Our firm has extensive experience in all aspects of privacy and data protection law, providing comprehensive legal services covering key areas of personal data protection and regulatory compliance.

1. Daily Legal Advice to Multinational Companies:
Providing ongoing legal advice on all aspects of data protection law, overseeing and managing data privacy compliance projects, and ensuring that companies comply with applicable legal requirements.

2. Drafting and Reviewing Data Protection Provisions in Various Types of Agreements and Providing Transactional Advice:
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contractual provisions to ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws, data subject rights, and sector-specific rules and regulations. We also advise our clients on licensing agreements, acquisitions, data usage, and data ownership matters.

3. Advising on Data Transfers and Data Protection Compliance in M&A Projects:
Providing legal advice to clients on matters relating to data transfers and data protection compliance requirements within the scope of mergers and acquisitions transactions.

4. Advising on Compliance with Data Protection Regulations:
Providing legal guidance on international data transfers, data localization requirements, cybersecurity obligations, data breach notifications, and available legal remedies.

5. Managing Investigations Conducted by the Turkish Data Protection Authority (KVKK):
Representing and advising clients during investigations conducted by the Turkish Data Protection Authority, providing guidance on data breach notifications and applications for authorization regarding international data transfers, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations, and managing potential legal consequences arising from such investigations. We provide detailed objection strategies against decisions issued by the Turkish DPA concerning our clients.

6. Managing Data Breach Incidents:
Providing legal advice on obligations relating to notification and remediation measures in response to data breaches, as well as managing potential disputes arising from such incidents.

7. ISO 27701 Compliance Consultancy:
Providing expert consultancy services to assist clients in achieving and maintaining compliance with the ISO 27701 standard, guiding them throughout the implementation process, assisting alignment with ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002 standards, and preparing them for certification audits. Our team ensures that clients not only meet the strict requirements of the standard but also enhance their overall data protection and privacy management practices.

8. Representation in Data Protection Disputes:
Representing clients before data protection authorities and courts in proceedings arising from the misuse, unlawful processing, or improper management of personal data.

9. Providing Data Privacy Training to Client Companies:
Providing training sessions, particularly for clients’ Human Resources (HR) teams, regarding data privacy rights and responsibilities, and assisting organizations in developing a culture of compliance with personal data protection laws.

10. Developing Data Protection Policies and Procedures:
Assisting clients in creating and implementing comprehensive data protection policies and procedures tailored to their specific needs, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

11. Advising on Cross-Border Data Transfers:
Providing legal guidance on the complexities associated with cross-border data transfers to ensure that data transfer mechanisms comply with international data protection standards and applicable regulations.

12. Advising on Device Usage and Monitoring Policies:
Providing legal advice on the development and implementation of workplace policies regarding the use of company devices and employee monitoring practices, ensuring legal compliance while respecting employees’ privacy rights.

13. Conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs):
Conducting comprehensive Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) in high-risk data processing scenarios to assist clients in identifying and mitigating risks associated with their data processing activities and ensuring compliance with legal requirements.

14. Advising on Consent Management and Data Subject Rights:
Providing legal advice on obtaining, managing, and documenting valid consents from data subjects, as well as advising on data subject rights, including access, rectification, erasure, and data portability requests.

15. Drafting and Implementing Data Retention Policies:
Assisting clients in drafting and implementing data retention and deletion policies, ensuring compliance with obligations requiring personal data to be retained only for as long as necessary, and providing guidance on the secure destruction of data.

16. Advising on Privacy by Design and Privacy by Default:
Providing guidance to clients to ensure that data protection principles are integrated into the design and operation of IT systems, applications, and business processes from the outset.

17. Advising on Marketing Compliance and Direct Marketing Regulations:
Advising clients on compliance with data protection laws in connection with marketing activities, including email marketing, telemarketing, and online advertising, ensuring that all marketing practices comply with applicable privacy regulations.

18. Advising on Data Protection Audits and Regulatory Reviews:
Assisting clients in preparing for and responding to data protection audits conducted by regulatory authorities or internal compliance teams, ensuring that all data processing activities are transparent and compliant.

19. Advising on Data Protection in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning:
Providing legal guidance on the use of personal data in artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, including issues relating to algorithmic transparency, bias, accountability, and compliance with data protection principles.

20. Advising on Sector-Specific Data Protection Requirements:
Providing legal advice tailored to sector-specific data protection requirements in regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, and telecommunications, ensuring that clients meet enhanced privacy and compliance standards applicable to their respective sectors.

21. Drafting Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) and Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC):
Following the regulatory amendments entering into force after September 2024, assisting multinational companies in drafting and implementing Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) and Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) to facilitate lawful cross-border data transfers within corporate groups and with third parties.