Reporting by a Newspaper About the Sensitive
In a newspaper column about the complainant’s son. There was a news that his father took a break from his job. A while ago due to cancer treatment, therefore the health data, which is special personal data. Of the relevant person, was processed without his consent and shared with third parties. The relevant person’s he did not know that he was receiving cancer. Treatment until the date, this information was kept from him by his family because they. Did not want his psychology and morale to be damaged due to his illness. But after the date of the news, the relevant person was called to wish him a speedy recovery. He learned about his illness and experienced fear of death.
The relevant person was
Upset because he learned that he had cancer from the newspaper and third parties. He became isolated and cut off communication with his family, started receiving Email List psychological treatment due to his fear of death, and refused cancer treatment. It was stated that legal proceedings were requested by the KVKK Institution within the framework of the Law. Since it has been concluded that there is no public interest regarding the application in question, and therefore personal rights prevail over freedom of expression in terms of conflicting rights, the issue cannot be evaluated within the framework of subparagraph (c) of paragraph (1) of Article 28 of Law No. 6698, and therefore the application in question; Within the framework of paragraph (1) of Article 15 of Law No.
It was decided to be examined
Within the framework of the examination, with the decision of the Personal Data Protection Board dated 09/12/2019 and numbered 2019/372; It was decided to impose an administrative fine of 125,000 TL on the B2C Lead newspaper . Contact us immediately to benefit from Albert Solino KVKK Consultancy service. You can find more detailed information on our page on the Protection of Personal Data. Considering that personal data published on the internet is not completely lost, evaluation scores should be announced in accordance with the general principles in Article 4 of the Law, in a way that can only be viewed by relevant persons applying for academic positions and in a way that allows them to be questioned by identity verification.