Protection of Personal Data

Privacy Notice

Definitions

• KVKK: The Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698.
• Data Controller: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt.
• Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person/employee, including the information contained in their personnel file, such as identity details, address, telephone, email, ID number, driver’s license number, passport number, etc.
• Special Categories of Personal Data: Any information about a person’s/employee’s race, ethnic origin, political opinions, philosophical beliefs, religion, sect or other beliefs, appearance and dress, membership of associations, foundations or trade unions, health, sexual life, criminal convictions and security measures, as well as their biometric and genetic data, etc.

Protection of Personal Data Under the KVKK No. 6698, any information that serves to identify a natural person or make them identifiable is personal data. We would like to inform you about the purposes for which your personal data held by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt are processed, the legal grounds for processing, the methods of collection, to whom and for what purposes your data may be transferred, and the rights granted to you under the KVKK, whether connected with these matters or independent of them.

1. Methods for Collecting Personal Data In his capacity as data controller, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt, within the scope of our legal obligations arising from the KVKK and other related legislation, collects your personal data, including special categories of personal data, by the methods used in the service processes carried out through various channels such as the website, mobile applications, switchboard, call center, commercial areas covered by security/information desks, social media channels, direct or authorized communication channels, and physical channels. These data are collected verbally, in writing or electronically on the basis of your explicit consent, within the framework of the legal grounds arising from the relevant legislation, contracts, requests, commercial custom and the rules of good faith that apply to providing you with quality service through these channels and to conducting our business and commercial activities within this framework.

In this context, your personal data may be collected, in writing or electronically, by natural or legal persons processing data on behalf of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt, by the methods listed below, without being limited to them: forms you fill out electronically or on paper; social networks that let you sign in when registering with or logging in to our websites; contact forms on our websites or on third-party websites that you fill out to get in touch with us; cookies used to recognize you, and our mobile applications; the various contracts you have signed with our company, the emails, faxes and letters you have sent to our company, notifications served by public or private institutions or organizations, notices and/or documents relating to negotiable instruments, and all written and visual communications of a kind that may take their place; third-party firms that process data on behalf of our company or support our company at any stage of the membership program; our employees and customer service channels; the use of social media channels active on a local, national or international scale, various search engines (e.g., Google, Yandex) and similar online media; membership agreements and all other contracts, campaigns, applications, forms and offers; and the data held at all our factories and branches of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt.

2. Processing of Personal Data and Purposes of Processing We, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt, in our capacity as data controller, may obtain, record, keep, store, modify, update, periodically check, reorganize and classify, in whole or in part, the personal data and/or special categories of personal data that we obtain with your explicit consent through our switchboard, written communication channels, social media pages, mobile communication channels, the communication channels of our security/information desks and/or any other channels, without being limited to these; may retain them for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which they are processed or for the period laid down in the relevant law; may, where required by law or by the actual needs of the service, share them with or transfer them to the private individuals and legal entities that Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt works with, group companies or companies he cooperates with, his affiliates or subsidiaries, public institutions and organizations to which he is legally obliged to submit information and/or documents, and/or relevant third-party natural or legal persons resident in Türkiye or abroad; and may, where required by law or by the actual needs of the service, transfer them abroad.

We hereby inform you that we may process your personal data for purposes such as enabling the customers of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt to benefit from our services; informing you, with your consent, about our campaigns in order to define and develop our commercial and marketing strategies; recording your suggestions and complaints; getting to know you better so as to serve you in line with your needs; conducting our sales, marketing, advertising and promotional activities; carrying out analyses and profiling for sales and marketing activities; establishing better service standards for you; and defining and implementing the commercial and business strategies of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt, and in every case in accordance with the KVKK No. 6698 and the related legislation.

3. Transfer of Personal Data Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt may share your personal data only on the basis of your explicit consent or, within the framework of the security and confidentiality principles set out in Law No. 6698 and the related legislation, within Türkiye provided that adequate measures are taken and abroad provided that the necessary security measures are taken, for the purposes of conducting the company’s activities, establishing the business relationship between data subjects and our customers and/or holding negotiations for this purpose, offering services, opportunities and facilities, and improving service quality, with: on-premises or cloud-based physical or virtual servers located in Türkiye or abroad, as required by the information technologies we use within our group companies, business partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, business connections and stakeholders, and the firms providing such server support; the persons and institutions in Türkiye or abroad from which we obtain physical server and/or cloud services; firms that process data on behalf of our company, provide customer satisfaction measurement and profiling support, or provide support in sales and marketing matters requiring the processing of personal data; the customers with which we have agreements and to which we provide services as our activities require; suppliers; audit firms; or other public institutions or organizations authorized to request these data under a legal obligation; and other relevant authorities, without being limited to these.

4. Rights of the Data Subject Listed in Article 11 of the KVKK (the “Law”) Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt will respond to the following requests from data subjects:

• To learn whether Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt processes their personal data and which personal data he processes,
• To obtain information regarding the purposes of the processing activity,
• To know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt transfers personal data,
• To request the rectification of personal data if they have been processed incompletely or inaccurately,
• To request the erasure or destruction of personal data in accordance with the Law,
• Where the rectification, erasure or destruction of personal data is requested, to request that the third parties to whom the personal data have been transferred be notified of the actions taken,
• To object to a result to their detriment arising from the analysis of the processed data exclusively by automated systems, and
• To obtain a copy of their personal data.

You can contact us with your comments and questions.

Name: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Bozkurt
Email Address: info@profmehmetbozkurt.com
Postal Address: Harbiye, Mim Kemal Oke St. No:29 Flat:2 Maçka/Nişantaşı/Istanbul
Phone: +90 533 665 7789