Privacy Notice (KVKK)
SAMPLE TEXT — pending legal review. This document must be reviewed by a lawyer/data protection consultant before going live.
Data Controller
[COMPANY NAME] ("the Company") processes your personal data as the data controller within the scope described below, in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK").
- Address: [ADDRESS]
- MERSIS No: [MERSIS NUMBER]
- KVKK request e-mail: [KVKK E-MAIL]
- Registered e-mail (KEP): [KEP ADDRESS]
Categories of Personal Data Processed
- Identity: full name
- Contact: e-mail, phone, city
- Customer transaction: quote request content, files attached to quote requests, contact form messages
- Transaction security: IP address, session/log records, password (stored irreversibly, hashed)
Purposes of Processing
- Creating and managing website membership
- Responding to requests received via the contact form and quote request form
- Preparing and delivering the requested service quote
- Carrying out information security processes
- Fulfilling legal obligations
Legal Grounds
Your personal data is processed based on the following legal grounds under Article 5/2 of KVKK:
- Being directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract (Art. 5/2-c)
- Being mandatory for the Company to fulfil its legal obligations (Art. 5/2-ç)
- Being mandatory for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right (Art. 5/2-e)
- Being mandatory for the Company's legitimate interest (Art. 5/2-f)
Transfers
Your personal data may be shared, to the extent necessary to provide the service, with service providers such as hosting and e-mail service providers.
Transfer abroad: E-mails sent to you or by the Company are delivered through servers (Gmail) belonging to our e-mail service provider Google LLC. Accordingly, your personal data is transferred abroad under Article 9 of KVKK. The legal basis for this transfer is: [TRANSFER BASIS — to be clarified in legal review].
Collection Method
Your personal data is collected electronically, by automated means, through the forms on the website (membership, contact, quote request).
Retention Periods
- Contact form messages: 2 years
- Quote requests and their attachments: 10 years (commercial record-keeping obligation)
- Membership account data: until the account is deleted
- Security/log records: [PERIOD]
Your Rights (KVKK Article 11)
Under Article 11 of KVKK, by applying to the data controller you have the right to;
- Learn whether your personal data is being processed,
- Request information if it has been processed,
- Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose,
- Know the third parties to whom it is transferred domestically or abroad,
- Request correction if processed incompletely or incorrectly,
- Request deletion or destruction within the conditions set out in Article 7 of KVKK,
- Request that correction/deletion/destruction be notified to third parties to whom the data was transferred,
- Object to a result that is to your detriment arising from analysis of the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
- Request compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing.
How to Apply
You may submit your request via the [KVKK E-MAIL] address, the [KEP ADDRESS] registered e-mail address, or in writing to [ADDRESS]. Your application will be answered within 30 days at the latest, in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller.