Joint controllership in Terms of Personal Data Protection Law and General Data Protection Regulation

Due to technological and scientific developments in the world, personal data has become both a raw material and a product. As the speed of these developments increases, the need for the protection of personal data also increases and this need is changing from day to day. In order to meet this need, it has accepted in the personal data protection law that the data controller may act alone or jointly with someone else. While this new type of data controllership aims to increase the level of protection of personal data on the one hand, it also give more obligations and responsibilities on data controllers. In this study, the structure of the concept of joint controllership, the relationship between joint data controllers and their compliance obligations were examined, and the applicability of the concept of joint data controllership in Turkish law was evaluated in line with this review.