COOKIE POLICY and INFORMATION TEXT
This Cookie Policy and Information Text (“Policy”) sets out the principles regarding the use of cookies on the website owned by Bilirnet Information Services (“Bilirnet”) and operated by us, which is https://www.bilirnet.com (“Website”), as well as statements and explanations regarding the data processing purpose, data categories, methods of data collection and legal basis, to whom and for what purposes the data may be transferred, and your rights regarding your data.
Bilirnet has the right to process general data without the explicit consent of the data subject, provided for in Article 5 of the Law, with the explicit consent of the data subject or in cases foreseen in Article 5 of the Law. In this context, based on the explicit consent provided by you, when you enter the website; cookie registration data is processed by Bilirnet in order to improve the user experience of Website visitors, improve the services offered by Bilirnet, and understand how the Website is used by users.
Cookies are small text files created by a website on your device in name-value format. They store your usage habits and preferences on the browser while you use any website. Cookies are used to save time and provide a better internet experience. Cookies created by a website are stored by the web browser used for access to the website, and access to the information contained in cookies is possible only by websites offered under the domain name (e.g., site.org.tr) and if the same browser is used.
Cookies have become an integral part of web technologies today, and their main functions are to remember visitors and preferences and to recognize devices. Cookie usage is almost ubiquitous on every website.
The main purposes of using cookies on our Website are listed below:
• To improve the Website and offer new features through the Website and personalize the offered features according to your preferences;
• To ensure the proper functioning of various features and functions of the Website (e.g., embedding dynamic content, etc.);
• To collect non-personal, general information about how the Website is used by our visitors, such as the most clicked links, the most visited pages, the number of error messages viewed, and to analyze this information to make faulty pages work, improve our website, remove or improve unpopular pages.
• To determine how you found out about the Website;
• To generate traffic statistics;
• To offer personalized opportunities for products and services tailored to you, such as internet advertising, targeting and re-targeting, cross-selling, campaigns, opportunities, and product/service advertisements, by tracking users’ online movements and displaying advertisements online accordingly, and to make recommendations considering your preferences.
As specified in the Law, your personal data of the nature specified in this Policy; Regarding Mandatory Cookies; in accordance with the provision of “the necessity of processing personal data belonging to the parties to a contract, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract” within the scope of Article 5 of the Law, in case of processing of Marketing and Performance Cookies without containing anonymous data, “explicit consent of the data subject” is obtained and processed depending on the legal processing reasons.
Cookies are not used for purposes other than those specified in this Policy, and all relevant transactions are carried out in compliance with data protection legislation.
Type of Cookies and Descriptions
Mandatory Cookies
These are cookies that are mandatory for the proper functioning of the website, and for you to use the features of the site and the services offered.
Performance Cookies
They can be defined as cookies that allow statistical measurement for the analysis of user behaviors. They are processed for purposes such as estimating the number of visitors, the navigation status within the website, or determining the most important search engine keyword leading to a webpage.
Marketing Cookies
These are cookies that allow tracking of users’ online movements and thus enable advertisements to be displayed online, allowing for internet-based advertising, targeting and re-targeting, cross-selling, campaigns, opportunities, and product/service advertisements.
Most browsers allow you to view, manage, delete, and block cookies on websites. If you clear all cookies, you will lose all the preferences you have set. This also includes not storing cookies because there must be a cookie designated for this feature on your device for this feature to work.
Guides on how to control cookies in browsers are as follows:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_US
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
https://www.adobe.com/tr/privacy/opt-out.html
In addition, most browsers allow you to perform the following actions:
• View and delete saved cookies
• Block all cookies
• Block cookies from certain websites
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser
• Block third-party cookies
Article 8 of the Law states that “personal data cannot be transferred without the explicit consent of the data subject”. Article 8(2)(a) of the second paragraph of Article 8 states that “personal data may be transferred without the explicit consent of the data subject, provided that one of the conditions specified in paragraph 2 of Article 5 exists”.
By Bilirnet, personal data can be shared with authorized persons, institutions, and organizations who are authorized to request personal data only based on the legal reasons specified in Article 5 of the Law or based on the explicit consent provided by you.
You can always contact us for information about the following issues within the scope of the Law; To learn whether your personal data is processed, to learn the purpose of processing and whether it is suitable for the purpose, to know who the recipients of the personal data are, to request correction if it is incomplete or incorrect, to request deletion or destruction of personal data if the conditions are met and to request notification to third parties to whom personal data have been transferred, to object to a result against yourself that occurs as a result of the analysis of the processed data exclusively through automated systems, to demand compensation if any damage is incurred due to unlawful processing, to request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring processing are eliminated, despite being processed in compliance with the law.
You can send your applications regarding your rights mentioned above to us by using the Data Subject Application Form on the Website, through a notary or by sending them via secure electronic signature to the KEP address. Your request will be responded to within the shortest time and at the latest within thirty (30) days in compliance with the law. However, if the transaction requires an additional cost, Bilirnet reserves the right to charge a fee in accordance with the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.
Visitors who want more detailed information about cookies are recommended to visit www.aboutcookies.org.