This Cookie Notice has been prepared in order to inform you, as visitors, about the processing of your personal data through cookies via the website https://www.kazanciholding.com.tr/ (“Website”), which is operated by Kazancı Holding A.Ş. (“Company”) in its capacity as the data controller, in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”).
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (such as a computer, tablet, or mobile phone) via your browser when you visit a website. Through these files, information regarding your browsing activities on the website is collected and used for various purposes, including ensuring the proper functioning of the website, remembering user preferences, performing statistical analyses, and targeting advertisements.
Cookies generally do not contain any information that directly identifies you (such as your name, surname, or Turkish identification number). However, certain digital data processed through cookies—such as your IP address, session ID, language preferences, and device identifiers—may constitute personal data within the scope of the KVKK.
Cookies also enable us to analyze the number and profile of visitors to the Website or our applications, allowing us to improve our systems and provide you with a better user experience. Additionally, where you choose to allow it, cookies may be used to personalize the advertisements displayed to you during your internet usage.
1. Your Processed Personal Data and Scope of Processing
During your use of the Website, the Company may process, by automated means and through cookies, the categories of personal data listed below, depending on the types of cookies used:
• Strictly necessary cookie data: Such as session information, security tokens, IP address, etc.
• Functional cookie data: Such as your language preferences, region and location settings, etc.
• Performance/analytical cookie data: Such as visit frequency, session duration, pages visited, referring source information, and numerical data obtained through your network connection, etc.
• Advertising/marketing cookie data: Such as browser identifiers, targeting parameters, conversion tracking data, and campaign performance analytics, etc.
The types and names of cookies used may change over time in line with technological developments and operational needs. Up-to-date information regarding cookies is transparently made available via the “Cookie Preferences” section accessible on the Website.
2. Method of Collection of Personal Data and Legal Basis
Your personal data are collected by the Company through cookie technology via the Website, by automated means. The legal grounds for the relevant data processing activities are explained below:
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies are cookies that are placed on your device while you use the Website and are required for the proper and uninterrupted operation of the online services provided. As these cookies are essential for the performance of the core functions of the Website, they cannot be disabled or deactivated.
With regard to the data processing activities carried out through strictly necessary cookies, the legal basis relied upon is that the processing of personal data is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that such processing does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, in accordance with Article 5 of the KVKK.
b) Functional Cookies:
Functional cookies are used to store a user’s preferences in relation to a specific service on the website and are not linked to persistent identifiers such as usernames. These cookies are placed solely upon the user’s explicit request in order to remember a particular piece of information (for example, clicking a button or selecting a checkbox).
Data processing activities carried out within the scope of functional cookies are based on the legal ground of explicit consent pursuant to Article 5 of the KVKK.
c) Analytical and Performance Cookies:
Analytical cookies enable statistical measurement by analyzing users’ behavior on the website. They are used for purposes such as determining the number of visitors, optimizing technical performance, identifying search engine referrals, and monitoring on-site navigation.
Data processing activities carried out within the scope of analytical and performance cookies are based on the legal ground of explicit consent pursuant to Article 5 of the KVKK.
d) Advertising/Marketing Cookies:
Marketing cookies are third-party cookies placed by our advertising partners through the Website. These cookies track users’ online activities in order to display advertisements that are tailored to their interests.
Data processing activities carried out within the scope of advertising and marketing cookies are based on the legal ground of explicit consent pursuant to Article 5 of the KVKK.
3. Transfer of Personal Data
Your personal data processed through cookies may be transferred, provided that such transfer is limited solely to the purposes set out in this Cookie Notice, to consultants located within Türkiye from whom we receive services, as well as to service providers that provide information technology infrastructure and technical services relating to cookies, within the scope of our legitimate interests; and, where explicitly stipulated by law and for the purposes of fulfilling our legal obligations, to legally authorized public institutions and legally authorized private entities.
4. Retention and Disposal of Personal Data
Your personal data obtained through cookies are retained for the period required by the purposes of processing; and are deleted, destroyed, or anonymized in accordance with the KVKK and the applicable legislation once the purpose of processing ceases to exist or the retention period expires as required under the relevant legislation.
5. Your Rights as a Data Subject
The term “data subject” refers to natural persons whose personal data are processed. As a data subject, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data processed pursuant to the KVKK:
• To learn whether your personal data are processed,
• If your personal data have been processed, to request information regarding such processing,
• To learn the purpose of the processing of your personal data and whether such data are used in accordance with their purpose,
• To know the third parties to whom personal data are transferred, whether domestically or abroad,
• To request the correction of personal data in the event that they are processed incompletely or inaccurately,
• To request the deletion or destruction of personal data within the framework of the conditions set out under the KVKK,
• To request that the correction of incomplete or inaccurate data and the deletion or destruction of personal data carried out upon your request be notified to third parties to whom the personal data have been transferred,
• To object to the occurrence of a result against you arising from the analysis of processed data exclusively through automated systems,
• To claim compensation for damages in the event that you suffer damage due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.
6. Exercise of Your Rights
You may submit your applications and requests regarding your personal data by completing the data subject application form available on the Website and submitting it to the Company through one of the following methods:
• By sending it to Rüzgarlıbahçe Mah. Özalp Çk. No:10 34805 Kavacık/Beykoz/İstanbul (“Company address”) together with your wet-ink signature and a copy of your identity document,
• By submitting it in person to the Company address with a valid identity document,
• By signing it with a secure electronic signature or mobile signature and sending it to kvkk@aksa.com.tr.
In order for us to manage the process in the most efficient manner, you must clearly and explicitly specify which of your rights you wish to exercise and provide detailed information regarding the requested action.
Please note that the subject of the request must relate to the data subject personally. Where an application is made on behalf of another person, the applicant must rely on a specifically documented authorization (power of attorney) covering the requested action. Applications submitted without proper authorization will not be taken into consideration.
7. Evaluation of Your Application
Your applications will be reviewed and responded to as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than thirty (30) days from the date on which your application is received by us.
8. Management of Cookie Preferences
Your consent is required for all cookies other than strictly necessary cookies. Where you do not provide your consent, such cookies will not be placed on your device. You may manage your cookie preferences at any time or withdraw your previously given consent via the “Cookie Preferences” link located at the bottom of the Website. It is also possible to block or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, please note that, in such case, certain functionalities of the Website may be limited.
9. Entry into Force
This Cookie Notice enters into force as of the date of its publication. The Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Notice at any time in line with legal and technical requirements. The current version will be published on the Website and made available for your access.