When employee data is reviewed, does a risk of a KVKK violation arise?

In a badly designed review, yes — the risk is real. Examining an employee’s email, device or system logs means processing personal data, so the review is bound by the core principles of the Personal Data Protection Law (No. 6698): a specific and legitimate purpose, a scope limited and proportionate to that purpose, and prior notice to the employee. An unlimited, covert, just-in-case sweep exposes you to a KVKK sanction, to damages claims and to the evidence being ruled invalid.

On the employment side, the Labour Law (No. 4857) and the case law under it balance the employer’s power of supervision against respect for the employee’s private life. The right route is to base the review on a policy announced in advance, to confine its scope to the relevant data, and to minute each step. Our protocols meet those conditions from the outset, so the evidence stays usable and the company stays protected.