Cookie Policy

As DENT FORUM ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TRADE LIMITED COMPANY (“Company”), through this Cookie Policy, we would like to inform all natural persons who visit and/or carry out transactions through our website www.dentforumizmir.com about the types of cookies used on our website, the purposes for which cookies are used, and how these cookies can be configured, managed, and deleted.

Please note that the Company may discontinue the use of cookies currently used on its website, change their types and functions, or introduce new cookies. In short, the Company may update this Cookie Policy when necessary. Users can access the most up-to-date version of the Policy by visiting our website.

1. What Is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files sent to your device when you visit a website. They act as a form of memory for the website. Cookies are not viruses. Although it is possible to collect personal data through cookies, not all data collected through cookies constitutes personal data. Therefore, data obtained through cookies shall be evaluated within the scope of this Policy and the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) only to the extent that such data qualifies as personal data under Turkish law.

2. Types of Cookies

Cookies may be classified according to their duration or the domain to which they belong. When classified according to duration, cookies are divided into two categories: session cookies and persistent cookies.

Session cookies are deleted when the user closes the browser, whereas persistent cookies remain on the user’s computer/device for a predetermined period.

When cookies are classified according to the domain to which they belong, they are divided into first-party cookies and third-party cookies. Cookies placed by the domain being visited are referred to as first-party cookies, while cookies placed by a domain other than the one being visited are referred to as third-party cookies. A third-party cookie is created when a party other than the operator of the visited domain places a cookie on the user’s device through the visited website.

3. Purposes of Using Cookies

The Company may use cookies on its websites, platforms, applications, advertisements, and communications for the purposes described below.

• Operational Purposes: We may use cookies that we consider necessary for the administration and security of the Company’s websites, platforms, applications, and services. Examples of cookies used for operational purposes include technologies that enable users to benefit from functions available on websites, applications, and platforms, as well as cookies used to detect irregular or unusual activity on these channels. Without these cookies, the website may not function properly. Therefore, as these cookies are strictly necessary, their use does not depend on the visitor’s consent.
• Functionality Purposes: The Company may use cookies to facilitate the use of its websites, platforms, applications, and services and to personalize them for users. Technologies that enable us to remember user information and preferences are examples of cookies used for functionality purposes.
• Performance Purposes: These cookies help us improve our website. Such cookies collect information about how visitors use the website and are used to monitor whether the website is functioning properly and to identify errors.
• Advertising Purposes: We may use first-party and third-party cookies to deliver advertisements and similar content tailored to users’ interests through websites, platforms, and applications belonging to the Company or third parties. Examples include cookies that measure the effectiveness of advertisements and cookies that indicate whether a particular advertisement has been clicked or how many times it has been displayed.

4. Purposes of Processing Personal Data Collected Through Cookies

Your personal data collected through cookies may be processed for the following purposes:

• Saving time by remembering your information during your next visit,
• Conducting online advertising activities,
• Providing personalized services based on visitors’ preferences and needs.

5. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Collected Through Cookies

The Company processes your personal data collected through cookies on the legal basis that such processing is necessary for the Company’s legitimate interests in maintaining its business activities, updating the website, and improving the effectiveness and performance of the website.

6. Sharing of Personal Data Collected Through Cookies

Your collected personal data may be transferred, in accordance with the law, to legally authorized public institutions and private-law persons, limited to the purposes specified in our Privacy Notice and within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes set forth in Articles 8 and 9 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698.

7. Cookies Used on Our Website

The following cookies and technologies are used on our website:

• Google Analytics – Analytics Cookies (Performance Cookies)
• Google Tag Manager
• Facebook Pixel – Advertising Cookies

8. Rejecting and Deleting Cookies

Although most browsers allow the use of cookies by default, users may change their browser settings at any time to reject or delete cookies. The method for changing these settings varies depending on the browser being used. Information on how to disable cookies should therefore be obtained from the service provider of the relevant browser.

If cookies are disabled, some features of the Company’s website, applications, platforms, and services may not function properly or may become unavailable.

9. Rights of Personal Data Subjects Under Article 11 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698

As a personal data subject, if you submit your requests regarding your rights to us through the methods described below, your request will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and no later than thirty (30) days, depending on the nature of the request, pursuant to Article 13(2) of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698. However, if the processing of your request requires an additional cost, a fee may be charged in accordance with the tariff determined by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board.

Within this scope, personal data subjects have the following rights:

• To learn whether their personal data is being processed,
• To request information if their personal data has been processed,
• To learn the purpose of processing their personal data and whether such data is being used in accordance with that purpose,
• To know the third parties to whom their personal data has been transferred within Türkiye or abroad,
• To request the correction of personal data if it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately and to request that the actions taken in this regard be communicated to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
• To request the deletion or destruction of personal data where the reasons requiring its processing no longer exist, even though it has been processed in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 and other applicable laws, and to request that the actions taken in this regard be communicated to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
• To object to any adverse result arising against the data subject as a result of the analysis of processed personal data exclusively through automated systems,
• To request compensation for damages suffered as a result of the unlawful processing of personal data.

Pursuant to Article 13(1) of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, you may submit your request regarding the exercise of the rights specified above to us in writing. Once other application methods to be determined by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board are announced, we will also provide information regarding how applications may be submitted through those methods.

Accordingly, the channel and procedure for submitting written applications to us within the scope of Article 11 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 are described below.

In order to exercise the rights specified above, you may submit your request containing the information necessary to verify your identity and explanations regarding the right or rights you wish to exercise under Article 11 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, together with documents verifying your identity, by hand to:

NARLI MAHALLESİ MİTHATPAŞA CADDESİ NO: 262/1B, NARLIDERE / İZMİR, TÜRKİYE

You may also submit your application through a notary public or by using any other methods specified under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698.