Huawei Will Be Able to Move Personal Data Abroad

Huawei Telecommunication Foreign Trade Limited Company, Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK)has received positive results from its application and will now be able to transfer personal data to servers located abroad without requesting consent from users.

Here is the announcement on KVKK’s website:

The application for a Letter of Commitment regarding the transfer of personal data abroad, submitted to our Institution by Huawei Telekomünikasyon Dış Ticaret Limited Şirketi, was evaluated by the Personal Data Protection Board (Board) within the scope of subparagraph (b) of the 2nd paragraph of Article 9 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 and determined the procedure and principles. It was observed that there were no deficiencies and the data transfer in question was allowed by the Board on 28.05.2024.

So what does this statement mean?

One of the expressions in the relevant paragraph is ‘In case there is no adequate protection, the relevant data controllers in Turkey and the relevant foreign country undertake to provide adequate protection in writing and have the permission of the board. without the express consent of the person personal data may be transferred abroadIt appears as ‘. This means that Huawei can take internet users’ data abroad without seeking consent, within the scope of the permission given.

IT Specialist speaking on the subject Füsun Sarp NebilHe stated that Turkey acts with the regulations of 1995 and is behind the standards set by the EU in 2016, and that these regulations do not protect our data.

On the other hand, Huawei, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir UraloğluAccording to the statements of , it owns approximately half of the internet infrastructure in Turkey. Nebil claims that this rate is 80%. Nebil also says that this situation poses a security problem.

Huawei was previously banned in many countries and US-China Trade War It was at the center of controversy during the period.