Privacy Policy

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY POLICY

As Kuşadası Municipality, we would like to inform you that we attach importance to the protection of your Personal Data and that we take precautions and steps in accordance with legal regulations in this field.

We take the necessary precautions to protect the personal data of our citizens and other real persons who establish relations with us by visiting our websites or in any other way, and the processing of personal data and the use of cookies and similar technologies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVK Law”) We have prepared this Personal Data Protection and Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) in order to inform you about our Institution's rules and policies on the subject.

We would like to remind you that you will be subject to the privacy policy in this text regarding the confidentiality, protection, processing, use, modification, communications and other matters of member information on Kuşadası Municipality websites and mobile applications, and that you should review this text to ensure that you accept the terms every time you use our website. .

Depending on the type and nature of the relationship between Kuşadası Municipality, as the data controller, and the data owner, it is possible for Kuşadası Municipality to provide different personal data policies and/or notifications to the data owner than this text. In this case, the special policies and notifications provided to the data owner may contain different or additional matters than the explanations in this Privacy Policy, and the special policies and notifications provided to the data owner should be taken into consideration first.

LEGAL BASIS AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Protection of personal data is regulated in Law No. 6698, Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed through These Publications, Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce and relevant secondary legislation. In addition, the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 stipulates some criminal sanctions for the protection of personal data. In this context, when the Law on the Protection of Personal Data is examined, it is seen that the definition of "personal data" refers to all kinds of information regarding identified or identifiable real persons. In other words, anonymous information, anonymized information and other data that cannot be associated with a specific person are not considered personal data within the scope of this Privacy Policy.

Data processing is the acquisition, recording, storage, preservation, modification, rearrangement, disclosure, transfer, acquisition, making available, classification of personal data by fully or partially automatic or non-automatic means provided that it is part of any data recording system. It refers to any action that can be performed on personal data, such as preventing its use or use.

Kuşadası Municipality takes the necessary precautions to protect privacy and comply with all legal principles regarding the processing of personal data; processes personal data in accordance with the following principles within the framework of the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy: i. Complying with the law and the rules of honesty,

ii. Being accurate and up to date when necessary,

iii. Processing for specific, clear and legitimate purposes,

iv. Being related to the purpose for which they are processed, being limited and proportionate,

v. To be kept for the period stipulated in the relevant legislation or necessary for the purpose for which they are processed.

DATA PROCESSED BY KUŞADASI MUNICIPALITY

Kuşadası Municipality may process general and special personal data with the explicit consent of the data owner or without explicit consent in cases stipulated in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVK Law. General and special data processed by Kuşadası Municipality are exemplified below, but which data will be processed for each data owner; The type of relationship between the data owner and Kuşadası Municipality may vary depending on various factors, such as its nature and the communication channels used. The following types of data may be processed by Kuşadası Municipality, in line with the relevant legislation and the principles contained in this Privacy Policy, depending on the type and nature of the relationship between the data owner and Kuşadası Municipality:

I. Data to identify the data owner, such as name, surname, profession, title, institution/organization information, education history, work history, gender, marital status, citizenship status, tax liability status and information about parents, guardians and attorneys, if any,

ii. Data such as date of birth, place of birth, identification number, blood group, religion and photograph included in identification documents such as ID, passport, driver's license,

iii. Contact information such as address, telephone, e-mail and fax number for your home, workplace or temporary residence

iv. If the social media accounts of the data owner are connected to the Kuşadası Municipality Internet address, the information that the data owner has approved to be shared through those channels

v. Communication records such as telephone conversations and e-mail correspondence with the data owner and other audio and video data

vi. Internet protocol (IP) address, device ID, uniqueidentifier information, device type, advertising ID, unique device icon, statistics on Web page views, incoming and outgoing traffic information, referral URL, Internet log information, location information. , information about the sites visited and the transactions and actions carried out through our websites, platforms, Internet network and advertising and e-mail contents.

