As it is known, one of the conditions for processing personal data within the scope of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“Law”) is “to be made public by the person concerned”.

However, with this public announcement, the Board was reminded that it is not correct to subject publicized data to all kinds of data processing activities.

It was announced with the Decision of the Personal Data Protection Board dated 07.11.2019 and numbered 2019/331 that sending messages for advertising or promotional purposes to individuals through personal data previously made public on social media would violate the Law.

Indeed, the act of publicizing; It is limited to the purpose of the relevant persons to share their personal data with the public. Data controllers; It has been emphasized by the Board again that it would be against the Law for the person concerned to process personal data in a way that is different from or exceeding the purpose of making it public, unless it is based on another processing condition.