CURRICULUM VITAE RESEARCH AREAS Civil Law, Contract Law, Comparative Law, Data Protection Law EDUCATION 2009 2003 Istanbul University, Institute of Social Science, Private Law, Ph.D. Thesis: Sorumsuzluk Anlaşmaları (Exemption Clauses) 2003 2001 LudwigMaximilians University, Faculty of Law, LL.M. (Munich) Thesis: Schutz der Persönlichkeit durch zivil und datenschutzrechtliche Bestimmungen (Protection of Personality in Civil Law and Data Protection Law) 2003 2000 Istanbul University, Institute of Social Science, Private Law, LL.M. (Istanbul) Thesis: Kişilik Hakkının Korunması Sorunu Çerçevesinde Kişisel Verilerin Korunması ve Saklanması (Protection and Storage of Personal Data) 1999 1998 Beykent University, Faculty of Science and Literature, English Language and Literature 1998 1994 Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, LL.B. 1994 1990 Bahçelievler Anadolu Lisesi (Bahcelievler Anatolian High School), Istanbul 1990 1987 Emsland Gymnasium (Grammar School), Rheine Germany
WORK EXPERIENCE Present 2008 Lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law: Private Law Clinic Course (Lecturer & Consultant for all legal issues at the Private Law Clinic at the Graduate Program of the Law Faculty, since Fall 2007) Data Protection Course (Lecturer at the Masters Program of Economy Law of the Social Science Institute, since Fall 2009) Law of Obligations and Trade Law for NonLawyers (Lecturer at the Masters Program of Economy Law of the Social Science Institute, since Fall 2010) Law of Obligations Special Provisions (Lecturer at the Graduate Program of the Law Faculty, since Fall 2011) Present 2010 Assistant Director, JointLL.M Program in TurkishGerman Business Law (Istanbul Bilgi University Cologne University) Present 2008 Advisorship of Some LL.M Research Projects The Protection of Employees Personal Data by Controlling EMail Accounts at Work, Istanbul 2010 The Protection of Clients Personal Data in Banking Sector, (to be submitted in December 2011) The Protection of Personal Data through Company Privacy Policies, Istanbul 2011 Present 2004 Consultant for all legal issues regarding Data Protection at the Institute of Information Technology Law and at the European Institute of Istanbul Bilgi University 2007 1999 Teaching Assistant at Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, (Conducted classes in different fields of Civil Law, mainly Contract Law, Tort Law, Property Law and Consumer Protection Law) 1998 1999 Prof. Dr. Şener Akyol Law Office, Lawyer 1996 1998 Prof. Dr. Şener Akyol Law Office, Internship SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (Books & Essays) Sorumsuzluk Anlaşmaları (Exemption Clauses), Oniki Levha Publishers, Istanbul 2011 Sözleşmenin Nisbîliği İlkesi ile Sorumluluk Hukukunun İkili Yapısının Beraberinde Getirdiği Sonuçlar Karşısında Sözleşmenin Üçüncü Kişiye Etkisi: Üçüncü Kişiye Koruyucu Etkili Sözleşme Kuramı ile Edim
Yükümlülüğünden Bağımsız Borç İlişkisi Teorisi Hakkında Bazı Değerlendirmeler (The Impact of Contract on ThirdParties), Prof. Dr. Rona Serozan a Armağan (Essays in Honour of Prof. Dr. Rona Serozan), Oniki Levha Publishers, Istanbul 2010, p. 441 472 Turkey is reluctantly on its way to DP, Privacy Laws & Business, Issue 101, October 2009, p. 1, 26 27 Kişisel Verilerinin İnternette Açıklanması Üzerine Bir Avrupa Topluluğu Adalet Divanı Kararı: Kişisel Verilerin ve özellikle Sağlık Verilerin İnternette Açıklanması 95/46 sayılı Yönergenin Uygulama Alanına Girer Mi? (An ECJ Decision Regarding Disclosure of Personal Data on the Internet: Is the disclosure of health data on the internet in the scope of the Directive 95/46?), Ankara Bar Association, Bilişim ve Hukuk Dergisi (Information Technology and Law), Vol. 10; Year 2009/1, p. 1921 İlaç Endüstrisinde Etik İlkeler: Hekim ve İlaç Endüstrisi Arasındaki Etkileşimin Hukuki Boyutları, (Ethical Principles in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Legal Aspects of the Interaction between Physicians and Pharmaceutical Industry) İlaç, Etik ve Hukuk (Pharmaceuticals, Ethics and Law), Istanbul 2009, p. 61 106 Destekten Yoksun Kalma Tazminatı na İlişkin Bazı Değerlendirmeler: Tazminat Şartları ve Zararın Hesabında Yetiştirme Giderleri, (Some Evaluations Concerning Compensation for Depriviation of Support: Compensation Requirements and Rearing Expenses as Damage), in: Prof. Dr. Uğur Alacakaptan a Armağan (Essays in Honour of Prof. Dr. Uğur Alacakaptan), Istanbul 2008, p. 115 130 Kişisel Verilerin Korunması ve Türkiye (Data Protection and Turkey), Ankara Barosu Hukuk Kurultayı 2006 (Ankara Bar Association Law Congress 2006), 37 January Ankara 2006, Vol. IV, p. 17 27 Internette Kişisel Verilerin Korunması (Data Protection on the Internet), Internet ve Hukuk (Internet and Law), (ed. Yeşim Atamer), Istanbul 2004, p. 536 Kişisel Verilerin Korunması ve Saklanması (Protection and Storage of Personal Data), Yetkin Publishers, Ankara 2004 SELECTED REPORTS Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu Tasarısı Hakkında Görüş (Report on the Draft Act on Protection of Personal Data), coauthored with Dr. Leyla Keser Berber, submitted to the Commission of Justice of the Turkish Parliament, 2008. Contribution to the UNICEF National Report of Children Rights in Turkey: Report on the implementation and enforcement of 11 Articles of the Convention on Rights of the Child on national level, submitted to Istanbul Bar Association and Istanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Center, 2008.
