Public Announcement on The Extension of The Registration Periods to Verbis (Data Controllers Registry)
Due to Covid-19 pandemic, which has an effect in our country as in the whole world, some workplaces are physically closed or a remote /alternate working model is applied, on the grounds that it is not possible to prepare personal data processing inventory for the data controllers, and the controllers could not fulfil the obligation to register to the Data Controllers Registry in due time, as a result of the evaluation of the requests conveyed to Authority for the extension of the registration periods to the Registry by Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) and various industry representatives, with the decision of Personal Data Protection Board dated 23.06.2020 numbered 2020/482; it has been decided unanimously that;
- For the natural and legal person data controllers and the natural and legal person data controllers abroad, whose annual number of employees is more than 50 or the annual financial balance sheet total more than 25 million TL, the date to fulfil obligation to register in the Registry has been extended to 30.09.2020,
- For the natural and legal person data controllers whose main field of activity is processing of sensitive personal data and whose annual number of employees is less than 50 or the annual financial balance sheet total less than 25 million TL, the date to fulfil obligation to register in the Registry has been extended to 31.03.2021,
- For the public institutions and organizations, the date to fulfil obligation to register in the Registry has been extended to 31.03.2021,
- Announcement of the mentioned decision shall be published on the website of the Authority and in the Official Gazette.
Respectfully announced to the public.