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Adopted Personal Data Protection Act including data protection measures

On 24 March 2016, the Personal Data Protection Act, including data protection measures, was adopted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye. In particular, the Act would require entities to collect and process data based on legitimate purposes and…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2014-12-26
under deliberation

On 26 December 2014, the Personal Data Protection Act, including data protection measures, was intr…

2016-03-24
adopted

On 24 March 2016, the Personal Data Protection Act, including data protection measures, was adopted…

2016-10-07
in force

On 7 October 2016, the Personal Data Protection Act, including data protection measures, was implem…