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ARTICLE · 05 OCTOBER 2021

The Turkish Data Protection Authority Published Its Assessment On The Processing Of Vaccination Information And PCR Test Results

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On 28 September 2021, the Turkish Data Protection Authority published an assessment regarding the processing of vaccination information and PCR test results on its official website.

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On 28 September 2021, the Turkish Data Protection Authority ("DPA") published an assessment regarding the processing of vaccination information and PCR test results ("Assessment") on its official website (available only in Turkish). Overall, the DPA evaluated the legality of the processing of vaccination information and PCR test results in light of the recent instructions circulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security's obligating private data controllers to process such information. Albeit short, the Assessment contains crucial guidelines on processing health data as per the mentioned governmental instructions. Below is a summary of the Assessment and the issues arising from the DPA's evaluation.

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