KVKK legal consultancy
Together with expert partner lawyers, we manage compliance with Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK) through pragmatic solutions that slow down your operations as little as possible.
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- 2016year the law came into force
- GDPRaligned with EU regulation
Compliance is an obligation and an opportunity
Law No. 6698, in force since 7 April 2016, filled an important gap in Turkish legislation and mobilised a wide range of sectors, notably e-commerce, sales, marketing, manufacturing, healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Regulations developed in parallel with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are moving faster than expected; for companies doing business with the EU or operating across borders, a compliance programme brings opportunities as well as risks.
In today’s business environment, where technology has disproportionately increased access to data, companies need to comply quickly to avoid serious sanctions. Beyond legal obligations, building a data protection infrastructure and data policies has become unavoidable.
Because the law takes a horizontal rather than vertical regulatory approach, compliance consultancy requires a multidisciplinary legal perspective. Analysing processes and activities from the standpoint of the Turkish Commercial Code, Labour Law and occupational health and safety legislation is essential.
The law’s real aim is to build a culture of personal data protection within organisations. That is why we combine legal advice with interactive work such as awareness training, so that the company and its staff fully understand the purpose of the law. Only then can data processing policies and day-to-day operations be truly aligned.
Our main services
Within legal compliance, together with our expert partner lawyers we provide:
- 01Awareness trainingTraining that explains the purpose of the law and what it means in daily work.
- 02Process and activity analysisOn-site reviews and one-to-one interviews with departments to map data flows.
- 03Legal documentsPrivacy notices, explicit consent texts, undertakings and other documents the law requires.
- 04Contract reviewReviewing and revising the contracts used in your operations from a data protection perspective.
- 05Compliance report and action planA report on the current situation and a company-specific action plan.
- 06Data inventory and VERBİSBuilding the personal data processing inventory and handling VERBİS registration.
- 07Retention and destruction policyA policy defining how long data is kept and how it is destroyed.
- 08Personal data processing policyA policy setting out the principles by which the company processes personal data.
- 09Requests and complaintsProcedures for handling data subject requests, applications and complaints.
- 10Department proceduresCompliance procedures written around how each department works.
- 11Ongoing advicePeriodic compliance audits and continuous support under KVKK legislation, as needed.
How we run the compliance process
- 1AnalysisWe map your data processing through on-site reviews and department interviews.
- 2ReportingWe prepare a compliance report and an action plan tailored to your company.
- 3ImplementationWe put documents, policies, the inventory and VERBİS steps into place.
- 4Culture and auditTraining makes compliance last; periodic audits keep it on track.
Let’s plan your KVKK compliance together
Write to us to discuss your company’s structure and needs, and we will draw up the right roadmap together.