Daily Sabah reports:
The Turkish government has forwarded the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data of the Council of Europe to the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) for ratification, in a move to increase the protection of confidentiality for Turkish citizens. The convention focuses on extending the scope of people’s rights and freedoms with special emphasis on personal privacy. It has not been ratified until now even though Turkey signed it in 1981.
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