Purposes of Use of Personal Data

Kuşadası Municipality may process personal data for the purposes stated below, in cases and to the extent permitted by the legislation, and may be retained for the period required for these purposes.

one-. Fulfilling legal and administrative obligations and exercising rights arising from current legislation,

2-. Providing information to public officials on matters related to public security upon request and in accordance with the legislation,

3- Confirming the identity information of citizens through the website/mobile applications and recording the address and other necessary information required for communication,

4-. Preparing all records and documents that will be the basis for the transaction in electronic (Internet/mobile etc.) or paper format,

5- Evaluating complaints and suggestions regarding the activities and services of Kuşadası Municipality,

6- Ensuring and improving coordination, cooperation and efficiency within or between units within Kuşadası Municipality,

7- Ensuring the security of the website and other electronic systems and physical environments used by Kuşadası Municipality,

8- Notifying changes in legislation or making other notifications that concern the data owner,

9- Investigating, detecting and preventing violations of relevant legislation and reporting them to the relevant administrative or judicial authorities,

10- Resolving current and future legal disputes,

11-Answering requests and questions,

12-Providing the need for employees within the framework of Kuşadası Municipality human resources policies and carrying out, developing and improving the recruitment processes,

13- Evaluating the suitability of job applications, finalizing them and communicating with job applicants,

14- Data processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right,

15- Protection of the legitimate interests of Kuşadası Municipality, provided that the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data owner are not harmed.

Protection, Security and Control of Your Personal Data

Within the scope of the legal legislation regarding Kuşadası Municipality, as the data controller, it takes the necessary technical and administrative measures to ensure the appropriate level of security in order to prevent the lawful processing of personal data and unlawful access to data and to ensure the preservation of personal data. In this context, it is ensured that our Municipality's business processes and activities are carried out in accordance with the municipal policies and rules prepared for the protection of personal data. Studies are carried out to raise awareness among employees about the personal data protection legislation and the municipal policies and rules prepared accordingly, and the necessary declarations and commitments are taken from employees and individuals and institutions that process data on behalf of our municipality for the confidentiality and protection of data, and non-compliance with these declarations and commitments is subject to certain sanctions. Necessary information security measures are implemented to prevent unauthorized access to personal data, and the adequacy of the measures taken is checked periodically, aiming to continuously improve the existing data security system.

Sharing and Storage Period of Personal Data with Third Parties at home/abroad

Provided that we comply with the general principles listed in Article 4 of the KVK Law and the conditions stipulated in Articles 8 and 9 and take the necessary security measures, we may process personal data to third parties at home and abroad for the purposes specified under the heading "Purposes of Processing Personal Data" of this Privacy Policy. We may transfer it to individuals and process and store it on servers or other electronic media located at home or abroad. In this context, your personal data may be shared with program partner institutions and organizations with which we cooperate in order to carry out our activities, and with domestic/international individuals and institutions whose services we use to store data and from which we receive physical server and/or cloud services. Except for cases where a longer period is legally required or permitted, our municipality retains personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. Personal data whose storage period has expired is deleted, destroyed or anonymized by our municipality within the framework of Article 7 of the Personal Data Protection Law.

Rights of the Data Owner Within the Framework of the Personal Data Protection Law

As the data owner, in accordance with Article 11 of the KVK Law: i. Learning whether personal data is being processed or not,

ii. Requesting information if personal data has been processed,

iii. Learning the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used for their intended purpose,

iv. Knowing the third parties to whom personal data are transferred at home or abroad,

v. Requesting correction of personal data if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed,

vi. Requesting the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring their processing disappear,

vii. Requesting correction and deletion processes to be notified to third parties to whom personal data is transferred

viii. Object to the emergence of an unfavorable result by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automatic systems,

ix. Request compensation for damages in case of loss due to unlawful processing of personal data,

If you, as the data owner, wish to exercise any of the above-mentioned rights, you must fill out the application form attached to this Privacy Policy and (i) submit a wet-signed copy of the form to the address of Kuşadası Municipality in person or via a notary public, or submit the form electronically registered at ……………com.tr. You must send it to the postal address with your secure electronic signature. (information: notifications made using electronic signatures to registered e-mail (KEP) qualified e-mail addresses have the same legal consequences as notifications made on paper through a notary.)

