Article 10 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“PDPL”) imposes an obligation to inform under the article title "Data Supervisor's Obligation to Inform" about the subjects on address and information of T.R. Ministry of Interior Presidency of Migration Management which is the data supervisor, the purpose for which personal data will be processed, to whom and for what purpose the processed personal data can be transferred, the method and legal reason for collecting personal data, the rights included in Article 11 of the PDPL that the personal data owner can direct to the data supervisor.
This Clarification Text on Personal Data Protection Law has been prepared in order to inform and enlighten the data owners in accordance with the PDPL and the relevant legislation.
Identity of the Data Supervisor
Data Supervisor: T.R. Ministry of Interior
- Telephone: +90 (312) 422 46 00
- Website Address: https://www.icisleri.gov.tr
- E-mail Address: icisleribakanligi.kvkk@hs01.kep.tr
- Address: Devlet Mahallesi İnönü Bulvarı No: 4 PK: 06010 Çankaya/ANKARA
1. Purpose
Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes:
- Ensuring that the T.R. Ministry of Interior Presidency of Migration Management is able to continue its activities,
- Carrying out the necessary works to enable the foreigner to benefit from the services provided by the T.R. Ministry of Interior Presidency of Migration Management,
- Creating and managing records of foreign persons and service recipients,
- Carrying out evaluation and analysis studies within the legal limits regarding the foreign person,
- Providing information about the changes that may occur in our terms of service and electronic services,
- Ensuring that the human resources policies of the T.R. Ministry of Interior Presidency of Migration Management are carried out,
- Ensuring the legal and commercial security of the T.R. Ministry of Interior Presidency of Migration Management and the institutions/persons with which it has business relations,
- Planning the works carried out with our operational partners, determining and implementing the strategies of the T.R. Ministry of Interior Presidency of Migration Management,
- Carrying out research studies and analysis, including surveys, to measure the satisfaction of service recipients with the services provided,
- Resolving complaints regarding the services provided to service recipients and processing data access or correction requests,
- Monitoring and execution of legal processes and communication processes with other official institutions,
- Conducting relations with service recipients and monitoring institutional management activities,
- Creating and updating efficiency reports by obtaining information about foreign person-based developments in the service provided,
- Facilitating the social media sharing function within the scope of the service provided,
- Planning information security processes, creating and managing information technology infrastructure,
- Carrying out risk management, ensuring business continuity, monitoring contract processes or legal requests,
- Carrying out the activities and procedures of the Presidency of Migration Management,
- Conducting the relations between the foreign person and the Presidency of Migration Management and monitoring institutional management activities,
- Carrying out monetary, accounting and financial transactions by the Presidency of Migration Management, and performing risk management,
2. Personal Data Collection Method and Legal Reason
Your personal data, as stated in Articles 5 and 6 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, pursuant to;
- Explicit consent of the relevant person in cases where it is mandatory to obtain his/her explicit consent,
- The provisions of the relevant law, if explicitly stipulated in the law,
- Processing of personal data of the parties of a contract is necessary, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of the contract,
- Being necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the data supervisor is subject,
- Data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of any right,
- Processing of data is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the data supervisor, provided that this processing shall not violate the fundamental rights and freedoms of the relevant person,
In order to provide the continuation of the activities, in accordance with the principles and procedures stipulated by the Personal Data Protection Law and other legislation, based on the fulfilment of the purposes and legal obligations specified in this Clarification Text; is processed through channels such as application forms, websites membership and contact forms, websites e-bulletin registration forms, cookies, interviews, job application forms by the T.R. Ministry of Interior Presidency of Migration Management.
3. Transfer of Personal Data to Third Parties
3.1. Transfer of Your Personal Data to Third Parties within the Country
In order to achieve the purposes specified in the Policy on Protection and Processing of Personal Data and the Policy on Protection and Processing of Sensitive Personal Data; your personal data may be shared and transferred with the direct and indirect solution partners of the Presidency of Migration Management, event companies, digital agencies, call center service providers, audit companies, banks, financial institutions, consulting firms that provide support in the fields of law, tax, etc., insurance companies and other solution partners, third parties providing outsourced services within the country in areas such as storage, archiving, information technologies (server, hosting, program, cloud computing), security, call center, legally authorized public institutions and organizations, and private individuals, within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Article 6 of the Personal Data Protection Law.
3.2. Transfer of Your Personal Data to Third Parties Abroad
Pursuant to Article 9 of the PDPL, personal data may be transferred abroad in the following circumstances:
- The existence of the relevant person's explicit consent,
- In data transfer to countries with adequate protection (countries deemed safe by the Board), the existence of the circumstances specified in the Law (conditions specified in the second paragraph of Article 5 and the third paragraph of Article 6 of the Law),
- In data transfer to countries where there is no adequate protection, the existence of the circumstances specified in the Law (the conditions specified in the second paragraph of Article 5 and the third paragraph of Article 6 of the Law), the existence of the written commitment of adequate protection by the data supervisors in the foreign country and the permission of the Board.
If the institution transfers data to third parties located abroad who are data supervisors, the minimum conditions are determined by the Personal Data Protection Authority in accordance with Article 9 of the PDPL. In cases where both parties are data supervisors, a commitment letter signed by both parties is submitted to the Personal Data Protection Authority. The data transfer in question will be carried out with the approval of the Personal Data Protection Authority, and the Authority will not transfer data to the aforementioned third parties without obtaining this approval.
4. Rights of the Relevant Person
By applying to the T.R. Ministry of Interior in accordance with Article 11 of the PDPL; you have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed or not, to request information about it if it has been processed, to learn the purpose of the processing of your personal data and whether these personal data are used in compliance with the purpose, to know the third parties to whom your personal data are transferred in the country / abroad, to request correction of your personal data if it has been processed incorrectly or incompletely and to request notification of the transaction made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data is transferred, to request the erasure or destruction of your personal data in the event that the reasons requiring the processing of your personal data disappear in order to be evaluated within the principles of purpose, duration and legitimacy and to request notification of the transaction made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data are transferred, to object to the occurrence of a result against you in the event that your processed personal data is analyzed exclusively through automated systems, to claim compensation for the damage arising from the unlawful processing of your personal data.
You can submit your requests arising from PDPL to our Ministry in writing by filling out the “Data Owner Application Form” or by other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board. You can submit the Data Owner Application Form to our Ministry in person along with documents verifying your identity, send it via KEP to icisleribakanligi.kvkk@hs01.kep.tr, by e-mail, or through a notary to the address “Devlet Mahallesi İnönü Bulvarı No:4 PK: 06010 Çankaya/Ankara”.
Our Ministry will process your requests in accordance with Article 13 of the PDPL, free of charge, within 30 (thirty) days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. However, if the transaction requires an additional cost, the fees specified in the tariff determined by the Board may be charged to you. If your request is rejected, the reason(s) for rejection will be sent to you in writing or electronically, along with the grounds.
This Clarification Text can be updated by our Ministry when deemed necessary. In the event of a revision, you can access the most recent version of the Clarification Text on our bulletin boards and website.
You can always follow the changes within the scope of the legislation and our practice regarding personal data on the relevant page of our website.