Clarification Text On The Protection Of Personal Data For Website Visitors

As Jilda Bal Human Resources Management Consultancy (“GILDA&PARTNERS” or the “Company”), we place great importance on the protection of your personal data. In this context, we aim to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, especially the privacy of private life, during the processing of personal data. This Information Notice has been prepared in compliance with Article 10 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) titled “Obligation of the Data Controller to Inform,” the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures for Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform, and the principles established in the Jilda Bal Human Resources Management Consultancy Personal Data Retention and Disposal Policy, to inform you about the personal data processed by our Company.

1. IDENTITY OF THE DATA CONTROLLER

GILDA&PARTNERS acts as the “Data Controller” regarding the personal data obtained from our valued visitors under the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK) and related regulations. You can contact us via the contact details provided in Article 7 of this Information Notice.

2. PROCESSED PERSONAL DATA

Within the scope of your relationship with GILDA&PARTNERS, the following Personal Data is processed:

(i) Identity Information: Name, surname, date of birth, photograph, gender
(ii) Contact Information: Address, email, phone, and mobile phone information
(iii) IP Address

(All the above-listed data will be collectively referred to as “Personal Data” within the text.)

3. PURPOSES OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

The Personal Data obtained within the scope of your relationship with GILDA&PARTNERS is processed for the following purposes:

  • Conducting GILDA&PARTNERS’ daily operations.
  • Sending promotional emails and making calls to potential customers.
  • Establishing and managing the information technology infrastructure.
  • Carrying out promotional and marketing activities.
  • Ensuring data security and conducting data storage activities.
  • Fulfilling GILDA&PARTNERS’ obligations arising from legislation or other legal requirements, including providing information to public institutions and organizations.
  • Following up on lawsuits, enforcement proceedings, administrative and criminal investigations, and prosecutions involving GILDA&PARTNERS, and fulfilling the obligation to provide evidence in legal disputes.
  • Improving the functionality and performance of the Website.
  • Personalizing special services offered to data subjects.

4. TRANSFER OF PROCESSED PERSONAL DATA

Your Personal Data may be transferred by our Company to domestic official institutions and organizations, as well as to natural and legal persons with whom GILDA&PARTNERS has a commercial relationship, for the purposes listed below, in compliance with the provisions regarding the transfer of Personal Data under the Law and in accordance with the Personal Data transfer conditions stipulated in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law:

  • Establishing and managing the information technology infrastructure,
  • Ensuring data security and conducting data storage activities.

In the event of any dispute regarding your relationship with our Company or in case of a request from official authorities, judicial bodies, or law enforcement, your Personal Data may be shared, to the extent and scope necessary, with attorneys and consultants from whom the Company obtains legal support, in compliance with the laws, particularly the Code of Civil Procedure No. 6100, and secondary legislation.

5. METHODS OF COLLECTION AND LEGAL GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

Your Personal Data is processed during your visit to our website through the use of cookies and/or by automatic methods (via electronic systems and programs used by the Company) and/or by non-automatic methods (physical files and record-keeping) based on the legal grounds specified in Article 5 of the Law, as follows:

  • Explicitly stipulated in the legislation to which our Company is subject,
  • Necessary for the performance or establishment of a contract, provided that it is directly related to the processing of Personal Data belonging to the contracting parties,
  • Necessary for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a legal right,
  • Necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the relevant individual.

6. RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT WHOSE PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law, you have the following rights regarding your Personal Data:

  • To learn whether your Personal Data is processed or not,
  • To request information if your Personal Data has been processed,
  • To learn the purpose of processing your Personal Data and whether it is used in line with its purpose,
  • To know the third parties to whom your Personal Data is transferred domestically or abroad,
  • To request correction of incomplete or inaccurate Personal Data,
  • To request the deletion or destruction of your Personal Data,
  • To request notification of third parties to whom the Personal Data has been transferred regarding the correction, deletion, or destruction of the Personal Data,
  • To object to any negative outcome resulting exclusively from automated processing of the data,
  • To claim compensation for damages arising from the unlawful processing of your Personal Data.

7. CONTACTING US TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS

In accordance with your legal rights stipulated under the relevant laws and regulations, you may submit your requests along with documents verifying your identity through the following methods:

(i) By submitting a petition addressed to Jilda Bal to the address Esentepe Mah. Büyükdere Cad. Levent 199 Binası No:199/6 34394 Şişli/İstanbul with a wet-ink signature, via a notary public, or by registered mail with return receipt;
(ii) By sending an email signed with a secure electronic signature or mobile signature to the registered electronic mail (KEP) address info@gildaandpartners.com @hs04.kep.tr, addressed to Jilda Bal; or
(iii) By other methods specified by the Board in the future.

Applications will be accepted following identity verification and will be processed as soon as possible and within a maximum of 30 days, depending on the nature of the request. If a written response is provided to the application, no fee will be charged for up to 10 pages; for responses exceeding 10 pages, a processing fee of 1 Turkish Lira per page will be charged. If the response is provided on a recording medium such as a CD or flash drive, the cost of the medium will be charged.

We respectfully bring this matter to your attention.

JİLDA BAL İNSAN KAYNAKLARI YÖNETİM DANIŞMANLIĞI