Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority
("Authority") has published an announcement on March 11,
2021, stating that the deadline for the mandatory registration to
VERBIS has been extended till the end of this year, 2021.
According to Article 16 of Personal Data Protection Law no. 6698
("DP Law"), data controllers (be they natural or legal
persons) processing personal data is under the obligation of being
registered in VERBIS prior to the start of data processing.
What is VERBIS?
VERBIS ("Veri Sorumluları Sicil Bilgi Sistemi"
meaning Data Controllers' Registry Information System) is the
registration platform which natural or legal persons who process
personal data has to register before they start the data processing
within Turkey.