Data Protection Notice

In accordance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK"), your personal data is processed by Pregon Publishing as the Data Controller within the scope described below and in accordance with applicable legislation. This text has been prepared to inform you about the data processing activities carried out through the Website.

1. Your Personal Data Processed

The following personal data may be processed while you use the Website and through contact, quote, application, information request or request forms:

• Identity Information: First name, last name.
• Contact Information: Email address, phone number, city, country and similar contact information.
• Customer Transaction / Request Information: Message content, subject of request, information about the product or service of interest, application and communication records.
• Transaction Security Information: IP address, log records, device information, browser information, access date and time information.
• Marketing and Communication Preference Information: Commercial electronic message consent records, cookie preferences and permission records.

2. Purposes of Processing Personal Data

Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes, limited to:

• Receiving, evaluating and responding to requests, applications, questions, complaints and suggestions submitted through the Website,
• Carrying out communication activities,
• Evaluating quote, product or service requests,
• Carrying out and developing business relationship processes,
• Ensuring the security of the Website, preventing misuse, spam, bot traffic, unauthorized access attempts and cyber attacks,
• Measuring Website performance, improving user experience and developing technical infrastructure,
• Managing cookie preferences and user permissions,
• Where explicit consent has been given, carrying out campaign, announcement, promotion and commercial electronic message processes,
• Fulfilling legal obligations towards authorized institutions and organizations.

3. Method and Legal Basis of Collecting Personal Data

Your personal data is collected fully or partially through automated means via forms, cookies, security tools, server logs, email communications and similar electronic channels on the Website.

Your personal data is processed based on the following legal grounds specified in Article 5 of the KVKK:

• Being directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract: For the purpose of evaluating quote, product, service, application or business relationship requests.
• Being mandatory for the data controller to fulfil its legal obligation: For fulfilling legal obligations and meeting requests from authorized institutions and organizations.
• Being mandatory for the data controller's legitimate interests, provided this does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject: For ensuring the security of the Website, responding to requests, improving service quality and protecting technical infrastructure.
• Explicit consent: For sending commercial electronic messages, marketing activities and cookie uses requiring explicit consent.

4. Transfer of Processed Personal Data

Your personal data may be shared with the following persons, institutions and organizations for the purposes stated above and to sustain the Website's activities:

• Authorized public institutions, organizations and judicial authorities, only within the scope of duly made legal requests,
• Business partners and service providers offering server, hosting, security, maintenance, backup, email, form management, analytics, cookie management and technical infrastructure services,
• Persons and organizations from whom legal, financial or technical consulting services are received, to the extent necessary.

As a rule, your personal data is shared only to the extent limited, proportionate and necessary for the purposes of processing. If the servers of some technical infrastructure, analytics, security, email, cookie management or embedded content services used are located abroad, your personal data may be transferred abroad in accordance with applicable legislation and with the necessary security measures taken.

5. Data Retention Period

Your personal data is retained for the period required by the purposes of processing and taking into account the legal retention periods stipulated in applicable legislation.

Form records submitted through the Website may be retained for a reasonable period for the purpose of finalizing the request, carrying out the communication process, improving service quality and as evidence in possible disputes.

When the purpose of processing ends or the legal retention period expires, your personal data is deleted, destroyed or anonymized in accordance with the KVKK and applicable legislation.

6. Rights of the Data Subject

Pursuant to Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• To learn whether your personal data is being processed,
• To request information if your personal data has been processed,
• To learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose,
• To know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, domestically or abroad,
• To request correction of your personal data if it has been processed incompletely or incorrectly,
• To request the deletion or destruction of your personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in the KVKK and applicable legislation,
• To request that correction, deletion or destruction transactions be notified to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
• To object to a result that arises to your detriment through the analysis of your processed data exclusively via automated systems,
• To request compensation for damage in case you suffer damage due to unlawful processing of your personal data.

To exercise these rights, you may contact the Data Controller via the contact email address stated above. Your applications will be evaluated and concluded within the periods stipulated in applicable legislation.

7. Commercial Electronic Messages

Where you have given explicit consent, commercial electronic messages for campaign, announcement, promotion, informational and marketing purposes may be sent to you. Not giving commercial electronic message consent does not prevent you from sending an information, quote or contact request through the Website.

You may withdraw your commercial electronic message consent at any time.

8. Cookies

The Website may use mandatory, functional, analytical, performance, marketing and targeting cookies. Mandatory cookies are required for the Website to function securely and correctly. Non-mandatory cookies are used in line with user preferences and the cookie consent mechanism.

Detailed information about cookie use can be found on the Cookie Policy page.