National Report on Privacy and Human Rights in Turkey, in: Privacy and Human Rights 2006: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments, submitted to EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), 2006. Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu Tasarısı Raporu (Report on the Draft Act of Data Protection), submitted to the Lawyers Group of the Council of Information Technology in 2004, published exactly in: Türkiye Bilişim Şurası Sonuç Bildirgesi (Council of Information Technology 04: Declaration of the Outcome of the Council), Ankara, 2004. Telekomünikasyon da Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Raporu (Report on Protection of Personal Data in Telecommunications), submitted to the Lawyers Group of the Council of Information Technology in 2004, published exactly in: Türkiye Bilişim Şurası Sonuç Bildirgesi (Council of Information Technology 04: Declaration of the Outcome of the Council), Ankara, 2004. Vakıflar Mevzuatının Bazı Maddelerine İlişkin Karşılaştırmalı Rapor (Comparative Report on Some Provisions of the Laws and Regulations Concerning Foundations), contributed with an analysis regarding the legal regime of foundations established according to the Civil Code, submitted to TUSEV (Third Sector Foundation of Turkey), 2004. Elektronik İmza Çalışma Grubu için Avrupa daki Eİmza mevzuatlarının karşılaştırılması (Comparison of E Signature Laws and Regulations in Europe), submitted to the ESignature Working Group of the Center of Information Technology Law of Istanbul Bilgi University, 2004. Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu Tasarısı Taslağı hakkında Görüş (Report on the Proposal of the Draft Act of Protection of Personal Data, submitted to Adalet Bakanlığı Kanunlar Genel Müdürlüğü (Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Law), 2003. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS 21 st May 2011, Istanbul Maltepe Üniversitesi ve Istanbul Barosu, 6098 sayılı Türk Borçlar Kanunu Sempozyumu (Turkish Code Of Obligations Conference), 6098 sayılı Kanunun Sorumsuzluk Anlaşmalarına İlişkin Hükümlerinin Değerlendirilmesi (The provisions on exemption clauses of the new Turkish Code of Obligations) 3 rd November 2010, Istanbul Yeni Dijital Düzen ve Hukuka Yansımaları (New Digital Era and its Reflections on Law), Sosyal Paylaşım Sitelerinde Kişisel Verilerin Korunması (Privacy in Social Media) 2 nd November 2010, Exemption Clauses under Turkish Law and the Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), International Sale of Goods Session, Congress of Union of International Advocates (UIA, Union Internationale Advocats), http://congres.uianet.org/en/istanbul2010/liensscid58/detail- theme58/?id_theme=1959 14 th May 2010, Erzincan Erzincan University & Istanbul Bilgi University: Bilişim Hukukunun Son On Yılı (The Last Ten Years of Information Technology Law), Bağımsız Veri Koruması Kurumları (Independent Data Protection Authorities) 6 th May 2010, Ankara iscturkey, Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Çalıştayı (Workshop on Protection of Personal Data), 5 th January 2010, Ankara Barosu Hukuk Kurultayı (Ankara Bar Association Law Congress), Kişisel Verilerin Korunması (Protection of Personal Data)
12 th December 2009, Istanbul istsec 09 Bilgi Güvenliği Konferansı (Information Security Conference), Kişisel Verilerin Korunması ve Bilgi Güvenliği İlişkisi (The Relation between Information Security and Data Protection) 29 th May 2009 III. Istanbul Bilişim Kongresi (III. Congress on Information Technology Istanbul), Marmara University, Kişisel Verilerin Korunması nda Yeni Perspektifler (New Perspectives Concerning Data Protection) 28 th December 2008 3. Uluslararası Katılımlı Bilgi Güvenliği ve Kriptoloji Konferansı (Third International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology), Bilgi Güvenliği Derneği (Information Security Association), Ankara, Kişisel Verilerin Korunmasının Kurumsal Yapılanması (The Establishment of the Protection of Personal Data) 17 th April 2008 İlaç, Etik ve Hukuk Konferansı (Pharmaceuticals, Ethics and Law Conference), Yeditepe University, Istanbul, İlaç Endüstrisi ve Etik İlkeler (Pharmaceuticals Industry and Ethical Principles) 4 th April 2008 OSI Conference, Private Law Clinic at Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, Istanbul 26 th 28 th March 2008 Ministry of Health Workshop on Protection of Personal Data, ESağlık ta Sağlık Dosyası (Health Records in EHealth), Kızılcahamam/Ankara 19 th 23 rd March 2008 Uluslararası Katılımlı Sağlık Yönetimi Kongresi (International Health Management Congress), Hukuk ve ESağlık: ESağlık Dosyalarının Korunması (Law and EHealth: Protection of EHealth Records), Antalya 11 th January 2008 Ankara Bar Association Law Congress, Ankara, Yeni Görüşe Sunulan Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu Tasarısı (The New Draft Act on Data Protection) 6 th September 2007 MaxPlanckInstitute Aktuelle Stunde Seminars, Haftungsfreizeichnungen bei Körperschäden (Exemptions Clauses Regarding Physicial Injuries), Hamburg 6 th 8 th February 2007, International Law and Trade Conference, Data Protetction in Turkey, Istanbul 3 rd May 2006 Akdeniz University Faculty of Law, Hukuk Kliniği Eğitimi Konferansı (Conference on Clinical Education for Lawyers), Özel Hukuk Kliniği Dersinin Hukuk Eğitiminde Faydaları (The of Private Law Clinic Course) 5 th January 2006 Ankara Bar Association Congress, Ankara, Kişisel Verilerin Korunması ve Türkiye (Data Protection and Turkey) 11 th 12 th November 2005 Istanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Center, National Conference on Legal Clinical Education: Legal Clinics in Turkey Opportunities and Challenges for the Future, Adalete Erişimde ve Hukuki Yardımı Sağlamada Özel Hukuk Kliniği Uygulaması (Access to Justice and Legal Aid Through Private Law Clinics) LECTURES & RESEARCH VISITS (ABROAD) 5 th July 25 th September 2011: MaxPlanckInstitute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg 11 th January 12 th February 201: UNIDROIT International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, Rome 1 30 September 2010: UNIDROIT International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, Rome 24 April 4 May 2010: MaxPlanckInstitute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg 113 September 2008: MaxPlanckInstitute for Intellectual Property, Competiton and Tax Law, Munich
1 July 30 August 2008: MaxPlanckInstitute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg 21 30 May 2008: MaxPlanckInstitute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg 17 January 10 February 2008: MaxPlanckInstitute for Intellectual Property, Competiton and Tax Law, Munich 1 October 2006 15 September 2007: MaxPlanckInstitute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg 19 24 November 2006: Durban University Faculty of Law, Workshop on Legal Clinical Education, Durban/ South Africa (Workshop) 21 23 June 2006: Trier University Faculty of Law, Seminar im türkischen Privatrecht (Lectures on Turkish Private Law) 12 14 November 2004: Skopje University Faculty of Law, Workshop on Legal Clinical Education, Skopje/ Macedonia (Workshop) RESEARCH GRANTS 5 th July 5 th September 2011 MaxPlanckInstitute of Comparative and International Private Law, Post- doc Research Scholarship, Hamburg 11 th January 2011 12 th February, UNIDROIT International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, Research Scholarship, Rome 1 30 September 2010, UNIDROIT International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, Research Scholarship, Rome 1 st July 30 August 2008 MaxPlanckInstitute of Comparative and International Private Law, Research Scholarship, Hamburg 1 st October 2006 30 September 2007 (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Service, Research Scholarship, Hamburg 1 st February 2002 30 October 2002 KonradAdenauerFoundation, Research Scholarship, Munich 1998 1999 OSYM Scholarship MEMBERSHIPS Istanbul Bar Associaton (since 1999), DAAD Alumni (since 2007), Subcommission on the Draft Act of Data Protection (established by the Commission of Justice of the Turkish Parliament in 2008), Subcommission on Information Technology Law (established by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in 2008), Information Security Association (since 2009) LANGUAGES English, German