Abstract:

The Turkish Data Protection Code numbered 6698 which was accepted on 24 March 2016 and has been published on the Official Gazette dated on 7 April 2016 and numbered 2967 is mainly inspired by the 95/46/EC Directive. However, some provisions related to the application sphere and general justification grounds in the Turkish Data Protection Code differ with respect to those under the 95/46/EC Directive. While some of these provisions of the Code maintain further protection provided by the Directive to the data subject, others do not sufficiently safeguard the interest of the data subject. In this study, these provisions of the Data Protection Code have been evaluated in line with the aim of the Code, that is to say the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, particularly the right to private life of the data subject. The similarities and differences compared to the 95/46/EC Directive have also been considered.

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