Privacy notice
Prepared under art. 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK). The Turkish version is the reference text.
Draft: this page is awaiting review by a lawyer and is not yet published.
Data controller
TODO: OPEN — name or title of the data controller, address and contact details.
What this site processes
- When you visit: the site sets no cookies, keeps no visitor statistics and loads nothing from third parties. The hosting provider may keep server logs (IP address, date and time, page requested, browser details) to run the service securely.
- When you contact the practice: the name, contact details, message and any documents you send by e-mail, phone or WhatsApp.
- Calculators: what you enter is processed only in your browser; it is not sent to the practice or stored.
- Your language choice: if you click the language switch, the choice is stored only in your own browser and is never sent to the practice. See cookies and storage.
Purposes and legal bases
- Replying to you, checking for conflicts of interest and, if you instruct the practice, providing legal services: necessary to enter into or perform a contract (KVKK art. 5/2-c).
- Meeting obligations under the law governing lawyers and other legislation: legal obligation (art. 5/2-ç).
- Establishing, exercising or defending a right (art. 5/2-e).
- Keeping the site secure: legitimate interest (art. 5/2-f).
Please do not send special-category data, such as health information or criminal records, until it has been agreed how documents will be exchanged; such data is processed only under the conditions of KVKK art. 6.
Who receives it
TODO: OPEN — hosting provider, e-mail provider and, if used, WhatsApp; where a provider is outside Türkiye, the transfer basis under KVKK art. 9.
Data may be shared with courts, notaries and competent authorities to the extent the legal service requires and the law permits.
How long it is kept
TODO: OPEN — retention period for each category (server logs, enquiries that do not lead to an engagement, client files).
Your rights
Under KVKK art. 11 you may ask whether your data is processed and request information about it; learn the purpose and whether it is used accordingly; know the third parties it is transferred to; ask for correction, and for deletion or destruction under the conditions of art. 7, and for those steps to be notified to recipients; object to an adverse result produced solely by automated analysis; and claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing. Write to the contact details above; requests are answered within thirty days (art. 13).
If you live in the UK, UK GDPR may also apply, and you may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.