Abstract:

Developments in the field of information and communication technologies not only make our lives easier, but also bring about various problems. Virtual platforms may become an element of threat today as areas where individuals are the most defenseless. One of the primary areas of issues observed in the digital world is that data belonging to people are used by others without their permission. This situation, along with privacy, initiated debates about deleting the traces that people left in the digital world but would not want to be seen later, and this has become a social issue. Significant steps are being taken in modern and democratic societies on the issue of preventing access by others to information shared by people themselves or others knowingly or unknowingly on the internet through search engines. Turkey is also sensitive about the developments in this issue and the “right to be forgotten” was included in Turkey’s legal system with a 2015 decision by the Committee of Common Law of the Court of Appeals as a precedent. “Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal” was accepted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and entered into force upon publication on the official gazette on 07.04.2016. This is an important step. However, this area requires comprehensive legislative regulations. This article reviewed the relevant literature, investigated he threats created by traces people left in the digital world in the scope of the “right to be forgotten” as an area of issues, and analyzed the state of Turkey in the light of legislative steps taken in the world and in Turkey, as well as the developments in the world.

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