Knowledge is one of the most important values of modern life. Everyday government agencies and private organizations; they collect, store, process and transfer significant amounts of data about individuals. The development of technology will allow people to share and disseminate knowledge worldwide; it causes dangerous situations such as losing control of people's information and using it against them. Protection of personal data is a right that individuals have against unauthorized use of their data by other persons or organizations. With the adoption of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6098 (PDP), a new era has been entered in our country, and the aforementioned Law has provided the citizens with certain rights against the natural and legal persons defined as data controllers, and has also brought some obligations to the data controllers. These obligations concern especially the IT and human resources departments of companies.
Dede Law Firm specializes in solutions that meet technology requirements and needs within the framework of personal data protection legislation. It aims to be one step ahead by closely following domestic and international developments in this field and thus to offer innovative legal solutions to its clients. It implements the Personal Data Protection Compliance Program, which is customized in line with its clients' needs. With the Compliance Program, it is aimed to identify the risks within the company in terms of the responsibility regime envisaged by the new law and to take measures against them, to establish a personal data protection policy on a company basis, to train the personnel responsible for data processing and to fulfill the audit obligation stipulated by the new law.
In order to ensure compliance with the PDP, as Dede Law Firm, our clients:
Determination and analysis of the obligations of the clients within the scope of PDP,
Providing the necessary cooperation with the IT departments during the creation of the data recording systems that the clients should use in order to fulfill the relevant obligations, and providing the necessary support in terms of harmonizing the currently used data recording systems with the obligations under the PDP,
Preparing and/or revising the contracts that the clients have to conclude with their customers or business partners within the scope of PDP,
Providing in-company awareness trainings to all relevant departments (law, HR, IT, marketing, public relations, etc.) within the Data Controller in order to ensure full compliance with the obligations under the PDP,