PATENTPARK CONSULTANCY LIMITED COMPANY “our Company” attaches utmost importance to the security and protection of your personal data and prioritizes compliance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data “Personal Data Protection Law” or “PDPL”.
Within this scope, our Company places great importance on processing and retaining all personal data belonging to individuals associated with our Company, including persons benefiting from our services, in accordance with the PDPL.
As the “Data Controller” within the meaning of the PDPL, and in accordance with Article 10 of the PDPL and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to be Followed in Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform, published in the Official Gazette dated 10 March 2018 and numbered 30356, we hereby provide this Privacy Notice in order to inform data subjects at the time their personal data is obtained.
Accordingly, this Privacy Notice includes information regarding the identity of our Company, the purposes for which personal data is processed, to whom and for what purposes the processed personal data may be transferred, the method and legal basis of personal data collection, and the rights of data subjects under Article 11 of the PDPL.
Pursuant to Article 3/1(d) of the PDPL, “personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Within this scope, personal data refers to any information relating to a specific or identifiable natural person. For example, your name, surname, Turkish identification number, address, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth, IP address used for access, information relating to transactions carried out by you and similar information constitute your personal data.
In addition, under the PDPL, data relating to race, ethnic origin, political opinions, philosophical beliefs, religion, sect or other beliefs, appearance and clothing, membership of associations, foundations or trade unions, health, sexual life, criminal convictions and security measures, as well as biometric and genetic data are considered special categories of personal data.
Within this framework, anonymous information, anonymized information and other data that cannot be associated with a specific person are not considered personal data under our Company’s policy on this matter.
Pursuant to Article 3/1(e) of the PDPL, processing of personal data means any operation performed on personal data, whether wholly or partly by automated means or by non-automated means provided that it forms part of a data filing system.
Such operations include obtaining, recording, storing, retaining, altering, reorganizing, disclosing, transferring, taking over, making available, classifying or preventing the use of personal data.
Under the PDPL, the “Data Controller” refers to the natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data and is responsible for the establishment and management of the data filing system.
Accordingly, the corporate identity details of PATENTPARK CONSULTANCY LIMITED COMPANY, acting as the Data Controller, are as follows:
Trade Registry Number: 20278-5
Tax Office: Tuzla
Tax Number: 7230443600
Address: Cami Mh. Sarıdoğan Sk. No:2/1 Tuzla, Istanbul, Türkiye
Telephone: 0850 311 42 42
Website: www.patentpark.com.tr
E-mail: kvkk@patentpark.com.tr
Your personal data may vary depending on the services, products or commercial activities provided by our Company. Such data may be collected verbally, in writing or electronically, through automated or non-automated methods, via offices, branches, dealers, call centers, websites, social media channels, mobile applications and similar means.
Within the scope of Articles 5/2 and 6/3 of the PDPL, your personal data may be processed without your explicit consent for the purposes of fulfilling our legal obligations, establishing or performing a contract, complying with legal requirements, establishing, exercising or protecting a right, and protecting our legitimate interests, provided that such processing does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms. Personal data made public by you may also be processed without explicit consent within the limits permitted by law.
In addition, your personal data may be processed based on your explicit consent pursuant to Articles 5/1 and 6/2 of the PDPL for the purposes specified in this Privacy Notice.
Since our loyalty programs, solution partnership structures, partnership programs and memberships may provide special advantages to their members, by joining such programs or memberships in order to benefit from such advantages, you may be deemed to have given explicit consent to the processing of your personal data, except in cases where an exception applies under the law.
Your collected personal data may be processed by our Company in accordance with the personal data processing conditions and purposes set out in Articles 5 and 6 of the PDPL and other applicable legislation for the following purposes:
Your collected personal data may be transferred, within the scope of the purposes stated above, to the following persons and institutions where necessary and permitted by law:
Such transfers may be carried out within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes set out in Articles 8 and 9 of the PDPL and other applicable legal regulations.
Your collected personal data may also be transferred abroad in accordance with the applicable provisions of the PDPL and relevant legislation, including to foreign countries declared by the Personal Data Protection Board to provide adequate protection, or, in the absence of adequate protection, to foreign countries where data controllers in Türkiye and in the relevant foreign country undertake adequate protection in writing and where the necessary approval of the Personal Data Protection Board is obtained.
Our Company acts and will continue to act in accordance with the provisions set forth in Article 9 of the PDPL and all other applicable legal regulations in this regard.
Your personal data may be obtained through our audit and consultancy services, written or digital applications submitted to our Company employees, our website, calls made to our telephone numbers, social media, SMS channels and other verbal, written or electronic environments.
Your personal data may also be collected through automated or non-automated methods and through other channels by which our Company communicates or may communicate with you in the future.
The legal basis for collecting your personal data is to carry out our activities, fulfill our contractual and legal obligations with you, and perform the services provided by our Company. Personal data obtained within this scope is retained for the legal retention periods stipulated under the relevant legislation.
As personal data subjects, if you submit your requests regarding your rights to our Company through the methods specified in this Privacy Notice, our Company will conclude your request free of charge as soon as possible and in any event within thirty days, depending on the nature of the request.
However, if a fee is prescribed by the Personal Data Protection Board, the fee determined in the applicable tariff may be charged by our Company.
Within this scope, pursuant to Article 11 of the PDPL, personal data subjects have the following rights:
Pursuant to Article 13/1 of the PDPL, you may submit your request regarding the exercise of the above-mentioned rights to our Company in writing or through other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.
In this regard, the channels and procedures through which you may submit your written applications to our Company within the scope of Article 11 of the PDPL are explained below.
To exercise your rights mentioned above, you may submit your request, including the necessary information identifying your identity and your explanations regarding the right you wish to exercise under Article 11 of the PDPL, by sending an e-mail together with documents identifying your identity to kvkk@patentpark.com.tr, by delivering it personally, through a notary public, or by other methods specified under the PDPL.
In cases where your personal data is processed based on your explicit consent, if you withdraw such explicit consent, you will be removed from the relevant information list for which such consent-based processing is required, and you will no longer be able to benefit from the advantages provided through such processing as of the relevant date.