Turkey’s first data protection and privacy law (the “Law”) came into force on April 7, 2016. The Law, which is largely in line with the EU’s Data Protection Directive, aims to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in particular their right to privacy, with respect to the processing...

Many years in the making, the Turkish Data Protection Law, Turkey’s first data protection and privacy law, recently entered into force. The Law generally follows the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) with certain differences. The aim of the Data Protection Law is to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals,...

6698 sayılı Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Hakkında Kanun (“Kanun”) 24 Mart 2016 tarihinde TBMM’inde kabul edilmiş ve dün Resmi Gazete’de yayımlanmıştır. Kanun’un amacı, kişisel verilerin işlenmesinde başta özel hayatın gizliliği olmak üzere kişilerin temel hak ve özgürlüklerini korumaktır. Kanun, kişisel verilerin işlenmesi, kişisel verilerin tamamen veya kısmen otomatik olan ya da...

TURUNÇ has advised IMS Health in connection with its acquisition of certain information solutions and customer relationship management (CRM) and strategic data businesses of Cegedim. IMS Health is a U.S.-based global provider of information and technology services to the healthcare industry to measure and improve performance. Cegedim is a multinational...