AKM - Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

As the Directorate Of Rotary Capital Management Of İstanbul Ataturk Cultural Center (AKM), Cookies are primarily used to improve the user experience during use on all of our online and offline platforms that are offered to the use of visitors in digital environments. This Cookie Policy has been created to inform the visitors about the cookies used on the platforms. Cookies used on our platforms are carried out in accordance with the provisions of the relevant legislation. During the use of these technologies, data can be collected automatically by our platforms, and the same technologies can be used when data is collected by third parties operating under the name and account of AKM.

1. Legal Reason and Purpose for Using Cookies

Cookies are collected and processed within the framework of Article 5 of the Personal Data Protection Law (Law) and the provisions of the relevant legislation, taking care not to harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of users.

As AKM, Cookies are used on our platforms mainly to achieve the following purposes:

  • To perform basic functions aimed at increasing the functionality and performance of platforms,
  • Analysing user preferences during the visit of the platforms and customizing them accordingly,
  • To make analyses with statistical data to ensure effective use of platforms,
  • Realization of advertising and marketing activities,
  • Fulfilling legal and contractual obligations, especially the Law No. 5651 on Regulating Broadcasts Made on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed Through These Broadcasts, the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Regulation of Broadcasts Made on the Internet, and the Protection of Personal Data Law,
  • To ensure the security of users and AKM.

2.To Whom and For What Purposes Cookies Can Be Transferred

Cookies can be transferred to business partners, suppliers, legally authorized third parties and, if requested, official authorities within the scope of the provisions of the relevant legislation, in line with the relevant legislation and the purposes set out in the Cookie Policy.

3. Cookies On our Website

Necessary cookies, technical cookies, verification cookies, targeting/advertising cookies, personalization cookies and analytical cookies can be used on platforms according to their intended use. These cookies are necessary for the management and operation of AKM platforms.

  1. Types of Cookies by Purpose of Use

Mandatory Cookies

Mandatory cookies are cookies that are necessary for the website to work and be used as intended. If mandatory cookies are blocked, some parts of the website will not work. These cookies allow to improve security, save searches, log in or similar functions and are not used for marketing purposes.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies help improve the website. They collect information such as how long and how the site is used in order to improve the user experience and allow users to customize the site content for them, based on the preferences of the users. It is possible to prevent the use of these cookies.

Advertising/Marketing Cookies

Advertising cookies are used to present appropriate content and advertisements to users according to their interests. By matching the information obtained through cookies with other data belonging to the same person, It is possible to prevent the use of these cookies.

  1. Cookies by Storage Period

Session Cookies

The session cookie expires when the browser is closed. These cookies enable the website to recognize the user's movements as long as the browser is used. It can also be used for security purposes when the user logs into internet banking or web mail. These cookies are used until the end of the session, after which they are not stored on the device.

Permanent Cookies

Permanent cookies are stored on the device for a long time. It is used to remind the user's preferences on the site. These cookies remain on the hard disk of the user's device for an extended period of time or indefinitely until they are deleted by the user. The length between the time these cookies are placed on the device and the expiration time of the cookie is determined by the website owner. Users can delete these cookies.

  1. Cookies by Sources

First Party Cookies

First-party cookies are created by the visited website.

Third Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are set by third parties, such as other sites, partners or service providers.

4. Which Data Cookies Track?

Data placed on devices (smartphone, tablet etc.) for the proper functioning of a website or a mobile application, to improve the user experience, to develop and optimize the site, to serve more relevant, interest-based advertising, to provide an engaging and personalized website/app are called Cookies.

Cookies help websites or mobile platforms remember your preferences. (For example, the information you enter when logging into the Site, language, location and other preferences). Thus, you do not need to re-enter the said information when you visit sites or mobile applications.

In this context, the data collected with cookies processed by the data controller are as follows:

  • Contact Information
  • