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PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

At www.bcmarin.com, we show the utmost sensitivity regarding the security of your personal data. Your personal data is processed and stored in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”).

1. How Your Personal Data Can Be Processed

In accordance with the KVKK No. 6698, your personal data shared with bcmarin.com can be processed by us by being obtained, recorded, stored, altered, rearranged, in short, processed in all ways, either automatically or non-automatically, provided that it is part of any data recording system. All kinds of operations performed on the data are considered as "processing of personal data" under the KVKK.

2. Purposes and Legal Reasons for Processing Your Personal Data

The personal data you share,

- To fulfill the requirements of our services to our customers in accordance with the necessities of the contract and technology, to develop our products and services;

- To provide information to public authorities, courts, and relevant public officials upon request and in accordance with the legislation on public safety and legal disputes;

- To offer our members a wide range of opportunities or to share these opportunities with individuals or institutions that can provide them within the legal framework;

- To analyze advertising preferences,

will be processed in accordance with the KVKK and related secondary regulations.

3. Information on Third Parties or Organizations to Which Your Personal Data Can Be Transferred

For the purposes mentioned above, your personal data shared with bcmarin.com may be transferred to our main shareholders, shareholders, advertisers, direct or indirect domestic/foreign affiliates; member companies using the bcmarin.com infrastructure and limited to the persons and institutions related to the service provided, including but not limited to those; to our partners, program partner organizations we cooperate with and/or receive services from, domestic/foreign organizations and other third parties and organizations for the purposes of carrying out our activities and/or as data processors.

The arrangements regarding cookies to be used for advertising purposes are part of our “bcmarin.com Cookie Policy,” which is currently part of this “Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy.” To learn about our Cookie Policy, please click here. (You can access the required cookie policy sample through the link at the bottom of the document).

4. How Your Personal Data Is Collected

Your personal data,

- Through forms on bcmarin.com website and mobile applications, such as name, surname, address, phone, work or private email address; preferences made on pages entered using a username and password, IP records of performed transactions, cookie data collected by the browser, browsing duration and details, location data;

- Through persons who share their personal data, such as business cards, resumes (CVs), offers, for purposes such as establishing a commercial relationship with bcmarin.com, applying for a job, making an offer, physically or virtually, face-to-face or remotely, verbally or in writing, or electronically;

- Also, data obtained indirectly from various channels, web sites, blogs, contests, surveys, games, campaigns and similar (micro) websites used for purposes, and data provided by social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.) and open profiles and data shared from social sharing sites; e-newsletter reading or clicking movements, public databases, social media platforms,

can be processed and collected.

5. Personal Data Obtained Before KVKK Came into Force

Since bcmarin.com started publishing after the enforcement date of the KVKK (April 7, 2016), we do not have any personal data stored before this date. (If your website was collecting data before this date, you must specify how the data was processed and stored.)

6. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your personal data collected by any of the above-mentioned methods may be transferred to service agents abroad (to countries accredited by the Personal Data Board and where sufficient protection is provided regarding personal data protection) to be processed and stored outside Turkey, in accordance with the KVKK and for the purposes of the contract.

Your Personal Data;

- Our business partners with whom we cooperate and/or receive services for the presentation and promotion of products and services,

- To the authorities to identify your location in case of an emergency call,

- Regulatory and supervisory institutions and other official institutions such as courts and enforcement offices, and other public institutions or organizations authorized to request your personal data,

- To the legal entities with which bcmarin.com has commercial relations and to which your phone number is provided,

- May be transferred when deemed necessary.

7. Storage and Protection of Personal Data

bcmarin.com is obliged to prevent the unlawful processing of personal data, prevent unauthorized access, and ensure the lawful protection of personal data in systems and databases where your personal data is stored in accordance with Article 12 of the KVKK. In the event of learning that personal data has been obtained by others unlawfully, the situation will be reported immediately in accordance with legal regulations and in writing to the Personal Data Protection Board.

8. Keeping Personal Data Accurate and Up-to-Date

bcmarin.com has an obligation to keep your personal data accurate and up-to-date under Article 4 of the KVKK. Therefore, in order for bcmarin.com to fulfill its obligations arising from the current legislation, our members need to share their accurate and up-to-date data or update them via the website/mobile application.

9. Rights of the Personal Data Owner Under the KVKK

Article 11 of the KVKK, which entered into force on October 7, 2016, grants the following rights to the owners of personal data after this date:

Personal Data Owners can apply to bcmarin.com (data controller) to:

- Learn whether personal data is processed or not,

- Request information if personal data has been processed,

- Learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether it is used in accordance with its 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,

- Request the deletion or destruction of personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the KVKK,

- Request notification of the transactions made as per sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,

- Object to the occurrence of a result against the person himself/herself by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,

- Demand the compensation of the damage in case of loss due to the unlawful processing of personal data.

10. Communication and Application Method

The Data Controller Representative to be appointed by bcmarin.com will be announced in the Data Controllers Registry and on the internet address where this document is located when the legal infrastructure is provided.

Personal Data Owners can direct their questions, opinions, or requests to the email address info@bcmarin.com.

bcmarin.com can respond to positive/negative responses to applications in writing or digitally, within 30 days, provided that it is justified. It is essential that the necessary transactions regarding the requests are free of charge. However, if the transactions require a cost, bcmarin.com reserves the right to charge a fee. These fees are determined by the tariff set by the Personal Data Protection Board in accordance with Article 13 of the Personal Data Protection Law.

By sharing your personal data on our website, applications, and other channels, you declare that you accept our Personal Data Policy and the conditions in our policy regarding processing, processing methods, transferring data, selling, and other related matters; you also accept that the data shared with a social media application bcmarin.com can be used on the website, applications, and social media channels; and that it can be shared with third parties commercially as long as it is for the benefit of the members, and you acknowledge that you will apply to bcmarin.com before exercising your legal rights and you declare your explicit consent as defined in the KVKK to our Personal Data Policy and its terms.

This agreement was last updated on 23/07/2024.