How do you build a data protection roadmap?
Where should KVKK compliance start? Notices, cookies, forms, contracts, inventory, destruction, breach plans; the list looks long. Tackle it all at once and nothing finishes, or it stays on paper. 🗺️
Compliance isn’t a document pack but a process: first the map, then texts, then processes, finally drills and upkeep.
Short answer: the roadmap has four stages — inventory, texts, processes, drills. Each builds on the one before, and compliance is updated with every new tool. 🏗️
Note: this is general information, not legal advice. Regulations and Board decisions change; see the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority for current guidance and a lawyer for your specific case.
Four stages
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- 1. Inventory
- 2. Texts
- 3. Processes
- 4. Drills
The order isn’t skipped. 🪜
1. Inventory
Which data, where, why, how long; see the inventory guide. 🗺️
2. Texts
Notices, consent, cookie and contract texts; matching the real flow. 📄
3. Processes
Requests, retention-destruction, access, vendors; working processes. 🔄
4. Drills
The breach plan tested, training given, compliance sustained. 🧪
Stages 1-2: map and texts
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- Inventory
- Notice and consent
- Site compliance
- Contracts
Four jobs. 🧱
Inventory
Process by process; the real flow. 📋
Notice and consent
Separate, properly grounded texts; see the notice guide. ⚖️
Site compliance
Forms, cookies, pixels; see the cookie guide. 🌐
Contracts
Vendor and employee texts current. 📑
Stages 3-4: processes and drills
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- Request process
- Retention and destruction
- Access and security
- Breach plan and training
Four jobs. 🌱
Request process
One entry point and reply template; see the requests guide. 📨
Retention and destruction
A period table and destruction schedule; working. 🗄️
Access and security
Access matrix, two-factor authentication, closing access on departure. 🔐
Breach plan and training
Drills and short training; see the breach guide. 🚨
Quarterly dashboard
Four questions. 📊
Four common mistakes
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- Starting with texts
- A template pack
- Doing it once
- No owner
All four leave compliance on paper. 🚧
Starting with texts
Texts written without an inventory don’t describe the real flow. 📄
A template pack
Ready-made documents don’t fit the business. 📦
Doing it once
New tools and campaigns break compliance. 🕰️
No owner
Without an owner, processes stop. 👤
What should I do today?
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- Step 1: identify your stage
- Step 2: the stage’s gaps
- Step 3: this quarter’s single goal
- If you want help
Three steps, half a day. 🪜
Step 1: identify your stage
Inventory, texts, processes, drills; an honest answer. 🧭
Step 2: the stage’s gaps
Which of that stage’s four jobs are missing? ✅
Step 3: this quarter’s single goal
The most critical gap; an owner, a date and legal support. 🎯
If you want help
Let us draw your data protection roadmap together: use the consult your expert form. For a compliance snapshot of your digital assets see the digital audit; the bigger picture sits on the KVKK consultancy page. 🎯
Related reading from the archive: data housekeeping roadmap · process roadmap.
📝 Notes From the Field
Years ago a firm bought a ready-made KVKK document pack and put the texts on its site but ran none of the processes; a deletion request and a cookie complaint exposed this. The roadmap was rebuilt: first quarter the inventory, second quarter texts and site compliance, third quarter request, destruction and access processes, fourth quarter a breach drill and training. By year end compliance had moved off paper and into daily work.
📖 Short Glossary
Compliance roadmap: a plan spreading KVKK work across ordered stages. Inventory: the map of processed data. Drill: testing the breach plan with a scenario. Compliance owner: the person tracking processes.
⚡ Quick Summary
KVKK compliance is a process, not a document pack. 🗺️ There are four stages: inventory, texts, processes, drills. Map and texts cover the inventory, notice-consent, site compliance and contracts; processes and drills cover requests, destruction, access, breach plans and training. Check inventory, requests, destruction and access quarterly. Update compliance with every new tool.
🎯 Next Step
Let us draw your data protection roadmap: use the consult your expert form. A starting point sits in the notice and consent guide; for your setup see the digital audit.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Were tools added last quarter recorded? 🗺️
Were incoming requests answered within the legal limit? 📨
Was the scheduled round completed? 🧹
Are leavers’ and vendors’ access closed? 🔐
It depends on size and number of processes. An ordered plan can settle core compliance within a few quarters; it continues afterwards.
Inventory, texts, site and digital compliance, process design and training. Matters needing legal opinion are handled with a lawyer. Scope is on the consulting page.
Yes; every business processing data is a data controller. Scale only changes the detail of some duties.
Source: Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority — guidance and decisions