Changes In The PDPL Was Published In THE Official Gazette 11 March 2024
Law No. 7499 on Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure and Some Laws ("Law No. 7499") including critical amendments to the Law No. 6698 on the Personal Data Protection Law ("PDPL") was published in the Official Gazette on March 12, 2024.
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Law No. 7499 amends the conditions for processing special categories of personal data, provisions on data transfer abroad and the appeal procedure against the Board's decisions. |
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To avoid any ambiguity in practice, a transitional provision is being introduced. |
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Article 9 of the PDPL, regulating the transfer of personal data abroad, will be applied both in its current form and in its revised form until September 1, 2024. The other provisions of Law No. 7499 foreseeing amendments to the KVKK will enter into force as of June 1, 2024. |
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