Personal Data Protection

İHLAS GAZETECİLİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ
CLARIFICATION TEXT ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Data Controller: İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş.
Merkez Mahallesi, 29 Ekim Caddesi,
İhlas Plaza No:11 A/41, 34197,
Yenibosna / Bahçelievler / İstanbul / Türkiye

 

As İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş. (“Company”), we show the utmost sensitivity to the security of your personal data. With this awareness, as the Company, we attach great importance to the processing and preservation of all personal data belonging to all individuals associated with our Company, including our customers, consumers, and employees who benefit from our products and services, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye, international conventions on human rights to which our country is a party, and the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”), as well as other relevant legislation.

In this context, in our capacity as “Data Controller” as defined under the KVKK, we would like to inform you.

With full awareness of this responsibility, we process your personal data in the manner explained below and within the limits prescribed by the legislation.

Your personal data shared with our Company in the capacity of consumer, subscriber, customer, supplier, or employee may be processed in compliance with the KVKK, in connection with and proportional to our activity and service purposes, transferred to third parties domestically and abroad, stored, used for profiling, and classified.

1. Collection, Processing, and Processing Purposes of Personal Data

Your personal data may vary depending on the service provided by our Company and the commercial activities of our Company; it may be collected verbally, in writing, or electronically through automatic or non-automatic methods, via our Company units, website, social media channels, mobile applications, and similar means. As long as you benefit from the products and services offered by our Company and İhlas Group Companies, your personal data may be processed by being created and updated.

In addition, your personal data may be processed when you use our call centers or our website to use the services of the Company or İhlas Group Companies, when you visit our Company or our website, or when you attend training sessions, seminars, or organizations organized by our Company.

Your collected personal data will be processed for the purposes of:

  • Enabling you to benefit from the products and services offered by our Company and İhlas Group Companies; understanding your tastes, usage habits, and needs regarding the products and services offered to respond to your requests faster, improving our communication with you to provide better service and offer more personalized products, services, and proposals; conducting analysis to achieve these; informing you about our products and services; measuring your satisfaction regarding our products and services; developing and diversifying our products and services in line with your requests and needs;
  • Ensuring the legal and commercial security of our Company, İhlas Group Companies, and individuals in a business relationship with our Company (administrative operations for communication carried out by our Company, ensuring the physical security and control of locations belonging to the Company, İhlas Group Companies customer evaluation / complaint management processes, reputation research processes, event management, legal compliance process, auditing, financial affairs, etc.);
  • Determining and implementing our Company’s commercial and business strategies;
  • Ensuring the execution of our Company’s human resources policies, as well as processing employee data for obligations stipulated by the Labor Law, working and social security legislation, and other applicable legislation in force, as well as for increasing performance levels and employee satisfaction, and ensuring occupational safety and peace;

within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK, which are explicitly stated below:

ARTICLE 5- Conditions for processing personal data

(1) Personal data cannot be processed without the explicit consent of the data subject.

(2) In the presence of one of the following conditions, it is possible to process personal data without seeking the explicit consent of the data subject:

  1. It is explicitly provided for by the laws.
  2. It is mandatory for the protection of life or physical integrity of the person or someone else, who is unable to express his/her consent due to actual impossibility or whose consent is not granted legal validity.
  3. It is necessary to process the personal data of the parties to a contract, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of the contract.
  4. It is mandatory for the data controller to fulfill its legal obligation.
  5. It has been made public by the data subject himself/herself.
  6. Data processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right.
  7. Data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

ARTICLE 6- Conditions for processing special categories of personal data

(1) Personal data relating to the race, ethnic origin, political opinion, philosophical belief, religion, sect, or other beliefs, clothing, membership in associations, foundations, or trade unions, health, sexual life, criminal convictions, and security measures, as well as biometric and genetic data, are special categories of personal data.

(2) Processing of special categories of personal data without the explicit consent of the data subject is prohibited.

