Personal Data Protection Seminar for Büyükçekmece Municipal

Personal Data Protection Seminar for the Büyükçekmece Municipal

CottGroup^® and DDI Teknoloji collaborated together in conducting a symposium on "Persoanl Data Protection Law" for the Büyükçekmece Municipal Authority in Istanbul.

Büyükçekmece Municipality raised an awareness on "Personal Data Protection Law", KVKK, on assuring rights of protection with in-service training for not only the municipality staff but also for the civils who are benefiting from the services rendered by the Municipality.

"We are all aware on the great responsibility"

In his opening speech, the Büyükçekmece Mayor Dr. Hasan Akgün; highlighted the significance on the need of protection of personal data and rights of freedoms in line with the immersive usage of internet nowadays. He concluded his speech with the importance of the KVKK (law on personal data protection, numbered 6698) and that as the municipality they are very aware on what needs to be done to comply with the required measures, once again marking that every single citizen shall become conscious on the implications of the law.

ADP Partner Executive Convention 2019

Boss Governance (a CottGroup^® company), the local payroll partner of ADP in Türkiye, participated in the annual "ADP Partner Executive Convention" held in Vienna, Austria during November 6-8, 2019. Every year, the conventions are based on a metaphoric approach, enhancing the partnership between ADP and its local partners. This year, "music" was used as a metaphor to enhance the harmony of the collaboration between ADP, its local partners and the clients on the delivery of the payroll services, just as how an orchestra interacts its all parts to produce a piece that relies on the best musicians and instrumentalists to please its audience

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

CottGroup® organized the seminar titled - The Impact 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.