Burak Özdağistanli is the co-managing partner at Ozdagistanli Ekici Attorney Partnership, where he leads the firm’s data protection and cyber security team. Ozdagistanli Ekici is a leading independent firm in Istanbul that is ranked in several respected and well-known legal publications in data and technology, including GDR100. The firm is renowned for sound business advice and a great understanding of their clients’ businesses. Burak has extensive experience and is a well-known expert in the field of privacy. He provides advice to some of the world’s leading data-driven companies in different sectors on a daily basis. Among other roles, he is a founding board member of the Data Protection Association in Turkey and the former General Secretary of the Istanbul Bar Association’s Data Protection Commission. He also served as the Publications Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and Istanbul KnowledgeNet Chapter Co-Chair. He is also a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) and he holds CIPP/E and CIPM certificates by the IAPP. As of 2023, he serves on the Privacy Section Advisory Board of the IAPP. He has an LL.M. degree in technology law, and he is working on his PhD thesis on legal characteristics of personal data and the legal basis of consent.