DEADLINE REMINDER FOR THE REGISTRATION WITH THE DATA CONTROLLERS REGISTRY (VERBIS)
Pursuant to the decision numbered 2021/38 of the Personal Data Protection Authority published on 16 March 2021in the Official Gazette, the deadlines for the registration with the Data Controllers Registry (VERBIS) has been extended.
We would like to inform you of the new extension dates asfollows, which will expireon 31 December 2021 (unless it is extended once again with a new decision):
| Data Controllers | Deadline |
| Data controllers whose annual number of employees exceeds 50 or whose annual balance sheet total (total assets on the balance sheet) exceeds TRY 25 million | 31.12.2021 |
| Data Controllers residing abroad | 31.12.2021 |
| Data controllers whose (I) number of annual number of employees is lower than 50 and whose annual balance sheet total (total assets on the balance sheet) is lower than TRY 25 million and (ii) whose main field of activities is processing sensitive personal data (in Turkish, “özel nitelikli kişisel veri”) | 31.12.2021 |
| State Institutions and Organizations , Professional Organizations with Public İnstitution Status | 31.12.2021 |
Please note that Data Controllers may send their applications for registration through their Electronic Registered E-email (in Turkish “KEP”), to the address of kvkk.verbis@hs01.kep.tr. It would suffice to indicate the application number in the “subject” of the e-mail. Submission of documents with wet signature is not required by the Personal Data Protection Authority. Thereafter, the allocated username and password will be sent to the Data Controller’s e-mail address provided in the application form, to be followed through the system at https://verbis.kvkk.gov.tr/ .
Please also note that Data Controllers who process personal data only through manual means (non-automatic), provided that such data is part of a data recording system, are excluded from the obligation to register to VERBIS.
For detailed information regarding VERBIS, the official website of the Personal Data Protection Authority is as follows: https://kvkk.gov.tr/ (in Turkish) and https://www.kvkk.gov.tr/en/ (in English)
Our Law Firm remains at your disposal for any further clarifications you may need.