Law on the Protection of Personal Data - Main Sail

At Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, we attach great importance to the privacy and security of your personal data.

In this context, processing and storing all kinds of personal data belonging to all individuals associated with Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, including our customers who benefit from our products and services and our business partners, in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“KVKK”), is among our top priorities. In light of our status as “Data Controller” under KVKK and our awareness of this responsibility, we would like to inform you about the purposes of processing your personal data, the methods and reasons for collecting your data, your rights regarding the processing of your personal data, and the application procedures and principles for exercising these rights, as detailed below.

a. What is Personal Data? Which Personal Data Do We Collect?

Personal data refers to any information that can be associated with you, including personal details that pertain to your identity (name, surname, Turkish ID number, etc.), as well as address and phone details, vehicle and license plate information, family status information, IP address, bank account details (“Personal Data”). Its special category, Sensitive Personal Data, refers to sensitive information such as data related to your race, ethnic origin, political opinion, philosophical beliefs, religion, sect or other beliefs, appearance and attire, membership in associations, foundations or trade unions, health, sex life, conviction, and security measures, as well as biometric and genetic data (“Sensitive Personal Data”). The explanations provided on this page regarding your Personal Data also cover your Sensitive Personal Data.

In this context, as Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, when necessary and in accordance with KVKK, we collect Personal Data from our customers, business partners, employees, job applicants, users of our platforms (web/mobile sites and applications), visitors, and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships. We can detail the Personal Data we collect as follows:

Identity Data: Data related to an individual’s identity such as name, surname, Turkish ID number, copy of the identity card, etc., collected from our customers, business partners, employees, job applicants, users of our platforms (web/mobile sites and applications), visitors, and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships.
Contact Data: Data that enable communication, such as phone number, address, email address, and IP address, collected from our customers, business partners, employees, job applicants, users of our platforms (web/mobile sites and applications), visitors, and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships.
Family Member Data: Data regarding the family members and relatives of the relevant person, collected from our employees, job applicants, and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships, as required by relevant legislation and/or in order to protect the legal and other interests of our Company or the relevant person.
Financial Data: Data such as salary, wage information, and bank account details, collected from our employees, job applicants, customers, business partners, and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships, based on the legal relationship established between our Company and the data subject.
Personnel Data: Any personal data collected from our employees, job applicants, and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships that form the basis for the establishment of their employment rights with our Company.
Physical Premises Security Data: Personal data such as security and camera recordings taken during entry and while staying within the premises, collected from our customers, business partners, employees, job applicants, visitors, and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships.
Communication and Complaint Management Data: Personal data obtained from our customers, business partners, users of our platforms (web/mobile sites and applications), visitors, and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships during the processes of receiving and evaluating any request or complaint directed to our Company.
Sensitive Personal Data: Data such as health data specified in Article 6 of KVKK, biometric data (audio and video recordings), and information regarding religion and membership in associations or trade unions, collected from our customers, business partners, employees, job applicants, visitors, and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships.
Other Data: Data processed for technical security purposes, purchase information, cookies, and other data collected automatically via various means, collected from our customers, business partners, employees, job applicants, users of our platforms (web/mobile sites and applications), and authorized personnel and employees of institutions with whom we have subcontractor or similar business relationships.

b. By What Methods and for What Legal Reasons Do We Collect/Process Your Personal Data?

We collect your Personal Data for the following main purposes and by the methods listed below, either automatically or manually, and via oral, verbal, written, or electronic means, including through additional channels that may be introduced in the future.

We collect your Personal Data through our internet and mobile platforms (web/mobile sites and applications), our social media accounts operated on behalf of Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi on various social media platforms, our call center managed by Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, email, short messages (“SMS”) or multimedia messages (“MMS”) as well as other communication methods, contracts signed with you or your authorized company as part of Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi’s sales and marketing activities, commercial proposals provided, printed and electronic forms, business cards and other documents provided during our customer visits, through third parties such as Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi group companies, business partners, dealers and sales channels, manufacturing companies or companies from which services/products are procured, and through various channels including sources such as the Trade Registry, either entirely or partially automatically or as part of any data recording system, whether automatically or manually.

