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Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy

Introduction

Dear users, thank you for choosing us.

In order to provide you with the best service, we process and transfer your personal data while you use the website https://www.ekokaynak.com/. Your privacy and the security of your personal data are always of utmost importance to us. Therefore, through this Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy (“Policy”), we aim to transparently explain how and why we collect, use, store, and share your personal data. We also want to summarize the rights and choices you have when it comes to sharing your personal data with us.

Please note that we may process and/or transfer your personal data for the purposes outlined in this Policy, either based on your explicit consent or without it, in accordance with the exceptions provided under the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“KVKK”) (such as when explicitly required by law, necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract, or to fulfill a legal obligation).

All rights of the website https://www.ekokaynak.com/ (“Site”) belong to [EKO Kaynak brand]. Please be informed that you may review the Site and Product/Service and obtain information without sharing any personal data.

Persons under the age of 18 cannot be parties to purchase/sale or service requests without the permission and/or consent of a parent or guardian.

As https://www.ekokaynak.com/, we may from time to time develop new services or offer additional services. If offering these new or additional services results in any significant changes to the way we collect or process your personal data, we will provide you with further information or additional terms or policies. Unless otherwise stated, these new or additional services will be subject to this Policy.

By using the Site and the Product, you are deemed to have accepted this Policy each time.

Data We Collect and Terms of Use

To purchase or request the Product through the Site, you must share personal data such as your full name, email address, and phone number. We process this personal data based on the legal ground of “establishment and performance of a contract” in accordance with Article 5/2(c) of the KVKK.

We also process your personal data based on the legal ground of “fulfilling a legal obligation” under Article 5/2(ç) of the KVKK.

Additionally, if you contact us to report problems encountered on the Site or Product, or for reasons such as requests for information and support, and personally share your personal data with us, we process your contact information based on the legal grounds of “establishment and performance of a contract” (Article 5/2(c)), “data made public by the data subject” (Article 5/2(d)), and “legitimate interests of the data controller” (Article 5/2(f)) of the KVKK, in order to provide support for your requests.

Beyond this, with your explicit consent, we may use your personal data to contact you for promotional and advertising purposes via email, phone, or SMS (text message). If you do not wish to receive campaign notifications, you may unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of the received email or submit a refusal request via the Commercial Electronic Message Management System (İYS).

To ensure your security on our website, a “128-bit SSL certificate” is used for communication between the visitor and the site. Please note that if a message is not encrypted during email communication, the security of the message cannot be guaranteed, and you are responsible for the security of any emails you send.

We collect and process your IP data based on the legal ground of “processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject” in accordance with Article 5/2(f) of the KVKK, for the purposes of increasing our Site’s security, analyzing trends, managing the Site, and analyzing your activity within the Site, referral websites, media player usage, access times, and user experiences.

We would like to emphasize that while processing your personal data, we comply with the practices outlined in this Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy, as well as with the KVKK, relevant secondary legislation, and decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board, and we take all necessary administrative and technical measures to protect your data.

Retention Period

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to allow you to benefit from the Site, fulfill legitimate and essential business purposes (e.g., maintaining Site performance, making data-driven decisions about new features and offers, complying with legal obligations, and resolving disputes).

We are committed to protecting the personal data of our users. We take appropriate technical and administrative measures to safeguard the security of your personal data; however, please remember that no system is completely secure.

To protect your own privacy and confidential information, be careful not to share your private and confidential data with others.

Links

Our website may contain links to other websites not operated by https://www.ekokaynak.com/. If you visit any of these websites, you should review the privacy and other policies of those websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the policies and practices of other companies.

Your Rights

Under the data protection legislation, you may apply to https://www.ekokaynak.com/ to:

  • (i) Learn whether your personal data is being processed,
  • (ii) Request information if your personal data has been processed,
  • (iii) Learn the purpose of the processing and whether it is being used in accordance with this purpose,
  • (iv) Know the third parties, domestic or abroad, to whom your personal data is transferred,
  • (v) Request correction of your personal data if it is incomplete or incorrect,
  • (vi) Request the deletion or destruction of your personal data in accordance with the conditions stipulated in the KVKK,
  • (vii) Request notification to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred regarding any correction or deletion,
  • (viii) Object to the result that arises against you through the exclusive analysis of your processed data via automated systems,
  • (ix) Request compensation if you incur damage due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.

If you wish to exercise these rights, you can apply in writing to our address at Başkent Org. San. Bölgesi 16. Cad. No:14 Maliköy Sincan ANKARA /TURKEY, or via the email address otomasyon@ekokaynak.com provided that it matches the one registered in our system, or via our registered email address otomasyon@ekokaynak.com, in accordance with the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures for Application to the Data Controller.

Changes to Our Policy

The Effective Date of this Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy is stated below. If there are changes in the services we offer or the technologies we use, we may update this Policy.

In the event of a material change to the Policy, we will publish an updated version on our website along with a notification to draw your attention. We will also notify you using your registered contact information (e.g., email, notification, or an equivalent method). By continuing to use the Site after such notifications, you will be deemed to have accepted the changes to the Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy. To see when this Policy was last updated, please refer to the “Last Update” section below.

Contact Us

Thank you for reading our Policy. If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer by sending an email or message through https://www.ekokaynak.com/. If you believe anyone has violated this Policy and/or other policies, we would appreciate it if you could inform us via the email address mentioned above.

Effective Date: February 1, 2024
Last Update: January 4, 2025