Protection and legal safeguarding of personal data, regulated as a constitutional right, holds significant importance in terms of fundamental rights and freedoms. We are aware of our responsibility and place great importance on the secure use of your personal data. Protecting your personal data shared with us in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 ("KVKK") and ensuring the compliant use of this information are among our top priorities. Therefore, we would like to provide you with more detailed explanations regarding the processing of personal data and your rights in this regard.
In accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK"), your personal data will only be processed, recorded, stored, updated, and shared with third parties within the framework explained below and as permitted by legislation.
PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING INFORMATION NOTICE
AÇI GROUP BEVERAGE FOOD LOGISTICS INDUSTRY AND TRADE LIMITED COMPANY and AÇI TOBACCO AND FOOD LOGISTICS TRADE INDUSTRY INC. are committed to maximum compliance with the relevant legislation and internal regulatory rules regarding the processing and protection of personal data. Therefore, as stated in our policy, great importance is attached to processing and storing all kinds of personal data of individuals who share their information with our Companies in compliance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 ("KVKK") and relevant secondary legislation. Within the scope of this responsibility, your personal data is processed within the limits explained below and as required by the legislation.
a) Data Controller
In accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK"), any processing activity of personal data pertaining to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject") is evaluated within the scope of the KVKK. In this regard, your personal data is processed by our Companies as the data controller. Within the scope of this Information Notice, the use of relevant personal data by our Companies is detailed, and where necessary, support may be obtained from third parties with the required technical infrastructure to provide the highest level of data security and to process the data for the specified purposes as indicated below.
b) Purposes of Processing Personal Data
In accordance with the fundamental principles envisaged in the Law on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK") and the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK; the personal data of individuals who are in a business relationship with our Companies will be processed for the purpose of ensuring their legal, technical, and commercial business security, as well as providing post-sale information services.
In addition, when you visit or navigate our Company's website, your digital footprint data and cookie data may also be processed.
Use Of Cookies
Cookies are text files containing small pieces of information that are downloaded to your computer, mobile phone, or tablet when you visit our website. When a connection is established between your browser and the server, the site recognizes you through cookies.
The purpose of using cookies is to provide convenience to users visiting our website. Cookies can also be used to expedite future activities and experiences on our sites. Additionally, we use cookies to aggregate anonymous and summary statistical data that helps us understand how individuals use our sites and to improve the structures and content of our sites. This data does not contain information that could identify you.
There are four types of cookies based on their purposes: Session Cookies, Performance Cookies, Functional Cookies, and Advertising and Third-Party Cookies. Açı Group/Tobacco companies use "session cookies" and "persistent cookies" on their websites. Session cookies are temporary cookies stored in the user's browser until the user leaves the Acigrup website. Persistent cookies, on the other hand, remain in the user's browser until they are deleted by the user. The lifespan of cookies varies depending on the browser settings made by the user.
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c) Who Personal Data May be Transferred to and for What Purposes
Your collected personal data, limited to the purposes, may be transferred to our business partners, companies providing software and hardware support services, judicial authorities and similar legally authorized public/private institutions, lawyers and/or auditors for the protection of our legal rights and fulfillment of our obligations, within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law, to the extent necessary for their fulfillment and ensuring your data security.
d) Method of Collecting Personal Data and Legal Basis
Your personal data is collected, used, recorded, stored, and processed by our Company in accordance with the law and principles of honesty, clearly and comprehensibly informing the data subjects in writing, and obtaining explicit consent if necessary, connected with the legitimate purpose explicitly stated above, and limited to the principle of proportionality. In this context, your personal data may be collected by our Company via Email, telephone, our website, social media, and our mobile website. Any kind of oral or written data collected in this context can be processed and transferred within the scope of the personal data processing conditions specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Personal Data Protection Law and the purposes stated in this Information Notice.
e) Rights of the Data Subject
Under Article 11 of the KVKK, data subjects have the following rights:
· Learning whether personal data is being processed, and if so, requesting information regarding the processing of personal data,
· Learning the purpose of the processing of personal data and whether they are being used for their intended purpose,
· Knowing the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or abroad,
· In case personal data is processed incompletely or incorrectly, requesting their correction and, within this scope, requesting the notification of the correction process to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
· Even if it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the KVKK and other relevant laws, requesting the deletion or destruction of personal data in case the reasons requiring its processing have ceased to exist, and within this scope, requesting the notification of the deletion or destruction process to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
· Objecting to the occurrence of a result against the individual by the sole analysis of processed data through automated systems,
· Requesting compensation for damages incurred due to the unlawful processing of personal data.
A clear and comprehensible request containing your wet-signed petition can be used to exercise your rights by choosing one of the methods below:
1) AÇI GRUP İÇECEK GIDA LOJİSTİK SANAYİ VE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ, ŞEVKET SÜMER MAH. TURGUT ÖZAL BULV. NO:117/B AKDENİZ/MERSİN veya AÇI TÜTÜN VE GIDA LOJİSTİK TİCARET SANAYİ A.Ş. ŞEVKET SÜMER MAH. TURGUT ÖZAL BULV. NO:117/A AKDENİZ/MERSİN Delivering it in person to the address above (Please make sure to have an identification document such as your ID card/driver's license with you; otherwise, your application will not be processed)
2) AÇI GRUP İÇECEK GIDA LOJİSTİK SANAYİ VE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ, ŞEVKET SÜMER MAH. TURGUT ÖZAL BULV. NO:117/B AKDENİZ/MERSİN veya AÇI TÜTÜN VE GIDA LOJİSTİK TİCARET SANAYİ A.Ş. ŞEVKET SÜMER MAH. TURGUT ÖZAL BULV. NO:117/A AKDENİZ/MERSİN Sending it to the address above via a notary public.
3) Sending it via Registered Electronic Mail (KEP) signed with a "Secure Electronic Signature" as defined in Law No. 5070 Electronic Signature Law to the addresses “acitutun@hs03.kep.tr” or “acigrup@hs03.kep.tr”
As data subjects, if you submit your requests regarding your rights to our Company through the methods specified above, our Company will process the request free of charge within 30 (thirty) days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request.
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