CottGroup® organized the seminar titled "The Affects of KVKK-GDPR on Companies" in Cooperation with Ulutek

By organizing a seminar at Bursa Ulutek Technology Development Zone on 09-10-2019 about the affects of KVKK (“Personal Data Protection Law”) and GDPR on the companies in Türkiye; CottGroup^® shared with the participants the rights and responsibilities of real and legal persons within the scope of the legislation in the first place, and then the requirements that companies have to fulfill in order to complete their compliance processes. In addition to compliance processes, the administrative and technical measures were shared with the participants, that must be taken by the companies to comply with the law.

CottGroup® is proud to have ISAE 3402 Type II Security Standards

CottGroup^® member companies earned ISAE 3402 Type II certification, referred to as GDS 3402 according to the Turkish Standards (formerly known as SAS 70) as per to the audits held by PKF International.

The ISAE 3402 Type II certification guarantees that the service vendor offers its services and operates according to the quality standards and security measures with international standards.

What is ISAE 3402 Standard?

This standard is a proof measure, showing the service vendor has implemented highest level of control mechanisms implemented to the services being rendered, along with having these services optimized and continuous under any circumstance. An independent auditor agency holds extended analysis and reporting to assure that the mechanisms implemented are accurate and are rightly practiced.

The Audit Report for ISA 3402 contains high degree of information on security and confidentiality along with granting safe guards on data access, security levels, physical access controls, infrastructure and preventive measures on breach and technical attacks; to the parties. Thus, the Report justifies the vendor has met the required and expected standards on business flows and security layers.

CottGroup^® holds its both local and global clients and business partners sensitive - critical data within its systems. Therefore, due to the nature of the business processes and having sensitive data in possession, CottGroup^® is regularly audited by its clients, business partners, financial and insurance institutions. As per to the outcomes of these regular audits, the infrastructure and security systems are constantly being developed and improved.

ISAE 3402 Type II Report can be acknowledged as a handbook which facilitates easier and safer ways to access information regarding the audit processes.

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CottGroup®, Participated in Turkish Data Protection-GDPR Compliance Seminar Held by Ulutek

CottGroup^® has participated in the seminar on "Turkish Personal Data Protection Law and GDPR Compliancy" at Bursa, Ulutek R&D Center on 26.12.2018. The participants were instructed by CottGroup with an emphasis on introduction and comparison of both data protection laws and which companies located in Türkiye are liable to GDPR along with Turkish Data Protection Law.

BPO & Holistic Business Ideology in the Consulting Sector With New HR Trends

The interview of our CEO, Selim T. Akdag on "New Trends in HR Applications" within the ideology of "business process outsourcing and holistic business ideology in the consulting sector" has been published on the December 2018 issue of Hizmetix Magazine. To access the interviews in Turkish on both topics, please click the links below.

• BPO & Holistic Business Ideology in the Consulting Sector
• The New Trends and Applications in Human Resources