Personal Data Protection Authority in its announcement dated 11.03.2021; stated that the data controllers could not fully fulfill their registration obligations to Verbis during the Covid-19 process we went through and that they received a lot of requests regarding this issue. He also underlined that these requests come directly from data controllers, as well as from the top organizations to which they are affiliated, various sector representatives, and some public institutions and professional organizations in the nature of public institutions. The current Verbis registration dates announced in the announcement are as follows.

• The deadline for real and legal person data controllers with more than 50 employees or an annual financial balance sheet total of more than 25 million TL and real and legal person data controllers residing abroad to fulfill their registration obligation to the Registry is 31.12.2021,
• The deadline for real and legal person data controllers whose annual number of employees is less than 50 and whose annual financial balance sheet is less than 25 million TL and whose main field of activity is to process sensitive personal data is to fulfill their obligation to register in the Registry, is 31.12.2021,
• The deadline determined for the data controllers of public institutions and organizations and professional organizations in the nature of public institutions to fulfill their obligation to register in the Registry has reached the date of 31.12.2021.
  It was decided to extend it.

Announcement link: kvkk.gov.tr