DECLARATION ON THE LAW ON PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA (KVKK)

This “Declaration on the Law on Protection of Personal Data” included in the website www.berteks.com.tr (hereinafter will be referred to as BERTEKS web site) of BERTEKS TEKSTİL SAN. TİC. A.Ş. (hereinafter will be referred to as “BERTEKS”) is written, with our obligation as the data controller to declare pursuant to the laws, to provide information to the visitors of our website about on what legal ground and with what methods we collect and process your personal data and on how we ensure your data security in order to protect your fundamental rights and freedom. 

BERTEKS reserves the right to update and make amendments in this “Declaration on the Law on Protection of Personal Data” in accordance with the provisions of the KVKK and other applicable laws.

PERSONAL DATA

According to the KVKK, personal data refers to any information which is related to an identified or identifiable natural person. Such information includes name, surname, birth date, gender, identity number, e-mail address, place residency/delivery address, telephone number and is described as personal data in our laws because they can be used to identify people.

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA AND THE PURPOSE OF PROCESSING

Processing of your personal data means performing all kinds of actions on or related to personal data including obtaining, recording, storing, maintaining, changing, reorganizing, disclosing, transferring, taking over, making available, classifying or preventing the use of data through wholly or partly by automated means. 

Your personal/private data is processed by BERTEKS, limited to the purposes described in this “Declaration on Protection of Personal Data” and pursuant to our legal obligations arising from the Law No:6698 on the Protection of Personal Data and Law no 6563 on the regulation of the electronic commerce and other relevant laws and regulations and for the duration set forth in the law.

Our main purposes to process personal data;

To plan or implement activities related to customer satisfaction.

To plan or implement marketing processes or market research activities,

To plan or implement marketing processes of products or services,

To plan or implement post-sales support services,

To track customer requests or complaints,

To plan, implement and ensure the safety of operational activities necessary for the company’s activities and operations to be in compliance with the company procedures or relevant laws,

To implement Human Resources policies,

Market Research and Social Responsibility Activities

To ensure that personal data is correct and up-to-date,

To provide information to authorities as required by law,

To plan and implement marketing activities such as promotions, special offers, discounts, and campaigns,

When visitors, customers or members access to BERTEKS website and click on the contact button on the top tab and enter their names, surnames, cell phone numbers and e-mail addresses at free will in the relevant fields in “Contact Us” section and click on the Send Message button, such visitors, customers or members give their express consent to the processing of their names, surnames, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses (personal data), they will be given explicit consent to the processing of their names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses (personal data). The purposes of processing your personal data is limited to the purpose of communicating with you, providing you information about our campaigns and advertisements in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations and for the duration in which such purposes are valid and such personal data is destroyed as soon as the purpose to process becomes obsolete. 

GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

BERTEKS accepts, declares and guarantees that BERTEKS comply with the following fundamental principles when processing personal data.

To comply with laws and to be in good faith, 

To be up-to-date and correct as necessary,

To Process with certain, clear and legitimate purposes,

to be related with and limited to the purpose of processing,

To store and save data for the duration necessary for the purpose of processing.

DATA SECURITY

BERTEKS accepts, declares and guarantees that BERTEKS will develop necessary systems and control mechanisms to delete, destroy or anonymize personal data it obtains; prevent illegal processing of personal data; prevent illegal access to personal data, safe keep personal data and take all kinds of technical and administrative measures to ensure this; perform or have others perform necessary controls if personal data is processed by another real or legal person within its premises and take all kinds of technical and administrative measures.

In the event that processed personal data is illegally obtained or acquired by third parties, BERTEKS will notify the data subject and the Personal Data Protection Board.

TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA

TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA IN THE COUNTRY

BERTEKS may transfer personal data in its possession to third party real or legal persons in the country only with the explicit consent of the data subject.

Personal data of the data subject may be transferred to third party real or legal persons without the data subject’s explicit consent under following circumstances and transferred to authorized people in accordance with the law and in relation to the purpose.

When explicitly stipulated in law;

Data processing must be done to protect the life or bodily integrity of someone who cannot give his/her consent due to a physical impossibility or whose content is not considered legally valid or to protect the life or bodily integrity of somebody else;

Data processing is required provided that this is directly related to the establishment or execution of an agreement; 

Data processing must be done in order for us as the data controller to fulfill our legal obligations;

Data has been made anonymous by the Data Subject; 

Data processing must be done in order to establish, exercise or protect a right,

Data processing must be done for the legitimate interests of the Data Controller provided that no harm is inflicted on the basic rights and freedom of the Data Subject.

TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY

BERTEKS may transfer personal data in its possession to third part real or legal persons outside the country only with the explicit consent of the data subject.

BERTEKS may transfer personal data to outside the country without the explicit consent of the data subject:

 if there is sufficient data protection in that country;

and if there is not sufficient data protection, data controllers in Turkey and in the country to which the data will be transferred declare in writing that they will ensure sufficient data protection.

RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

Real persons whose personal data is processed have the right to apply to BERTEKS, as the data controller, to ensure that compliance with the provisions of the KVKK and other laws is achieved; your rights as the data subject pursuant to the article no 11 of the KVK are given below;

a) learn whether your personal data has been processed,

b) if yes, request information about how your personal data is processed, 

c) Learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether it is used for the intended purpose,

c) have information about third parties in the country and abroad with whom your personal data has been shared,

d) request correction/amendment if your personal data is processed incorrectly or incompletely, 

e) request that your personal data is deleted or destroyed pursuant to the conditions stipulated in article 7 of the KVKK,

f) request that the actions are taken according to the paragraphs (d) and (e) are notified to the third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,

g) object to any unfavorable outcome for you due to the reason that your processed data is analyzed solely by automated systems, 

ğ) Claim damages in the event that you incur losses due to the reason that your personal data is processed illegally.

APPLICATION TO THE DATA CONTROLLER

Pursuant to the KVKK please note that you have the right to;

a) Learn whether your personal data has been processed,

b) if yes, request information about the processing,

c) learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether it is used for the intended purpose,

d) learn about third parties in the country and outside the country to which the data has been transferred,

e) ask for correction if personal data is processed incorrectly/incomplete,

f) request that your personal data is deleted/destroyed pursuant to the conditions stipulated in article 7 of the KVKK,

g) request that the actions are taken according to the paragraphs (d) and (e) are notified to the third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,

h) object to any unfavorable outcome for you due to the reason that your processed data is analyzed solely by automated systems, 

i) Claim damages in the event that you incur losses due to the reason that your personal data is processed against the KVKK.

Click for the application form.

UPDATE PERIOD 

BERTEKS may make changes at any time in this “Declaration on the Law Personal Protection Data” in accordance with its economic or commercial decisions or resolutions of the Personal Data Protection Board.