The right to information and the right to protection of personal data, which are deemed necessary in a democratic society, may be both complementary and in conflict with one another. In the statutory regulations in force, there is no clear regulation as to how to resolve a conflict that may exist directly between two rights. The “privacy of private life”, which is enumerated among the exceptions in the Right to Information Law, also covers the protection of personal data; however, any conflict between the protection of personal data and the right to information cannot be resolved directly through this statutory regulation, as the Law in question imposes certain restrictions on this exception. For this reason, in case of a request for personal data of another person or information or document containing such personal data, the statutory arrangements in the Right to Information Law and the Protection of Personal Data Law and the provisions regarding the limitation of fundamental rights and freedoms set forth in Article 13 of the Constitution should be all taken into consideration, and a reasonable balance should be thereby struck between these two rights.