2020 and numbered 2020/98 ("Decision Dated 06.02.2020"), which required the correction of the deficiencies in the Bank's privacy notice.

In its Decision Dated 06.02.2020, the Board has stated the lack of compliance of the privacy notice on the Data Controller's website with the relevant provisions of the Communiqué on Principles and Procedures to be Followed in Fulfillment of the Obligation to Inform ("Communiqué") due to the facts that the personal data processing conditions stipulated by the

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