Purpose of the Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent
This Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy explains what kind of personal data is collected by “halimhattat.com.tr“, which is the personal online platform of “Prof. Dr. Halim Hattat”, how this personal data is used, with whom your personal data may be shared, what your rights are regarding your processed personal data and how you can exercise these rights, and how you can change your positive or negative preferences regarding receiving electronic communications.
Your Processed Personal Data and the Purpose and Basis of Personal Data Processing
Prof. Dr. Halim Hattat’s personal online platform “halimhattat.com.tr“, requests your personal data (name, surname, date of birth, mobile phone number, landline phone number, e-mail, gender, address, including but not limited to the information that the member consents to be shared through those channels in case of logging in with social media accounts, and any kind of personal information intended to directly or indirectly identify the user) within the framework of its legal obligation arising from the relevant legislation, particularly the Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed Through These Publications and related secondary legislation, the Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce and related secondary legislation, the Turkish Criminal Code No. 5237, and the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, and its service standards, in order to provide better service to its members, to fulfill the aforementioned purposes and legal obligations, to provide you with better service, and to carry out statistical studies. This personal data will be processed and stored by taking information security measures, provided that it is not used outside the purposes and scope determined by this Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent, based on your explicit consent, in order for you to benefit from the services of “halimhattat.com.tr“.
Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data
To learn what your processed personal data is, whether it is used in line with the processing purpose, the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or abroad, to change, update and/or delete your data if your processed personal data is incomplete or incorrect or if there is any change in your processed personal data, and to request that this situation be notified to the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred, you can perform necessary operations such as changing, updating and/or deleting through the “info@halimhattat.com.tr” e-mail address section. Your other rights pursuant to Article 11 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 are reserved.
Personal Data Retention Period
Pursuant to the Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce; records regarding the withdrawal of consent will be kept for 1 year from this date; and all kinds of other records regarding the content of the commercial electronic message and the transmission will be kept for 3 years to be submitted to the relevant ministry when necessary. After the period expires, your personal data is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized by our company or upon your request.
Use of Cookies
“halimhattat.com.tr” will collect, process, share with third parties, and securely store your browsing information, provided that it is not used outside the purposes and scope determined by this Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent, in order to provide better service to its visitors and to enable its visitors and members to benefit from the advantages of the membership platform and within the framework of its legal obligation. Information about the cookies we use for the purpose of collecting your browsing information will be provided via a “pop-up screen” when you first log in to the “halimhattat.com.tr” website/mobile site or install its mobile application on your phone or tablet.
Cookies are text files containing small pieces of information loaded by your internet browser and stored on your computer, mobile phone, or tablet when you visit the “halimhattat.com.tr” website or install the mobile application on your mobile phone or connect from the mobile site.
“halimhattat.com.tr” tracks your browsing information on the site and/or your membership usage history on the site in order to provide you with special promotions, offer promotions and marketing offers, improve the content of the website or mobile application according to you, and/or determine your preferences. It may match the information collected from you on the site through different methods or at different times, such as information collected online and offline, and use this information together with information obtained from other sources such as third parties. The said matching and usage will remain solely within the purposes and scope determined by this Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent.
Types of Cookies
“halimhattat.com.tr” uses session cookies and persistent cookies on its website, mobile application, and mobile site. The session ID cookie ends when you close your browser. The persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for a long time. You can remove persistent cookies and reject both session cookies and persistent cookies by following the instructions given in the “help” file of your internet browser or by visiting “www.allaboutcookies.org” or “www.youronlinechoices.eu“. If you reject persistent cookies or session cookies, you may continue to use the website, mobile application, and mobile site, but you may not be able to access all functions of the website, mobile application, and mobile site, or your access may be limited. This situation may vary in the mobile application.
“halimhattat.com.tr” uses cookies to personalize your use of the website/mobile application/mobile site. It uses them to determine how you use the website/mobile application/mobile site, including tracking how you use the website/mobile application/mobile site, such as where you connect from, what content you view on the website/mobile application/mobile site, and the duration of your visit; in order to present content and advertisements more suitable for your interests and you, in other words, for targeted advertising/promotion purposes. In this way, when you use the “halimhattat.com.tr” website, mobile application, or mobile site, it presents you with more suitable content, personalized campaigns, and products, and does not present content or opportunities that you have previously stated you do not want. “halimhattat.com.tr” matches the information obtained through cookies with the personal data we collect from our members.
How does “halimhattat.com.tr” use third-party cookies for advertising and retargeting?