Requests from data owners will be evaluated and concluded within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request, within the framework of Article 13 of the KVK Law. Positive or negative responses to requests from data owners may be notified to data owners in writing or electronically. Although the requests of data owners will, as a rule, be resolved free of charge, if responding to the request requires an additional cost, a fee may be charged in the amounts determined within the framework of the relevant legislation.

Collection Method and Legal Reason for Personal Data

Your personal data may be obtained in writing, verbally, audio or video recording or other physical or electronic means for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy within the framework of the conditions set out in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVK Law. Personal data; It may be collected through stores and other physical environments where data owners can contact, website, mobile applications, social media and other public channels, or organized training, conferences and similar events, or through investigation.

Although we generally obtain personal data from data owners, business partners we work with within the framework of the conditions specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVK Law, and individuals, institutions and organizations that are referenced in job applications or included in the applicant's work and education history, recruitment platforms, It is also possible to obtain it through persons and institutions that the data owner represents/represents.

USE OF COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

While accessing Kuşadası Municipality's websites, electronic platforms, applications or e-mail messages or advertisements sent by our municipality, small data files that allow recording and collecting certain data can be placed on users' computers, mobile phones, tablets or other devices used. These data files placed on computers and other devices may be cookies, pixel tags, flashcookies and web beacons, as well as other similar technologies for data storage. The term "cookie" is used to refer to cookies and similar technologies that may be used by our administration.

Cookies; It stores the information it collects through log files, empty gif files and/or third party sources in order to create a summary of your preferences and to make special promotions for you, to offer promotions and marketing offers, to improve the content of the websites or mobile application according to you and/or to determine your preferences; may track your navigation information and/or usage history on the site. It analyzes and interprets the visitor movements and preferences that it monitors during the use of the site, in addition to the personal information requested in e-mail addresses and membership forms, through "cookies" on the website of Kuşadası Municipality. Cookie; It is a file consisting mostly of letters and numbers that is stored in the Internet browser or hard disk of the device in use, allowing the device in question to be detected. In order to provide better service to its visitors on the website of Kuşadası Municipality and within the framework of its legal obligation, it will collect, process, share your navigation information with third parties and store it securely, provided that it is not used outside the purposes and scope specified in this Statement on the Protection of Personal Data.

Since any data collected through cookies may not constitute personal data, it should be taken into account that the data obtained through cookies will be evaluated within the scope of this Privacy Policy and the KVK Law only to the extent that they constitute personal data within the framework of Turkish law.

Cookie Types and Use of Third Party Cookies

It may match the information collected from you on the site by different methods or at different times, such as information collected online and offline on the website of Kuşadası Municipality, and use this information together with information obtained from other sources such as third parties.

Cookies can be classified according to their duration or the domain name they belong to. If cookies are classified in terms of duration, they are divided into two: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies refer to cookies that are deleted when the user closes the browser, while persistent cookies are cookies that remain on the user's computer/device for a predetermined period of time. Session cookies and persistent cookies are used on the websites and mobile applications of Kuşadası Municipality. If cookies are classified according to the domain name they belong to, they are divided into two: related party cookies and third party cookies. While cookies placed by the visited domain are called related party cookies, cookies placed by a different visited domain are referred to as third party cookies. If people outside the visited area place cookies on the user device through the visited area, there is a third party cookie.

In this context, our administration also uses cookies; may use "advertising technology" to activate "advertising technology" to serve you advertisements that it thinks may be of interest to you when you visit search engines, the website, its mobile application and/or the Internet sites where the website advertises. Advertising technology uses information about your previous visits to the website/mobile application and the websites/mobile applications where the website advertises in order to offer you special advertisements. While presenting these advertisements, a unique third-party cookie may be placed on your browser so that the website can recognize you.

