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The Constitutional Court has decided that Tracking Working Hours with the Fingerprint Registration System Violates the Right to Request the Protection of Personal Data

23 Jun 2022

Application filed in the Constitutional Court (“Court”) decision published in Official Gazette dated 19 April 2022 and numbered 31814, is regarding the allegation that the right to request the protection of personal data within the scope of the right […]

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The Constitutional Court: Termination of Employment Based on Messages in the Messaging Program Downloaded on the Employee’s Computer for Private Use Constitutes a Violation of the Right to Respect the Privacy and Freedom of Communication

23 Jun 2022

The Constitutional Court (“Court”) decided that the employer’s access to the content of private messages on WhatsApp application downloaded by the applicant (“Applicant”) to his computer and the termination of his employment contract based on the content, violates the […]

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The Personal Data Protection Board has issued a Principal Decision enouncing that Accessing Citizens’ Data from the Municipalities’ Payment and Debt Inquiry Services Web Pages, Violates the Personal Data Protection Law

23 Jun 2022

With its decision dated 21 April 2022 and numbered 2022/388 (“The Principal Decision”), the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) rules that accessing the real estate information of citizens only by entering their Turkish ID number on the real estate […]

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TITCK Published Guidelines for the Classification of Diversification Applications and Variation Applications of Licensed Medicinal Products for Human Use

6 Jun 2022

Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (“TITCK”) published the Guidelines for the Classification of Diversification Applications and Variation Applications (“Guidelines”) on 14 April 2022. The Guidelines aims to help the classification by comparing variation applications with diversification applications. The […]

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