Protection of Personal Data in International Law and the General … 33 PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE TURKISH DATA PROTECTION LAW * Dr. İlke GÜRSEL ** Abstract Personal data is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. By means of personal data, it is possible to obtain a detailed portrait about an individual to whom personal data relate. Taking account of the rising amount of data processing in the modern world, personal data become more vulnerable to attacks from third parties. The challenges encountered with regard to data protection have been discussed and handled very delicately in international law for a long time. In respect of Turkish legislation, the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698, which entered into force at the beginning of April 2016, is the first specific and comprehensive law in this field. In this study, our main purpose is to reveal the general terms and principles laid down in the Turkish Data Protection Law and to express some basic similarities and differences between this Law and the EU Data Protection Directive, which is a leading document in the field of data protection. * Have been taken into account some of the findings and analyses discussed within “The Right to Data Protection of the Employee” to be presented at the 1st International Scientific Researches Humanity and Social Sciences Conference (May 19-22, 2016, Madrid, Spain). ** Dr. İlke Gürsel is a research assistant at the Department of Social Security and Labour Law, Faculty of Law, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey. (Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi, İş ve Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku Anabilim Dalı (e-posta: [email protected]) (Makale Gönderim Tarihleri: 13.05.2016-16.05.2016/Kabul Tarihleri: 13.06.2016-02.09.2016)) D.E.Ü. Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 18, Sayı: 1, 2016, s. 33-61 (Basım Yılı: Ekim 2016)
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