Privacy Policy

INFORMATION NOTICE ON THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

This Information Notice on the Protection of Personal Data has been prepared in order to determine the principles regarding the processing of your data of a personal data nature as well as your statistical data that are not of this nature, by Vademecum Yayıncılık A.Ş. (“Vademecum”), acting in its capacity as the data controller, through the website with the domain name www.vademecumgroup.com (“Vademecum Group”), in accordance with the applicable legislation, primarily the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”), and to inform the relevant persons about these matters.

1 – DATA CONTROLLER

Your personal data are processed within the scope of the KVKK by Vademecum, which has the capacity of data controller and is domiciled at Kazlıçeşme Mah. 245. Sok. No:5
Zeytinburnu / Istanbul.

2 – PURPOSES OF DATA PROCESSING

Your personal data are processed for the following purposes:

• Maintaining Vademecum’s commercial activities in accordance with the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 and all applicable legislation to which Vademecum is subject, improving relations with customers, increasing service quality, customizing Vademecum services for the customer, customizing promotions and recommendations communicated through Vademecum services for the customer, and fulfilling completely and accurately the obligations arising from the legislation to which Vademecum is subject and required by authorized institutions and authorities,
• Performance of Vademecum’s contractual rights and obligations,
• Creating anonymous statistics and user profiles,
• Ensuring that Vademecum Group is made properly accessible and improved on every device, operating system, browser, and environment

for these purposes (“Purposes”).

3 – COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

Vademecum collects data relating to the names, surnames, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of Vademecum Group users.

4 – THIRD PARTIES TO WHOM PERSONAL DATA MAY BE TRANSFERRED AND PURPOSES OF TRANSFER

Your personal data may, where required by the above-mentioned Purposes, be transferred to our third-party business partners, suppliers, domestic and foreign affiliates, including lawyers and financial advisors, as well as to legally authorized public institutions and private persons, and to service providers located abroad, within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK and based on a standard contract.

5 – METHOD OF COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AND LEGAL GROUNDS

Your personal data are collected through Vademecum Group by automatic means, partially or fully automatically, through Vademecum services such as cookies, membership forms, contact forms, etc. Your personal data are collected due to the performance of rights and obligations arising from the contract and the requirements of Vademecum’s legitimate interests, and are processed based on your explicit consent.

Vademecum retains personal data only for the period stipulated in the legislation it is obliged to comply with or for as long as necessary for the purpose for which they are processed.

After rendering the recorded information fully anonymous, Vademecum may use such information to carry out statistical analyses for purposes such as increasing the ease of use of Vademecum Group, offering new services to users, updating the application, etc. The results of these analyses may be shared by Vademecum with customers and business partners במסגרת business development activities and in a manner that does not contain any personal data.

6 – VADEMECUM SERVICES

Every transaction and usage information of users on Vademecum services is logged together with various data (ip, referrer, time, cookie, etc.), and such records are retained.

Vademecum services are open to sponsorships, and general or personalized promotions may be offered through our services by means of the data obtained from application records.

7- CHANGES

Vademecum has the right to make partial or complete changes to this Information Notice in line with legislative changes or the practices of the relevant official authorities, institutions and organizations, or for the purposes of improving Vademecum services and protecting Vademecum’s legitimate interests. These changes shall be immediately incorporated into this text.

8- DELETION, DESTRUCTION OR ANONYMIZATION OF PERSONAL DATA

Although personal data have been processed in accordance with the KVKK and other relevant legal provisions, in the event that the reasons requiring their processing cease to exist, personal data shall be deleted, destroyed or anonymized ex officio or upon the request of the relevant person by the data controller.

9– EXERCISE OF RIGHTS

With regard to your personal data processed by Vademecum, it is possible for you to exercise, in your capacity as the relevant person, the rights listed in Article 11 of the KVKK.

In order to exercise your requests regarding your personal data being processed by Vademecum and your rights set forth in Article 11 of the KVKK, you may apply to Vademecum’s above-mentioned address via notary public or registered mail, or by sending an e-mail to info@vademecumonline.com.tr together with documents identifying your identity. Your applications will be responded to within the legal period depending on their nature.

EXPLICIT CONSENT TEXT REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION LAW

I hereby accept, having been informed and enlightened on the matter in a manner that leaves no room for hesitation, that my personal data and the other information specified in the Information Notice, which are collected by VADEMECUM YAYINCILIK A.Ş. (“Company”) within the scope of the Information Notice and provided by me electronically in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, may be collected, processed, updated, periodically checked, kept in the database, stored, used in the newsletter sending service provided by the company, and, provided that security measures appropriate to current technological developments are taken, servers located abroad may also be used, and that such data may be transferred to and/or shared with the persons located domestically and abroad specified in the Information Notice and with third parties, in line with the purposes stated in the Information Notice.