GDPR Compliance Advisory
End-to-end implementation, audit-readiness, and ongoing assurance for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) — for controllers, processors, and joint controllers.
Who Needs GDPR Compliance
GDPR applies to any organisation — established in the EU or not — that processes the personal data of individuals in the European Union. Article 3 establishes both territorial scope (establishment in the EU) and extraterritorial scope (offering of goods and services to, or monitoring of, data subjects in the EU). The regulation applies equally to controllers and to processors acting on their behalf.
Turkish entities serving EU clients, EU residents, or operating EU-targeted digital services are within scope and subject to enforcement by EU supervisory authorities.
Engagement Scope
- Applicability and role determination — controller, processor, joint controller, or extraterritorial scope under Article 3(2)
- Personal data mapping — processing activities, data categories, data subjects, lawful bases, recipients, retention, transfers
- Record of Processing Activities (RoPA) — Article 30 register, controller and processor versions
- Lawful basis analysis — Article 6, with special-category data assessment under Article 9
- Privacy notice design — Articles 13 and 14, layered notices for digital channels
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) — Article 35 framework, threshold criteria, and consultation procedure
- Data subject rights operationalisation — access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection
- Controller–processor agreements — Article 28 contractual clauses
- Cross-border transfer mechanisms — adequacy, Standard Contractual Clauses, BCRs, Transfer Impact Assessment
- Personal data breach response — 72-hour notification workflow, data subject notification criteria
- Data Protection Officer (DPO) advisory — appointment criteria, outsourced DPO
- Internal audit and management review
Integration with KVKK and ISO 27701
Turkish entities subject to both KVKK and GDPR can deliver a single, harmonised programme that satisfies both regimes. Where the regimes diverge — explicit consent thresholds, breach notification windows, supervisory authority engagement — we deliver dual-track procedures that minimise operational duplication.
See also: KVKK Compliance · ISO/IEC 27701 PIMS
Enforcement Climate
Supervisory authority enforcement has intensified since 2023, with administrative fines under Article 83 reaching the statutory maximum of EUR 20 million or 4% of total annual worldwide turnover for the most serious infringements. Beyond fines, supervisory authorities increasingly impose corrective measures — processing bans, mandatory deletion orders, and certification revocation — that have direct operational consequence.