Based on the above methods, we process your Personal Data on the basis of one or several of the following legal reasons:

Your explicit consent,
The permission provided by the laws and regulations in force in the Republic of Turkey,
The necessity, due to practical impossibility of obtaining your consent, to protect your or another person's life or physical integrity,
The necessity for the performance of the contract concluded with you or your company,
The necessity for processing your Personal Data in order to fulfill our legal obligations,
The fact that your Personal Data has been made public by you,
The necessity for the protection or exercise of our legal or contractual rights as Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi,
The necessity for processing your Personal Data for our legitimate interests, provided that such processing does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms.

As Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, we store all the Personal Data we process in accordance with the periods mandated by KVKK and other relevant legislation, and in any case, we take all necessary administrative and technical measures to safeguard your Personal Data as long as the aforementioned legitimate purposes exist.

c. For What Purposes Do We Process Your Personal Data?

We process the Personal Data we collect for the following general purposes, depending on its nature:

To fulfill the obligations of the contracts concluded by Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, to supply, manufacture, sell, deliver, and install the provided products and services, to develop the products and services, and to conduct the necessary work and evaluations to benefit you from them, as well as to perform after-sales maintenance and repair operations.
To monitor and fulfill obligations arising from consumer legislation and to respond to consumer inquiries.
To track, evaluate, and provide support services for the requests and complaints of customers and consumers, to manage consumer satisfaction, and to conduct planning, statistics, and satisfaction surveys in this context.
To conduct quality assessment and improvement studies for providing better and more reliable products and services and ensuring sustainability, as well as to audit suppliers, subcontractors, and other business partners with whom we have relationships.
To carry out advertising and marketing activities for the products and services offered by Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, including promotion, campaign, offer, event, and similar matters, and to provide information regarding new products and services, as well as to conduct corporate communication activities.
To conduct marketing and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) activities.
To manage corporate communication and, in this context, to organize and provide information on other events and invitations, and to conduct market research studies.
To improve the digital platforms we provide to our customers, consumers, and business partners and to offer platform users an efficient and personalized experience by analyzing statistics such as user numbers, types, visit frequency, behaviors, geographical locations, etc., and by providing personalized content, campaigns, and advertisements according to the interests and needs of the users of our platforms (web and mobile sites and applications), using cookies for this purpose.
To ensure the legal and commercial security of individuals who have a business relationship with Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi (for instance, by planning administrative operations related to communication conducted by our Company, ensuring the physical security and inspection of our Company’s locations, evaluating and auditing business partners/customers/suppliers (authorized personnel or employees), legal compliance processes, etc.).
To exercise legal rights and, in case of disputes, to use the processed Personal Data as evidence regarding the transaction history after the termination of the legal relationship.
To determine and implement the commercial, legal, and business strategies of Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi.
To conduct human resources, accounting/finance policy operations of Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi.
To plan, audit, and execute information security processes.
To comply with domestic and international legislation, to obtain the information requested by public institutions and organizations, and to fulfill reporting obligations.

d. Transfer of Personal Data and Processing of Personal Data by Third Parties

The Company may transfer personal data to a third natural or legal person in accordance with KVKK regulations. In such cases, the Company ensures that the third parties to whom the data is transferred comply with this Policy. Accordingly, the necessary protective provisions are incorporated into the contracts concluded with the third party.

Transfer of personal data to third parties located in Turkey: Personal Data may be transferred by the Company to third parties in Turkey without obtaining explicit consent in exceptional cases specified in Article 5.2 and Article 6.3 of KVKK or, in other cases, by obtaining the explicit consent of the data subject (in accordance with Article 5.1 and Article 6.2 of KVKK).
Transfer of personal data to third parties located abroad: Personal Data may be transferred by the Company to third parties abroad without obtaining explicit consent in exceptional cases specified in Article 5.2 and Article 6.3 of KVKK or, in other cases, by obtaining the explicit consent of the data subject (in accordance with Article 5.1 and Article 6.2 of KVKK). However, with respect to the foreign country to which the data is transferred, one of the following conditions must be met:
The foreign country to which the personal data is transferred must be recognized by the Board as having adequate protection.
If the foreign country is not included in the Board’s list of safe countries, the Company must obtain permission from the Board by providing a written commitment that sufficient protection will be ensured by the Company and the Data Controllers in that country.

