Turkey:
Personal Data Protection Board Decision On Data Subject's Request To Be Excluded From Results Of Search Engine Queries About Employer University
17 March 2021
Moroglu Arseven
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The Personal Data Protection Board
("Board") issued a decision, dated 8
December 2020, and numbered 2020/927, on a data subject-university
lecturer's ("Petitioner") request to
be excluded from results of search engine queries about certain
scandalous but unproven information regarding Petitioner's
university employer.
The Board found no grounds under Personal Data Protection Law
numbered 6698 to grant the requested relief. The Board reasoned
that, in as much as the substance of the petition raises issues of
libel rather than data protection, the petition was misplaced. The
appropriate forum is a trial court.
The Board's decision is available at this link. (Only
available in Turkish).
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