Ertuğrul Can Canbolat LL.M., Baran Can Yildirim, LL.M. and S. İrem Akin of Actecon write:
Article 12 of the Turkish Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“TurkishData Protection Law“) entitled “Obligations Regarding Data Security” deals with the obligations of the data controller.
Article 12/1 of the Turkish Data Protection Law states the data controller shall take all necessary technical and organizational measures to provide a sufficient level of security. In addition, Article 12/5 of the Law obliges the data controller to notify the Board of Protection Personal Data (“Board“) as well as data subjects in case personal data is acquired through unlawful means by stating that “in case processed personal data are acquired by others through unlawful means, the data controller shall notify the data subject and the Board of such situation as soon as possible. The Board, if necessary, may declare such situation on its website or by other means which it deems appropriate.”
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