Introduction
The Regulation on the Processing of Personal Data and Protection
of Privacy in the Electronic Communication Sector
(“
Regulation”) has been published in
the Official Gazette dated 4 December 2020 numbered 31324.
The general aim of the Regulation seems to be to ensure the
protection and privacy of personal data in the communications
sector and the regulation of procedures and principles regarding
operators relevant data protection obligations arising from
the Electronic Communication Law
(“
ECL”) numbered 5809 and the Personal
Data Protection Law (“
DPL”) numbered
6698.
The Regulation has been prepared in accordance with the general
personal data protection rules established in the ECL and the DPL;
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