NEWSLETTER-2017

330 NEWSLETTER 2017 Protection of Personal Data within the Scope of Labor Law* Att. Yesim Tokgoz Protecting private lives has become a natural need in the age of technology in which almost every place is equipped with cameras and where information, images, and ideas can be shared easily and without boundaries. Within this context, the legal regulations on the protection of personal data have a very wide scope of application by penetrating every branch of law in which real persons are involved. This branch, which is developing in our country, is a leading topic that should be taken into consideration immediately in terms of employers. In this article, we shed light on the obligations of employers within the framework of Law No. 6698 on Protection of Personal Data (“LPPD”) and related legislation. The LPPD regulates, in detail, the data subject, data responsi- bility, data processing conditions, exceptions, and the rights of data subjects, and defines general and private data 1 . The LPPD, which was drawn from Article 20 of the Constitution and from the International Contracts 2 , has constituted the field of application of the obligations laid down in Article 419 of the Turkish Code of Obligations and Ar- ticle 75.2 of the Labor Law. Within this context, employers who are deemed as data supervisors will need to pay attention to the following rules when obtaining, using, storing, and submitting their employees’ information. * Article of July 2017 1 For detailed information please see: http://www.erdem-erdem.av.tr/publications/ law-post/personal-data-protection-under-turkish-and-european-legislation--ii/ (Accessed on 01.08.2017). 2 For detailed information please see: http://www.erdem-erdem.av.tr/publications/ law-post/personal-data-protection-under-turkish-and-european-legislation/ (Ac- cessed on 01.08.2017).