Clarification Text on the Processing of Personal Data Obtained Through Forms
Our company requests certain personal data (such as name, surname, password, email address, mobile phone number) in order to fulfill its legal obligations arising primarily from the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 and other relevant legislation, and to carry out its processes. Your personal data will be processed based on your explicit consent, will not be used outside the purposes and scope specified in this KVKK and Clarification Text, and will be processed and stored in a secure environment that is not accessible to the public.
Purpose of Processing Personal Data
Personal data within our company are processed in accordance with the principles of lawfulness, fairness, being relevant, limited and proportionate to the purposes for which they are processed, and being retained for the period stipulated in the relevant legislation or required for the purpose of processing. These purposes include planning and execution of commercial activities, providing information to authorized institutions and organizations as required by legislation, resolving consumer complaints in matters outside our direct service scope or expertise, sending commercial electronic communications if explicit consent is given, ensuring that activities are carried out in compliance with company procedures and relevant legislation, planning and execution of audit activities, corporate sustainability activities, protecting the reputation of our company, managing request and complaint processes, and planning and execution of corporate management and communication activities. Your personal data may be processed wholly or partially, automatically or non-automatically, through methods such as collection, recording, storage, preservation, modification, and reorganization. The collected information is not shared with third parties without your knowledge or contrary instruction, is not used for commercial purposes outside company activities, and is not sold.
Transfer of Personal Data
Your personal data may be shared, in line with the above-mentioned purposes and in compliance with the principles of lawfulness, fairness, relevance, limitation, and proportionality, and for the duration required by applicable legislation or processing purposes, with the Ministry of Trade, domestic/international/public/private institutions and organizations, companies, consultants or business partners from whom we receive services/support/consultancy, group companies, other authorized institutions and organizations, suppliers or subcontractors, and legally authorized public and/or private legal entities, limited to the purpose requested within their legal authority, as well as with official authorities upon their request. Your personal data may be transferred to third parties without your explicit consent in accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of the Personal Data Protection Law.
Method of Collecting Personal Data
Your personal data may be collected in written, verbal, or electronic environments through our website.
Deletion, Destruction, or Anonymization of Personal Data
In accordance with Article 7 of the Personal Data Protection Law, although personal data has been processed in compliance with the relevant legislation, if the reasons requiring its processing are eliminated, the personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or anonymized by our company ex officio or upon the request of the data subject. The procedures and principles regarding this matter will be carried out in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law and the Regulation on the Deletion, Destruction, or Anonymization of Personal Data published in the Official Gazette dated 28.10.2017 and numbered 30224. Within 3 months following the date on which our obligation to delete, destroy, or anonymize personal data arises, the personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or anonymized. When you apply to our company and request the deletion or destruction of your personal data:
a) If all conditions for processing personal data have been eliminated; your personal data subject to the request will be deleted, destroyed, or anonymized. Your request will be finalized within 30 days at the latest and you will be informed accordingly.
b) If all conditions for processing personal data have been eliminated and the personal data subject to the request has been transferred to third parties, this situation will be notified to the third parties and necessary actions will be ensured within the scope of the regulation.
c) If all conditions for processing personal data have not been eliminated, your request may be rejected by explaining the reason in accordance with paragraph three of Article 13 of the Personal Data Protection Law, and the rejection will be notified to you in writing or electronically within 30 days at the latest.
Your Rights Arising from the Personal Data Protection Law
According to Article 11 of the Law, as a personal data owner, you have the right to:
- Learn whether your personal data is being processed,
- Request information if your personal data has been processed,
- Learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
- Know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred domestically or abroad,
- Request correction of your personal data if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed,
- Request deletion, anonymization, or destruction of your personal data,
- Request notification of these operations to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
- Object to the emergence of a result against you by analyzing your processed data exclusively through automated systems,
- Request compensation for damages in case your personal data is processed unlawfully.
Non-personal information refers to data that cannot be used to identify you personally. Such information may be used for any purpose and may be shared with third parties without requiring consent.