The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (DPA) has
introduced the concept of data protection officers with the
Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the
Personnel Certification Mechanism
("Communiqué"). With its recent
decision, the DPA has stipulated the procedures and principles
regarding the certificate of participation that must be obtained by
data protection officers.
Recent development
The DPA's Communiqué regarding certification as a
data protection officer was published in the Official Gazette dated
6 December 2021; it entered into force on the same date. You may
access our legal alert on the Communiqué here. With its decision No. 2021/1296 dated 23
December 2021, the DPA determined the procedures and principles
("Procedures and Principles") regarding
the certificate of participation that must be obtained to become a
data protection officer. The Procedures and Principles are
available online here (in Turkish).
