COMPLYING WITH THE LAW ON PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION (LPDP) With the implementation of the Law on Personal Data Protection No. 6698 back in 2016, new rules and obligations were imposed to data controllers and data processors. The LPDP further stipulated serious monetary fines and prison sentences to those who violate these obligations. Unfortunately, most data […]
Legal Standing of Distributorship Agreements Distributorship agreements do not have a clear definition under Turkish law and are therefore a complex and unique type of agreement. They can be generally defined as agreements allowing for the distribution of produced goods to customers and end users, where the manufacturer of a specific good agrees with a […]
Data Protection Board recently issued a new decision and fined Amazon Turkey 1.100.000 TRL for violations of data protection and e-commerce legislations, and for unlawful cross-border data transfers especially for data transfers to its overseas affiliates. Moving forward, the decision will have serious ramifications regarding data transfers in Turkey, and in order to better understand […]
With the implementation of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (LPPD) and its secondary regulations, the Data Protection Authority (DPA), tasked with monitoring violations of LPPD obligations, have started to impose administrative fines to persons and/or companies violating their obligations set forth at the LPPD. Although Article 18 of the LPPD […]
As a result of technological innovation and the exponential increase in online content marketing, commercial electronic messages (CEMs) are being used by a majority of individuals and companies for marketing their brands, products and or service. In an effort to regulate these activities, Turkey introduced the Law Regulating the Electronic Commerce No. 6563 (the Law) […]
As of 1 January 2019, the rules for declaring and fulfilling value added tax (VAT) for telecommunications, broadcasting and electronic services had been simplified and payers were able to use special scheme for imposing VAT (so-called MOSS). This means, that cross-border suppliers of digital services were allowed to comply with the laws of the country […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Dr. Stefan Warbek of WARBEK Attorneys at Law. Stefan has joined IR as our exclusive Data Privacy & Security Member in Austria. Dr. Stefan Warbeck founded his own law office in 1999 and specialised in, for instance, copyright law, patent law […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Nicholas Cullen of ALTIJ Law Firm. Nicholas has joined IR as our exclusive Data Privacy & Security Member in France. Qualified to practice in France and England, Nicholas advises clients on a wide range of GDPR compliance issues. An expert on data […]
By now, it is dawning on everyone (even the British) that the Brexit will involve a lot more (legal) questions and (legal) problems than was anticipated. In addition to the economic questions and uncertainty, legal uncertainty is also increasing in commercial relations, particularly in the area of private international law. We will brush up on […]
Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão reinforces the Privacy, Digital and Technology team with the arrival of João Marques as Of-Counsel. Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão reinforces one of the areas with the most accentuated growth in recent years with a prominent name in the Privacy and Data Protection Portuguese panorama. João Marques was a Member of the […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Emir Aksoy of ASY Legal. Emir has joined IR as our exclusive Data Privacy & Security Member in Turkey. Emir Aksoy has recently joined the ASY Legal as partner of the law firm. He obtained his bachelors degree in law from Istanbul […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Ali Yurtsever of ASY Legal. Ali has joined IR as our exclusive Data Privacy & Security Member in Turkey. Ali Yurtsever is the founding partner of ASY LEGAL and its lead practitioner. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University faculty of law […]