Data Protection Notice

Under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK"), your personal data is processed by the Data Controller within the scope described below and in accordance with the applicable legislation. This notice has been prepared to inform you about data processing carried out through the Website.

1. Personal Data Processed

The following personal data may be processed while you use the Website and through contact, quotation, application, information or request forms:

• Identity data: First name, last name.
• Contact data: Email address, telephone number, city, country and similar contact details.
• Customer transaction / request data: Message content, subject of the request, information about the product or service of interest, and application and communication records.
• Transaction security data: IP address, log records, device information, browser information, and date and time of access.
• Marketing and communication preference data: Commercial electronic message consent records, cookie preferences and permission records.

2. Purposes of Processing Personal Data

Your personal data may be processed only for the following purposes:

• Receiving, assessing and responding to requests, applications, questions, complaints and suggestions submitted through the Website,
• Carrying out communication activities,
• Assessing quotation, product or service requests,
• Carrying out and developing business relationship processes,
• Keeping the Website secure and preventing misuse, spam, bot traffic, unauthorised access attempts and cyber attacks,
• Measuring Website performance, improving the user experience and developing the technical infrastructure,
• Managing cookie preferences and user permissions,
• Where you have given explicit consent, carrying out campaign, announcement, promotional and commercial electronic message processes,
• Meeting legal obligations towards competent authorities.

3. Method of Collection and Legal Basis

Your personal data is collected, wholly or partly by automated means, through forms on the Website, cookies, security tools, server logs, email communications and similar electronic channels. Your personal data is processed on the following legal bases set out in Article 5 of the KVKK:

• Being directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract: In order to assess quotation, product, service, application or business relationship requests.
• Being necessary for the data controller to comply with a legal obligation: In order to meet legal obligations and respond to requests from competent authorities.
• Being 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 order to keep the Website secure, respond to requests, improve service quality and protect the technical infrastructure.
• Explicit consent: For sending commercial electronic messages, marketing activities, and cookie uses that require explicit consent.

4. Transfer of Personal Data Processed

Your personal data may be shared with the following persons and organisations in order to achieve the purposes above and to continue the Website's activities:

• Competent public authorities and judicial bodies, only within the scope of duly made legal requests,
• Business partners and service providers that supply server, hosting, security, maintenance, backup, email, form management, analytics, cookie management and technical infrastructure services,
• Persons and organisations from which legal, financial or technical consultancy is obtained, to the extent necessary.

As a rule, your personal data is shared only to the extent that is limited, proportionate and necessary for the purposes of processing. Where the servers of certain technical infrastructure, analytics, security, email, cookie management or embedded-content services are located abroad, your personal data may be transferred abroad in accordance with the applicable legislation and with the necessary security measures in place.

5. Retention Period

Your personal data is retained for as long as the purposes of processing require and taking into account the statutory retention periods set out in the applicable legislation. Form records submitted through the Website may be retained for a reasonable period in order to conclude the request, carry out the communication process, improve service quality and provide evidence in a possible dispute. When the purpose of processing no longer exists or the statutory retention period ends, your personal data is deleted, destroyed or anonymised in accordance with the KVKK and the related legislation.

6. Rights of the Data Subject

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• To learn whether your personal data is processed,
• To request information if your personal data has been processed,
• To learn the purpose of processing and whether your personal data is used in line with that purpose,
• To know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred in Turkey or abroad,
• To request correction if your personal data is incomplete or inaccurate,
• To request deletion or destruction of your personal data under the conditions set out in the KVKK and the related legislation,
• To request that correction, deletion or destruction be notified to third parties to whom the personal data was transferred,
• To object to a result against you arising from analysis of the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
• To claim compensation if you suffer damage because your personal data was processed unlawfully.

To exercise these rights, you may contact the Data Controller at the contact email address stated above. Your requests are assessed and concluded within the periods set out in the applicable legislation.

7. Commercial Electronic Messages

Where you have given explicit consent, commercial electronic messages may be sent to you for campaigns, announcements, promotion, information and marketing. Not giving permission for commercial electronic messages does not prevent you from sending an information, quotation or contact request through the Website. You may withdraw your permission for commercial electronic messages at any time.

8. Cookies

Strictly necessary, functional, analytics, performance, marketing and targeting cookies may be used on the Website. Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Website to operate securely and correctly. Cookies that are not strictly necessary are used in line with user preferences and the cookie consent mechanism. Detailed information on the use of cookies is available on the Cookie Policy page.