II.1.Data Protection Law in Turkey
Article 6 of the Data Protection Act is the main provision that sets out the framework…
Data Protection Act does not provide a definition of the special categories of personal…
“Personal data relating to the race, ethnic origin, political opinion, philosophical belief, religion,religious sect or other belief, appearance, membership to associations, foundations or trade unions, data con
are defined as special categories of personal data
In addition, Data Protection Act specifies the main condition for processing special…
Article 6 also includes exceptional legal grounds under which the data controller…
While it is unclear why the Data Protection Act distinguishes health and sexual data…
Paragraph 4 of Article 6 refers to the necessity for additional security measures…
• prepare a separate policy and procedures for special categories of personal data;• take specific measures for the special category of personal data processing activities in which the employees are involved;…
• take specific measures for the processing activities which take place in electronic environments;…
• take certain measures for processing activities that take place in physical environments;…
• take certain measures for transferring special categories of personal data.…
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