Almira Akbay Arık

Biography

Almira Akbay Arık advises clients primarily in the areas of data protection, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advertising and consumer law. She holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) certifications issued by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Almira practises across a wide range of areas, particularly the design and implementation of data protection compliance programmes, structuring data transfer mechanisms, managing data breach response and data subject request processes, and representing clients before the Turkish Data Protection Authority in complaints and investigations. She also advises companies that develop or utilise artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on the legal and regulatory obligations arising from such technologies.

Almira regularly advises clients on advertising, consumer and e-commerce law matters, including the structuring of e-commerce platforms and digital business models in line with applicable regulations, the legal review of advertising and marketing activities, consumer law compliance, and unfair commercial practices.

In addition to her core focus on technology law, Almira brings strong capabilities in corporate and commercial law. She regularly assists clients with the drafting and negotiation of technology-specific contracts and advises on legal matters arising from their commercial operations.