Administrative Fine For the Company That Abused Its Dominant Position by Preventing the Portability of Data

Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Hukuku, E-Ticaret

Nadir Kitap Reklamcılık A.Ş. (“Nadirkitap”), which provides intermediary services in the online sales market of second-hand books through the website www.nadirkitap.com, did not provide the data of its seller members who wanted to market their products through rival intermediary service providers. Because of these actions, the investigation carried out pursuant to the Turkish Competition Board's decision dated 17.12.2020 and numbered 20-54/753-M on the allegation that it abused rival enterprises and its dominant position by complicating their activities has been completed.

As a result of the investigation:

  • It was decided that Nadirkitap abused its dominant position within the framework of Article 6 of the Law by preventing access to and portability of book data uploaded by seller members to www.nadirkitap.com without justification.
  • Nadirkitap was imposed an administrative fine of 346,765.63 TL, by appraising the year 2021 over its gross income.

You can find the aforementioned decision of the Competition Board here.

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