Turkiye: Adopted Personal Data Protection Act including cross-border data transfer
Description
Adopted Personal Data Protection Act including cross-border data transfer
On 24 March 2016, the Personal Data Protection Act, including cross-border data transfer, was adopted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye. The Act requires entities to obtain users' consent. Without consent, the entities would be allowed to tr…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer 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
2016-03-24
adopted