Our Personal Data Protection Statement - AKREKAL

OUR PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT

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INTRODUCTION

This information notice has been prepared by AKREKAL Consultancy (the “Company”) under Article 10 of Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (the “Law”) to inform data subjects about the processing of personal data collected through various channels.

The Company exercises the utmost care and diligence in processing, protecting and securing personal data.

The Company may collect personal data by any verbal, written or electronic means.

Within this scope and under the Law, the Company may process the personal data of all relevant individuals in its capacity as Data Controller.

PURPOSE OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

Personal data is processed within the personal data processing conditions specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law and the purposes stated in the Law, including but not limited to the following purposes.

Accordingly, the purposes of processing personal data are:

1. Carrying out the work needed to enable customers to obtain the maximum benefit from products and services offered by the Company,
2. Personalising and recommending the Company’s products and services according to customers’ preferences, product usage habits and needs to ensure customer satisfaction,
3. Ensuring the legal and commercial security of the Company and its business partners,
4. Maintaining the Company’s commercial activities and strategies,
5. Managing the Company’s human resources and employment policies. The Company takes all necessary legal, technical and administrative measures to prevent unlawful processing of and access to personal data and to ensure its secure storage.

SHARING AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA

Collected personal data may be shared with the Company’s shareholders, business partners, suppliers, service providers and legally authorised institutions and organisations in accordance with the personal data processing conditions and purposes, subject to the conditions specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law.

The Company takes all necessary security measures when sharing personal data.

METHOD AND LEGAL BASIS OF PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION

The Company collects personal data by any verbal, written or electronic means for the purposes specified in this information notice, on legal grounds such as providing its services in accordance with laws and relevant legislation, fully fulfilling its contractual and statutory obligations, managing employment policies and conducting recruitment processes. It processes, shares and transfers such data in accordance with the conditions specified in the Law.

DATA SUBJECTS’ RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF THOSE RIGHTS

Under Article 11 of the Law, data subjects have the right to:

1. Learn whether their personal data has been processed,
2. Request information if their personal data has been processed,
3. Learn the purpose of processing and whether their personal data is used in accordance with that purpose,
4. Know the third parties to whom their personal data has been transferred within Türkiye or abroad,
5. Request rectification if their personal data has been processed incompletely or inaccurately,
6. Request deletion or destruction of their personal data under the conditions specified in Article 7 of the Law,
7. Request that actions taken under Articles 5 and 6 be notified to third parties to whom their personal data has been transferred,
8. Object to a result arising against them through analysis of processed data exclusively by automated systems,
9. Request compensation for damage suffered as a result of unlawful processing of their personal data.

Where data subjects apply to the Company in writing or by other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board to exercise these rights, applications will be concluded as soon as possible according to the nature of the request, and in any event within 30 days at the latest.

Such applications are currently free of charge. However, if the procedure incurs costs and the Personal Data Protection Board prescribes a fee, the Company reserves the right to charge the fee specified in the Board’s tariff.

CONTACT

Detailed information on matters covered by this information notice may be requested at www.akrekal.com.

To exercise your rights under the Law, you may complete the contact form at www.akrekal.com with your identity details, the right you wish to exercise and a detailed explanation of your request, and submit the signed document in person or by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt to Altunizade, Nuhkuyusu Cad No:98, 34662 Üsküdar/İstanbul.