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ARTICLE · 26 JANUARY 2023

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The New Restriction: Combining Personal Data Under The EU's Digital Markets Act And Turkey's Data Protection Legislation

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European Union's ("EU") Digital Markets Act ("DMA") entered into force on 1 November 2022. The DMA rules apply to the providers of certain pre-defined core platform services that qualify as "gatekeepers".

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(i) The DMA: New rules for "digital gatekeepers"

European Union's ("EU") Digital Markets Act ("DMA") entered into force on 1 November 2022. The DMA rules apply to the providers of certain pre-defined core platform services that qualify as "gatekeepers". Most of the provisions will be applicable as of 2 May 2023 when the gatekeeper designation procedure will start. Thereupon, providers designated as gatekeepers will have to notify the European Commission ("EC") within 2 months and to comply with a range of obligations and prohibitions within 6 months of their designation as gatekeepers.1

To meet the definition of gatekeeper, a company must offer a "core platform service" (CPS) which is defined as online intermediation services, online search engines, online social network services, video-sharing platform services, number-independent interpersonal communication services, operating systems, cloud computing services, web browsers, virtual assistant or online

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