Certain periods and deadlines stipulated in Turkish Data Protection Law (KVKK) for VERBIS registration with the decision dated 19.07.2018 and numbered 2018/88. Afterward, these periods were extended 4 times, and the deadlines were postponed for various reasons.

With the decision numbered 2018/88, the deadline for VERBIS registration was determined as 30.09.2019 for data controllers with an annual number of employees over 50 and for data controllers residing abroad.

With the decision numbered 2019/265, the deadline for the above-mentioned data controllers was determined as 31.12.2019; with the decision numbered 2019/387 it was extended as 30.06.2020; with the latest decision numbered 2020/482, it was determined 30.09.2020 and lastly, it was determined as 31.12.2021 with the latest decision numbered 2021/238.

The Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Personnel Certification Mechanism ("Communiqué") is published and entered into forced in the Official Gazette numbered 31681 and dated 06.12.2021 to determine the procedures and principles regarding the certification of Data Protection Officers by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority ("the Turkish DPA".)

The important regulations that draw attention in the Communique are as follows:

Pursuant to duplicated sub-article (B) of Article 298 of Tax Procedure Law, the revaluation rate has been published in the Official Gazette numbered 31672 and dated 27.11.2021. Revaluation rate announced in the rate of 36,20% (thirty-six commas twenty) for 2021.

The long-awaited China Personal Information Protection Law (hereinafter referred to as "Law") was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on August 20, 2021, to enter into force on November 1, 2021. The law mainly regulates how personal data will be collected, used, processed, shared, and transferred abroad by companies operating in the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "China"). The Law, which determines the legal framework in these areas, complements the local data protection regime previously established by the China Cybersecurity Law (hereinafter referred to as "CSL") and national regulations. When the current legal structure of China is examined, it is seen that the legal and technical measures regarding the protection of personal data and data security are implemented through various laws, secondary regulations, and guidelines containing compliance standards. Herein, the Law possesses the title of the first comprehensive and national level regulation regarding personal data. It is crucial as it contains various legally binding compliance standards rather than the guidelines and secondary regulations.