Data Protection

Our firm has extensive experience in all kinds of data protection and cybersecurity matters, including data protection compliance projects and providing guidance to its clients throughout the data protection legislation as it relates to any aspect of their business, as well as data transfer issues and handling data breach notifications.

We are well experienced in preparing from scratch, redesigning or adapting our clients’ data protection policies and data transfer schemes to comply with Turkish data protection law.

In this context, our firm acts as a trusted advisor to various clients from a wide range of industries in relation to critical and complex data protection matters, including the ones in the below mentioned matters:

  • Providing legal advice for the compliance processes of the clients to the applicable data protection legislation
  • Preparation of all kinds of documentation including but not limited to data processing inventory, corporate polices, confidentiality protocols, data controller’s commitments for our clients’ compliance with data protection legislation
  • Ensuring the necessary cooperation with the IT departments during the creation of data recording systems or harmonizing the data recording systems in use with the obligations under the data protection legislation
  • Drafting and preparation of the agreements that the clients need to execute with their business partners and third parties
  • Providing consultancy and education to the relevant departments of the clients with respect to the data processing, transfer of personal data, deletion, destruction, and anonymization of personal data, and data processor’s obligations in accordance with the legislation