The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published a comprehensive report under the 2025 Coordinated Enforcement Framework (CEF), examining how the right to erasure, as regulated under Article 17 of the GDPR, is implemented across Europe. Within the scope of this study, 764 controllers were assessed through investigations conducted by 32 data protection authorities, and the structural challenges encountered in the implementation of the right to erasure, as well as examples of good practices, were identified.

QR code technology has become one of the key tools of the digital economy. From restaurant menus to public services, from e-commerce to financial transactions, QR codes are used across a wide range of contexts and—because they are fast and practical—have become a natural part of user behaviour. However, this widespread adoption also creates an exploitation ground with a low level of suspicion from the attacker’s perspective.

In its Information Note dated 26 February 2026 titled “The Risk Coming with QR Codes: Quishing” (“Information Note”), the Turkish Data Protection Authority (“KVKK”) examines phishing attacks carried out via QR codes in detail and assesses this threat from a personal data security perspective. The Information Note clearly demonstrates that the issue is not merely a technical cybersecurity risk; it is also an area that must be addressed directly within the scope of data protection law.

In Türkiye, the social security system aims to provide protection against risks that every employee may encounter throughout their lifetime. (such as illness, unemployment, old age, disability, death, etc.)

The institutional framework of this system is established under Law No. 5502 on the Social Security Institution (SSI) and Law No. 5510 on Social Insurance and General Health Insurance, and as of 2004, the former systems of the Social Insurance Institution (SSK), the Social Security Organization for Artisans and the Self-Employed (BAĞ-KUR), and the Pension Fund were consolidated under a single institutional structure.