AV. BURAK ÖZDEMIR

Burak ÖZDEMİR is specialized in Data Protection & Privacy Law, Corporate Law, Web3.0 related legal issues and is focused on advising entrepreneurs in the start-up ecosystem. He has been managing compliance projects after the entry into force of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data. Besides Turkish regulation, he is also a trusted advisor at General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") for mostly non-EU clients and carries out the same role in GDPR compliance projects.

 

Burak Özdemir graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Başkent University in 2006 and completed the Faculty of Law at Istanbul Commerce University in 2014. He has a CIPP/E certificate which is the global industry standard in the field of privacy and GDPR knowledge and is ISO:IEC 27001 & 27701 Lead Auditor that represents expertise to perform an Information Security Management System (ISMS) audit by applying widely recognized audit principles, procedures, and techniques. He completed the "Conflict Management" program given by UNITAR, the educational institute of the United Nations, in order to specialize in negotiation processes. He also holds the Blockchain Fundamentals Professional Certificate from UC Berkeley University.

 

Since 2017, he has been working as a mentor and trainer in various entrepreneurship acceleration and development programs such as Google Academy, WorkUp İş Bankası, VISA Innovation Program, BTM (Istanbul Chamber of Commerce), Arya Women Investment Platform, and Think BIGG.