PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING AND PROTECTION CLARIFICATION
TEXT
This Clarification Text is drafted by Alpay Group Construction Jewelry and Foreign Trade Inc. (the "Company") in its capacity as the data controller, in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, to inform and clarify the processing of Personal Data belonging to all individuals related to the Company, including customers/users and anyone benefiting from the Company’s products and services. Detailed information about the processing of your Personal Data shared with us can be accessed via the Personal Data Processing and Protection Policy (the "Policy") at the website www.alpayjewellery.com
1. Purposes of Personal Data Processing
Your Personal Data, shared with us in the scope of your
legal relationship with the Company, may be processed by the Company in
accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Law and the
following purposes. These purposes include but are not limited to:
- Providing
the necessary works for benefiting data subjects from the products and
services offered by the Company.
- Conducting
operations with the Company's business partners and/or suppliers.
- Generating
records to facilitate future transactions and automatic invoice
preparation.
- Ensuring
that customers benefit from general or personalized campaigns through the
created records.
- Sending
information about campaigns, discounts, and new store openings via mail,
email, SMS, or phone.
- Customizing
product and service offers based on customers' preferences, habits, and
needs.
- Ensuring
customer continuity by offering personalized cards, catalogs, and
campaigns.
- Adjusting
purchased products and services to customers’ needs, handling complaints
or inquiries, and providing relevant information.
- Managing
marketing, sales, post-sales operations, and customer relationships.
- Managing
human resources, occupational health and safety processes, and complying
with legal obligations.
- Managing
administrative, legal, and physical security, as well as financial
operations, related to the Company’s locations.
- Implementing
the Company's business strategies, and managing internal system and
application operations, communication, and market research activities.
- Planning
and/or executing customer relations management processes, including
customer satisfaction activities.
- Managing
visitors' registration and follow-up.
All data processing will comply with the Personal Data
Protection Law, especially Articles 5 and 6, under the specified conditions.
2. Recipients and Purposes of Personal Data Transfer
Under the conditions set forth in Articles 8 and 9 of the
Personal Data Protection Law, the Company may transfer Personal Data to its
business partners, stakeholders, Company representatives, or third
parties/organizations they designate, to fulfill the following purposes:
- Executing
business operations, services, and activities such as project execution,
marketing campaigns, and printing catalogs.
- Transferring
data for legal, operational, or strategic purposes, including the
communication of sales campaigns, product modifications, and handling
customer complaints.
- In
case of legal requests, Personal Data may be shared with authorized public
institutions, private legal entities, or third parties within their legal
powers.
If the relevant processing activity does not meet the
exceptions set forth in the Law, the Company will obtain your explicit consent
for the relevant process.
3. Method and Legal Grounds for Collecting Personal Data
Personal Data is collected via various methods such as
verbal, written, and electronic means, including call centers, websites, mobile
applications, and social media accounts you provide access to. The Company
processes this data for the purposes specified in the Law and in compliance
with the relevant legislative, contractual, and legal grounds.
4. Rights of Personal Data Owners Under the Personal Data
Protection Law
Under Article 10 of the Personal Data Protection Law, the
Company informs data owners of their rights. These rights include:
- Learning
whether your Personal Data is processed,
- Requesting
information about the processing of your Personal Data,
- Understanding
the purpose of processing and whether your data is used appropriately,
- Learning
the third parties to whom your Personal Data has been transferred,
- Requesting
the correction of incomplete or inaccurate Personal Data,
- Requesting
the deletion or destruction of Personal Data under certain conditions,
- Requesting
that corrections be communicated to third parties to whom Personal Data
has been transferred,
- Objecting
to automatic processing of Personal Data resulting in negative outcomes
for you,
- Requesting
compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing of Personal
Data.