On 5 August 2022, the Personal Data Protection Authority ('KVKK') published its Guide on Good Practices in the Banking Sector regarding the Protection of Personal Data¹ ('the Guide'). Melis Mert, Managing Associate – Attorney at Law at BTS & Partners, discusses the provisions of the Guide and its enforceability.

In Turkey, rules regarding commercial communications are governed under Law No. 6563 of 2014 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce ('the E-Commerce Law') and the Regulation on Commercial Communications and Electronic Commercial Messages 2015 ('the Regulation on Commercial Communication'). In 2020, with the amendments made under the Regulation on Commercial Communication, Turkish legislators introduced the Commercial Electronic Message Management System ('İYS'). Can Sözer, Berfu Öztoprak, Ecem Elver, and Ecenur Etiler, from Esin Attorney Partnership, provides an overview of the İYS, including which data companies need to submit to it and details regarding the registration procedure.

On 12 December 2019, the Turkish Institute of Health Data Research and Artificial Intelligence Applications ('the Institute') was established under the Presidency of Turkish Health Institutes, one of the institutions of the Ministry of Health. Melis Mert and Miray Muratoğluc, from BTS & Partners, discuss the background to the Institute, as well as to the health and artificial intelligence ('AI') in Turkey.

On 11 January 2022, the Personal Data Protection Authority ('KVKK') published its draft guidelines on cookie applications¹ ('the Draft Guidelines') for public consultation, which covers cookies placed on the devices of data subjects and relevant privacy-related obligations. Melis Mert and Kaan İlısu, from BTS & Partners, provide an overview of the Draft Guidelines for data controllers who process personal data via cookies and are subject to the Law.