“halimhattat.com.tr” cookies can also be used to activate “advertising technology” in order to present you with advertisements that it thinks may be of interest to you when you visit search engines, the “halimhattat.com.tr” website, mobile application, or mobile site and/or websites where it advertises. Advertising technology uses information regarding your previous visits to the website/mobile application/mobile site and the websites/mobile/mobile site applications where “halimhattat.com.tr” advertises in order to present you with tailored advertisements. While presenting these advertisements, a unique third-party cookie may be placed on your browser so that “halimhattat.com.tr” can recognize you. The website/mobile application/mobile site of “halimhattat.com.tr” also uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze how visitors use the website/mobile application/mobile site. Information about your use of this website/mobile application/mobile site (including your IP address) is transferred to Google and stored by Google on servers in the US. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website/mobile application/mobile site, compile the “halimhattat.com.tr” website/mobile application/mobile site activity, and provide other services relating to website/mobile application/mobile site activity and internet usage. However, it will not match your IP address with other data stored by Google. For more information about the use of Google Analytics (including opt-out options), you can visit: http://www.google.com/intl/tr/policies/privacy/#infocollect
In addition, in order to present you with advertisements that may be of interest to you, your e-mail address among your personal data that you have shared with “halimhattat.com.tr” is shared with Facebook by accepting this Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent, in order to create a custom audience with Facebook. Before uploading and transmitting your e-mail address to Facebook, it is encrypted locally in our system by Facebook using the hash method. Your e-mail address encrypted with the Hash Method shared with Facebook will only be used for the matching process. It is not shared with third parties or other advertisers and is deleted from Facebook systems as soon as possible after the matching process is completed. Facebook will ensure the privacy and security of the Data Encrypted with the Hash Method and the Facebook User ID collection that constitute your custom audience (“your custom audience”), including developing technical and physical security measures designed to (a) protect the security and integrity of data while your personal data is on Facebook systems, and (b) protect against accidental or unauthorized access to, and accidental or unauthorized use, alteration, or disclosure of, your personal data on Facebook systems. Furthermore, without your permission or unless required by law, Facebook does not give third parties or other advertisers access to or information about your custom audience, does not add your custom audience information to information about our users or build interest-based profiles, or use your custom audience for anything other than providing services to you. You can visit https://www.facebook.com/ads/manage/customaudiences/tos.php for Facebook custom audiences terms and https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation for Facebook Privacy Principles.
Sharing Personal Data with Official Authorities
halimhattat.com.tr may share your personal data regarding your visit or membership and your traffic information such as your browsing information with public institutions and organizations authorized to request this information legally for your security and in order to fulfill the obligation of halimhattat.com.tr against the laws (in cases where there is a legal or administrative obligation to notify or provide information, including but not limited to combating crime and the threat of state and public security).
Measures Regarding the Protection of Personal Data
The protection of personal data is an important issue for halimhattat.com.tr. halimhattat.com.tr takes the necessary measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access or the loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of this information. halimhattat.com.tr undertakes to keep your personal data confidential, to take all kinds of necessary technical and administrative measures to ensure confidentiality and security, and to show the necessary care. In the event that personal data is damaged or falls into the hands of third parties as a result of attacks on the website and system despite halimhattat.com.tr taking the necessary information security measures, halimhattat.com.tr will immediately notify you and the Personal Data Protection Board and take the necessary measures.
Changes to be Made in the Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent
halimhattat.com.tr may make changes to this Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent at any time. These changes become effective immediately upon the posting of the amended new Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent on the “halimhattat.com.tr” site. Necessary information will be provided to you, our members, so that you are aware of the changes in this Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent. Users can update their Membership/Personal information and communication preferences at any time by logging into the system. You can forward your requests on this subject by sending an e-mail to the info@halimhattat.com.tr e-mail address. Your request will be evaluated within 30 (thirty) days, and you will be informed in writing regarding the result of your request. In addition, users can also forward all kinds of requests regarding the “Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent” by sending an e-mail to the info@halimhattat.com.tr e-mail address.
Applicable Law, Authorized Court and Enforcement Offices
This Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent is subject to the laws of the Republic of Turkey. Istanbul Central Courts and Enforcement Offices are authorized to resolve any disputes that may arise from the implementation of the Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent.
Communication Consent
By accepting this Privacy/Protection of Personal Data Policy and Communication Consent, you have permitted your personal data, which you have consented to be shared with us, to be collected, stored, processed, used, and transferred to third parties with whom “halimhattat.com.tr” is in a contractual relationship, for the purpose of providing and presenting various advantages to you and conducting all kinds of electronic communications for special promotion, promotion, advertisement, sales, marketing, survey, and similar purposes via phone, short message (SMS), e-mail, and similar ways and sending other communication messages.