Important Notice for Hotels
Important Notice for Hotels
In the warning letter sent by TÜROFED (Turkish Hoteliers Federation) to its member hotels, Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, which will come into force at the end of May, and the obligations it will bring, were reminded.
It has been reported that serious penalties will be imposed on businesses that somehow leak the private or personal information of their guests to outside sources.
In this warning letter sent, information was given about how the Personal Data Protection Law will be implemented and how this situation can be achieved.
This law will come into force as of May 25, 2018.
In the letter sent by TÜROFED, it was stated: "It is important to take the necessary precautions, especially regarding the sharing of personal data, which is expected to cause serious problems in hotel and agency relations, in order to prevent problems that may lead to victimization in the future.
Many hotels must have taken the warnings into account and have already added articles to their websites stating that they comply with the Personal Data Protection Law. It is even written in detail for what purpose each information received when checking in to the hotel will be used, with whom and how this information will be shared within the scope of the law, and at this point, what rights the data source, that is, the customer, can claim.