Purposes of Use of Cookies by Kuşadası Municipality

Our municipality mainly uses cookies; stores the information it collects through log files, empty gif files and/or third-party sources in order to create a summary of your preferences and in order to improve the content of the website or mobile application according to you and/or determine your preferences; It uses cookies to track your navigation information and/or usage history on the site and thus provide better service and standards.

In addition, our Municipality may benefit from the cookies it uses on its websites, platforms, applications, advertisements and messages for the following purposes.

I. Operational uses: Our Municipality may use cookies that it deems necessary for the administration and security of its website, platform, application and services. Examples of cookies used for operational purposes include technologies that enable the use of functions on the website, applications and platforms, and cookies used to detect irregular behavior in these media.

ii. Functionality-related uses: Our Municipality may use cookies to facilitate the use of its website, platform, application and services and to customize them for users. Technologies that enable us to remember user information and preferences can be given as examples of cookies used for functionality purposes.

iii. Performance-related uses: Our municipality may also use cookies to increase and measure the performance of its website, application, platform and services. Examples of cookies used for this purpose are cookies that enable us to understand how users use our municipality's website, application, platform and services and analyze user behavior, and technologies that allow us to understand whether the messages we send are interacted with.

iv. Uses for advertising purposes: Our municipality or third party websites may use related party cookies and third party cookies to transmit advertisements and similar content related to users' interests through websites, platforms and applications. Examples of uses for advertising purposes include cookies that measure the effectiveness of advertisements and cookies that show whether a particular advertisement was clicked or how many times the advertisement was viewed.

Rejecting and Deleting Cookies

Although most browsers allow the use of cookies, users can reject or delete cookies at any time by changing their browser settings. You can remove persistent cookies and reject both session cookies and persistent cookies by following the instructions provided in your internet browser's "help" file. However, the method of changing the settings varies depending on the browser used, and how to disable cookies should be learned from the service provider of the browser used.

If cookies are disabled. You can continue to use the website or mobile application, but you may not be able to access all functions of the website or mobile application, or as your access may be limited, you may not be able to benefit from some features of our Municipality's websites, applications, platforms and services.

Authorized Service Providers

We can get help from some service providers we have authorized to run and promote our municipality's websites, platforms, applications and services. These service providers may also place cookies and similar technologies (third party cookies) on the users' computer/device and collect information such as IP address, unique identifier and device identifier to identify the user device.

SITES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OWNED BY THIRD PARTIES

Our Municipality's websites, platforms and applications may contain links to third-party websites, products and services. These links are subject to the privacy policies of third parties, and we would like to inform you that third parties and third party sites are independent of our municipality and that our municipality is not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties. If you visit the linked websites, we recommend that you read the privacy policies of these sites.

CHANGES

Kuşadası Municipality may make changes to this Personal Data Protection and Privacy Policy at any time and the change comes into force when it is published on the website. Changes made by Kuşadası Municipality will be notified to those concerned via the website. For this reason, the current version of the Privacy Policy can be accessed on the Kuşadası Municipality website, and any changes that may be made to the Privacy Policy can be followed on the Kuşadası Municipality website. As a rule, the changes will be made by uploading them to the Kuşadası Municipality website and will become valid as of this date. However, our Company may also notify the changes in other ways it deems appropriate.

PERMISSION FOR COMMUNICATION AND PERSONAL DATA

By accepting this Privacy/Personal Data Protection Policy and Communication Permission, your personal data, which you have consented to be shared with Kuşadası Municipality, will be used for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy (to provide and offer various advantages and personalized promotion, promotion, advertising, sales, marketing, survey and By making all kinds of electronic communication for similar purposes via telephone, short message (SMS), e-mail and similar means and sending other communication messages, etc.); You consent to the collection, storage, processing, use and transfer of your information to Kuşadası Municipality and third parties whose details are stated above.

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