Personal Data Protection and Safeguarding Draft Act
June 2019
Article 17: If every function of processing has a separate controller or processor, they will only be responsible for that function.
Article 18: If there are numerous controllers or processors for each function, the assumption is that of equal responsibility
unless it is proven otherwise.
Section Two: Credibility of process
Subsection One: Permissibility
Article 19: When the acquiring of consent from the person who is the subject of data is necessary, depending on the kind and
degree of processing, the number of persons who are subject of data, the method of consent given by them and relevant costs,
the relevant consent form should be designed and be considered as an inseparable part of the agreement to process.
Article 20. Playing a role in any of the functions of personal data processing as a job or independent career, even on a case
by case or temporary basis, whether for profit or not, requires a license or certificate from relevant competent authorities.
Note: Possessing the license or certificate subject if this article doesn’t exempt one from other requirements of this law,
especially the necessity for acquiring consent from the persons who are subject of data and their observance is necessary.
Article 21. The controllers or processes of personal data are only exempt from the necessity outlined in Article 20 if they only
process the personal data of their potential or existing customers only for the subject of their own activity.
Article 22. Any professional outsourcing of private data, in addition to observing other regulations, is required to be registered
in the website of the relevant competent authority.
Section two: Supervision
Article 23. For this act, ‘supervision’ consists of any measures by relevant authorities to confirm the credibility, trustability,
referability or requirements of foreign-based processing of personal data including interview, review, supervision, tracing,
observance, in-person or online control by the following:
ARTICLE 19 – Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3GA – www.article19.org – +44 20 7324 2500
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