Av. Nur Gülmez | LL.M. Türkçe

Data Protection Compliance (KVKK and GDPR)

Data inventory, privacy notice and consent processes, data processor agreements and cross-border transfers.

Personal data compliance is a matter of process, not of drafting. A privacy notice written before the underlying data flow has been mapped provides no protection.

In the decisions of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board, final responsibility rests with the company in its capacity as data controller — including where an employee has shared data inadvertently. Staff training alone does not constitute a defence.

Areas of work

  • Data inventory and records of processing activities
  • Establishing privacy notice and explicit consent processes
  • Data processor and data sharing agreements
  • Cross-border transfers of personal data
  • Legal review of technical and organisational measures
  • Breach notification and incident response planning