(3) Personal data other than health and sexual life listed in the first paragraph may be processed without seeking the explicit consent of the data subject in cases provided for by the laws. Personal data relating to health and sexual life, on the other hand, may only be processed without seeking the explicit consent of the data subject by persons under an obligation of confidentiality or authorized institutions and organizations for the purpose of protecting public health, preventive medicine, medical diagnosis, treatment and care services, and planning and management of health services and financing.

(4) Adequate measures determined by the Board must also be taken in the processing of special categories of personal data.

In accordance with these provisions, personal data will be processed:

  • In compliance with the law and rules of good faith,
  • In connection with, limited to, and proportionate to the purposes of processing,
  • Accurately and kept up to date,
  • For specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes.

2. To Whom and For What Purposes Processed Personal Data May Be Transferred
Your collected and processed personal data may be shared within our subsidiary and İhlas Group companies for the purposes listed in Article 1 of this document, in accordance with the KVKK and applicable legislation. It may also be transferred domestically or abroad to, including but not limited to, our business partners, business contacts, subcontractors, suppliers, company officials, and shareholders, in line with the purpose of the service we offer, or to regulatory/supervisory authorities and official bodies in cases required by relevant legislation, within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK.

3. Method and Legal Basis of Personal Data Collection
Your personal data is obtained in all kinds of verbal, written, or electronic media, for the purpose of providing the products and services offered by the Company within the determined legal framework in line with the above-mentioned purposes, and to enable our Company to fulfill its contractual and legal responsibilities completely and accurately.

Your personal data is collected in verbal, written, or electronic media by our Company or real/legal persons processing data on behalf of our Company through channels including, but not limited to, the website, various contracts, mobile applications, e-mail, application forms, and written or verbal communications with our Company.

Your personal data collected for these purposes and legal reasons can also be processed and transferred for the purposes specified in Articles (1) and (2) of this text within the scope of personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK.

4. Rights of the Personal Data Subject Listed in Article 11 of the KVKK
As personal data subjects, if you submit your requests regarding your rights to our Company through the methods set out below in this Clarification Text, our Company will finalize your request free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. However, if a fee is stipulated by the Personal Data Protection Board, the fee in the tariff determined by our Company will be charged.

In this context, personal data subjects have the right to:

  • Learn whether personal data is processed,
  • Request information if personal data has been processed,
  • Learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
  • Know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or abroad,
  • Request correction of personal data if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed and request notification of the transaction made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
  • Request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing cease to exist despite having been processed in accordance with the provisions of the KVKK and other relevant laws, and request notification of the transaction made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
  • Object to the occurrence of a result against the person himself/herself by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
  • Claim compensation for the damage in case of incurring damage due to unlawful processing of personal data.

Pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 13 of the KVKK, you may submit your request regarding the exercise of your above-mentioned rights to our Company in writing or by other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

To exercise your rights stated above as a personal data subject, we kindly remind you that your application containing your explanations regarding the right you request to exercise must be clear and understandable, the subject requested must pertain to you personally or if acting on behalf of someone else, you must be specifically authorized in this regard and document your authority, and the application must contain identity and address information along with documents certifying your identity attached to the application.

Within this framework, the channels and procedures to submit your application in writing to our Company under Article 11 of the KVKK are explained below:

You may deliver a signed copy of the “DATA SUBJECT APPLICATION FORM”, which you can complete in accordance with the information text at the beginning of the form available at www.ihlasgazetecilik.com.tr, along with documents verifying your identity:

  • In person to İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş. Merkez Mahallesi, 29 Ekim Caddesi, İhlas Plaza No:11 A/41, 34197, Yenibosna / Bahçelievler / İstanbul / Türkiye,
  • Via a notary public or other methods specified in the KVKK, or
  • By sending the relevant form to kvk.basvuru@ihlasgazetecilik.com.tr.

 

İhlas Gazetecilik Personal Data Protection and Processing Policy

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