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Bilişim Vadisi Teknopark Yönetici A.Ş. (“Company”) uses certain technologies such as cookies, pixels and GIFs (“cookies”) in order to improve your experience during your visits to our online platforms. The use of these technologies is carried out in compliance with the applicable legislation, primarily the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”).

This Cookie Notice aims to inform you about the processing of personal data obtained through the use of cookies during the operation of the terminal.istanbul website (“Site”) operated by us and visited by site visitors (“Data Subject”). In this notice, we explain which types of cookies we use on our website, for what purposes they are used, and how you can control them.

As a Company, we may stop using the cookies we use on our website, change their types or functions, or add new cookies to our website. Therefore, we reserve the right to amend the provisions of this notice at any time. Any changes made to the current notice will become effective once published on the website or any other public platform. You can find the latest update date at the beginning of the notice.

For more detailed information about the processing of your personal data by the Company, we recommend that you read the Bilişim Vadisi Teknopark Yönetici A.Ş. Personal Data Protection and Processing Policy and the Privacy Notice available at terminal.istanbul.

Which Cookies Are Used for Which Purposes?

General Information

As the Company, we use cookies on our website for various purposes and process your personal data through these cookies. These purposes mainly include:

• Performing the basic functions necessary for the operation of the Site. For example, ensuring that logged-in members do not need to re-enter their passwords while navigating between different pages.
• Analyzing the Site and improving its performance. For example, integrating different servers on which the Site operates, determining the number of visitors to the Site, making performance adjustments accordingly, or facilitating visitors in finding what they are looking for.
• Increasing the functionality of the Site and providing ease of use. For example, enabling sharing on third-party social media platforms via the Site or remembering the username information or search queries of visitors for their next visit.

As the Company, we may share your personal data within the scope of this notice, limited to the purposes stated above and in compliance with the legislation, with our suppliers, legally authorized public institutions, and private persons. We would like to note that the parties to whom the data are transferred may store your personal data on their servers anywhere in the world.

Cookies Used on Our Website

You can find the different types of cookies used on our website below. Both first-party cookies (placed by the website you visit) and third‑party cookies (placed by servers other than the website you visit) are used on our website.

Mandatory Cookies

The use of certain cookies is mandatory for our website to function properly. For example, authentication cookies activated when you log in ensure that your session continues when you move from one page to another on our website.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to analyze your use of our website and improve the performance of our website. For example, these cookies help us determine which pages our visitors view the most, whether our website works properly, and detect possible problems.

How Can I Control the Use of Cookies?

You have the option to personalize your preferences regarding cookies by changing the settings of your browser.

What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?

According to Article 11 of the KVKK, 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 that 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 correction to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
• Request deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring processing no longer exist, even though it has been processed in accordance with the KVKK and other relevant laws, and request notification of the transaction to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
• Object to the occurrence of a result against the person through the analysis of processed data exclusively by automated systems,
• Request compensation for damages in case personal data is processed unlawfully.

If you submit your requests regarding the rights mentioned above through the methods specified in the Data Subject Application Form available at terminal.istanbul, your application will be evaluated and concluded as soon as possible and within 30 (thirty) days at the latest.

As a rule, no fee will be charged for such requests; however, the Company reserves the right to charge a fee according to the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

The Data Subject acknowledges that if they submit a request that results in their personal data not being used by the Company, they may not fully benefit from the operation of the Site and accepts that any responsibility arising in this context will belong to them.