The Centralized Commercial Message Management System is Entering into Force

The Centralized Commercial Message Management System is Entering into Force

Law No. 6563 on Electronic Commerce (“ECL”), which has been in force since 2015, established a legal regime similar tothe regulations regarding e-commerce and commercial electronic messages in EU Directive 2000/31/EC and EU Directive 2002/58/EC. The Regulation on Commercial Communication and Commercial Electronic Messages adopted by the Ministry of Commerce in 2015 based on the ECL regulates certain issues such as the requirement for service providers to obtain opt-in consent from recipients who are willing to receive commercial messages, regulates the content of these messages, and imposes an opt-out regime…

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