New Guide on Special Categories of Personal Data from KVKK
The “Guide on the Processing of Special Categories of Personal Data” has been published on the official website of KVKK.
Following the amendments made to Article 6 of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data, which regulates the processing of special categories of personal data, by the Law No. 7499 on “Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure and Some Other Laws” published in the Official Gazette No. 32487 dated March 12, 2024, the Personal Data Protection Authority has published the “Guide on the Processing of Special Categories of Personal Data” which elaborately addresses the implementation principles of these amendments.
The guide includes detailed explanations on how the new data processing conditions introduced for the processing of special categories of personal data will be applied in accordance with the new legal regulations.