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ARTICLE · 28 NOVEMBER 2023

Warning From The Authority On Sending Verification Codes To Customers Via Sms During Shopping

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The Personal Data Protection Authority published a Public Announcement on the Processing of Personal Data by Sending a Verification Code via SMS to the Data Subjects during Shopping in Stores.

TurkeyPrivacy
Erva Çolak Tuncel
Erva Çolak Tuncel
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The Personal Data Protection Authority ("Authority") published a Public Announcement ("Announcement") on the Processing of Personal Data by Sending a Verification Code via SMS to the Data Subjects during Shopping in Stores.

The announcement was made due to numerous complaints and notifications received by the Authority stating that during the checkout procedures related to the shopping made in the stores, a verification code was sent to the relevant persons via SMS. The code was requested to be notified to the cashier for reasons such as completing the payments or updating the information but that commercial electronic messages were sent to the relevant persons after the mentioned transaction.

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