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Turkiye: Data residency obligation in Turkish social media law 2020

Progress

Current status
in force
31 Jul 2020 in force
29 Jul 2020 adopted

Scope

Implementers
Turkiye
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

31 Jul 2020
in force

Data residency requirement in social media law implemented

With the publication in the Turkish Official Gazette, Law No. 7253 amending the "Law on Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publications" is implemented by the Turkish Parliament. The Law r…

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
29 Jul 2020
adopted

Data residency requirement in social media law adopted

Law No. 7253 amending the "Law on Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publications" is adopted by the Turkish Parliament. The Law requires "social networks" that are accessed by more than o…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament