According to the Personal Data Protection Law no. 6698, which entered into force in 2016, hotels do not have the authority to request information such as photocopies of hotels, cell phone numbers of cashiers, fingerprints of gyms, and religion and race of employers. People can share this information if they want.
The entity is responsible for obtaining this information shared by third parties and must keep it securely.
In the tourism city of Antalya, many businesses ranging from 5-star hotels to hostels receive the identity information of all guests entering the hotel. The credentials received are reported to the gendarmerie if the hotel is in a rural area, if not to the police. Thus, the guests staying at the hotel can be seen and recorded by law enforcement officers. Some customers do not allow the photocopy of the guest’s identity, while others allow it to be trusted.
6 MONTHS EXTENDED
POYD President Ülkay Atmaca said that all guests coming to the hotel have to get their identification and process their systems. January 1, 2020, they have made preparations for the law, but they have learned that the duration of the extension of 6 months Atmaca, “All the facility managers made preparations on this issue. What we need to do, we will act accordingly. Very sensitive and big penalties. We are a very sensitive and large penalties. take the information, store a certain time, then we will destroy, “he said.
‘WE TAKE THE COPY PROCESS TO GET FAST TRANSACTIONS’
Receiving their credentials, President Atmaca explained that they had already received all the information while processing the system and said that a confirmation document was signed by the guest. Atmaca also noted that the purpose of the photocopy is to take practicality, “After receiving the information photocopy is not needed. No queue, our guests do not wait too long and we receive the photocopy in the background of our friends enter our system. these photocopies are being destroyed. Practicality provides, “he said.
SAFE STORAGE
Davut Hacıacı, the attendant of the hotel, said that they had to keep the information of the guests in the most secure way. Occasionally, some guests do not want to give identification information about the Haci, after making the necessary description of the system said that they took the identification information.
THE APPEARANCE OF THE APPEARING HOTEL IS CONVINCING
On the other hand, when entering the hotel to ask why the photocopy of the identity of Oguz Altikardesler (33), the hotel officer told the necessary explanation by making the necessary information and the system will tell the law enforcement. Persuaded Altikardeşler, “I was told to give due to the law. There is a form, there is also writing. I allowed, they can photocopy my identity. I trust, the hotel can do the necessary operations,” he said.
AN APPLICATION FORcing Hotels
Kemer Touristic Hoteliers and Operators Association (KETOB) Vice-President Dinçer Sarıkaya Personal Data Protection Act within the scope of the decision not to photocopy, said that the hotel will create difficulties in public entries. Thousands of people in an environment where the input and output, without receiving a photocopy of the identity of the customers to do a very serious loss of time and queues that explain the President Sarikaya, “Police and gendarmerie, each customer entering the information within half an hour wants to be notified to them for security reasons. We want to be reported within half an hour. Hotels with high customer potential like us are very difficult to process without taking photocopy “he said.
Leyla Dilki (22), who came to Kemer for the holidays, said, “I entered the hotel. I didn’t want to give the ID to the receptionist at first. However, the attendant said he wanted to register. Our information is reported to the police and gendarmerie. Therefore, he should receive only the Turkish Republic ID number. All information entered into the system is deleted later. I searched the hotel before I came. I gave my identity for trusting, “he said.
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