While the role of a data privacy officer is regulated in detail under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Turkey’s Law on the Protection of Personal Data differs in requiring a data controller’s representative, creating confusion in practice. Gün+Partners Managing Associate Begüm Yavuzdogan Okumus, CIPP/E, explains the differences between the role of a data controller’s representative under the LPPD and the regulation of a DPO under GDPR, as well as how to appoint a DPO under Turkish law.
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