Legal analysis of Turkish Data Protection
Authority's decision on Amazon Turkey
Turkish Data Protection Authority
("DPA") fined Amazon's Turkish
subsidiary ("Amazon Turkey") for
TRY 1.2 million.
DPA's decision on the fine, which was published DPA's
website on 7 May 2020 ("Decision"),
gives insights on DPA's view on some important matters.
This Decision is particularly important as it is the first
decision that DPA has fined a data controller on "data
transfer abroad" and
"cookies".
We share our analysis below:
| Subject |
Decision |
Our comment |
| A. Commercial electronic
messages |
DPA states in the Decision that:
- Although, Ministry of Commerce is authorized to regulate and
supervise commercial electronic messages under the commercial
messages legislation, DPA is also authorized to regulate and
supervise personal data processing activities relating to
commercial messages. However, Amazon Turkey based its defence that
DPA is not authorised to
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