e. Your Rights and Application Procedure

e.1. Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

We would like to inform you that you have the following rights with respect to the data processed within Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi and its affiliates:

The right to know whether your Personal Data is being processed,
The right to obtain information regarding your Personal Data if it is being processed,
The right to know what the purpose of processing your Personal Data is and whether your Personal Data is being used in accordance with that purpose,
The right to know which third parties, if any, have received your data domestically or abroad, and which data has been transferred,
The right to request correction if the processed Personal Data is incomplete or incorrect,
The right to request that, in case your Personal Data is corrected, deleted, or destroyed, such changes be communicated to the third parties to whom your Personal Data has been transferred,
The right to request the deletion or destruction of your processed Personal Data if the reasons for processing it have ceased or it is no longer current,
The right to object to the emergence of an adverse result based solely on automated analysis of your processed Personal Data,
The right to seek compensation for damages incurred as a result of your Personal Data being processed in violation of the law.

e.2. Application

You may submit your requests regarding your Personal Data by filling out the application form provided in the link below:

By delivering it to the advisory office at our company address indicated in the Data Controller Identity information or by sending it via a notarized notification to the same address,
Or by using the registered email.

Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi will respond to your requests, free of charge, within at most 30 (thirty) days, depending on the nature of the request. In the event that any cost is incurred due to the fulfillment of your requests, we may charge you only the fees determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

In response to the requests submitted to Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, we may either accept the requests or reject them with an explanation, and we will communicate this response to the applicant in writing or electronically. If the request is accepted, Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi is obliged to promptly fulfill it.

e.3. Complaint

If your requests submitted to Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi are rejected, if you are not satisfied with the response provided by Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi, or if no response is given, you may file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board within 30 (thirty) days from the date the response is communicated to you, or within 30 (thirty) days after the end of the 30-day period if no response is provided.

f. Data Controller Identity Information

The term Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi used in this text is arranged for the affiliate of Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi established in Turkey, whose information is provided below, and is addressed to the data subjects for whom the company specified below is the Data Controller:

Ana Yelken - Çocuk Yelken Eğitimi

Address: Emecik Mah. Emecik Sok. Emecik Küme Evleri No.:440/a Datça / Muğla

Phone: +90 507 845 76 93

Email: iletisim@anayelken.com.tr

Application Form Under KVKK

Under the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“KVK Law”), personal data owners, defined as the relevant persons (hereinafter referred to as “Applicant”), are granted certain rights to make requests regarding the processing of their personal data in Article 11 of the KVK Law. In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 13 of the KVK Law, requests regarding these rights must be submitted to our Company, which is the Data Controller, in person, in writing in Turkish, and via the methods specified by the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) as follows.

The information below explains how written applications should be delivered to us.

In accordance with the Communiqué on Application Procedures and Principles for the Data Controller (dated 10/03/2018, No. 30356), the following information is required to be provided in the applications.

Information to Be Filled in During the Application:

Name, surname, and signature if the application is in writing,
Turkish ID number for Turkish citizens, or for foreigners, the nationality, passport number, or, if applicable, identification number,
The address for official correspondence or business address,
If available, the email address, phone, and fax number used for notifications,
The subject of the request

In addition, information and documents related to the subject are to be attached to the application.

If you wish to submit an application regarding your personal data, the following application form must be filled out completely. This application form has been prepared to accurately determine your relationship with our Company, to comprehensively identify any personal data processed by our Company, and to ensure that your request is responded to correctly and within the legal timeframe. In order to mitigate legal risks that may arise from unauthorized or unjust data sharing, and especially to ensure the security of your personal data, our Company reserves the right to request additional documents and information (such as a copy of your national ID card or driver’s license) for identity and authorization verification. Our Company shall not be held liable for any requests arising from incorrect or unauthorized applications due to incorrect or outdated information provided by you within the scope of this form.

Your applications submitted to us will be responded to in writing and free of charge within a maximum of thirty days from the date we receive your request, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 13 of the KVK Law, depending on the nature of the request.