Data Protection Notice
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Prepared under Article 10 of Turkish Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK).
1. Data controller
Your personal data is processed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elvina Almuradova as data controller, within the scope described below.
The contact details of the data controller are given in the "Requests and contact" section at the end of this text.
2. Personal data processed
Personal data is processed through the site only when you fill in the contact form:
- Identity: first and last name.
- Contact: e-mail address and phone number.
- Other: the content of the message you write.
- Transaction security: IP address, browser information and request time (server logs).
3. Purposes of processing
This data is processed for the following purposes:
- Responding to your enquiry and getting back to you.
- Handling appointment and information requests.
- Keeping the site secure and resolving technical faults.
4. Legal basis
Your data is processed on the legal grounds set out in Article 5 of the Law: processing being necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms, and processing being necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right. Ticking the consent box in the form also constitutes explicit consent.
5. Method of collection
Your personal data is collected through the contact form on the website, electronically and by means that are not fully automated.
6. Transfers
Your personal data is processed only to the extent that it resides in the systems of the hosting and e-mail providers used; it is not transferred to third parties for commercial purposes and is not sold.
Where legally required, it may be shared with authorised public bodies.
7. Your rights under Article 11
By applying to the data controller you may exercise the following rights:
- To learn whether your personal data is being processed.
- To request information if it has been processed.
- To learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used in line with that purpose.
- To know the third parties, in Türkiye or abroad, to whom the data has been transferred.
- To request correction if the data is incomplete or incorrect.
- To request erasure or destruction under the conditions set out in the Law.
- To request that correction, erasure and destruction be notified to third parties to whom the data was transferred.
- To object to a result arising against you from analysis carried out solely by automated systems.
- To claim compensation if you suffer loss due to unlawful processing.
8. How to apply
You may submit your requests in writing together with documents establishing your identity, or by the other methods set out by the Personal Data Protection Board. Your application will be concluded free of charge within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request.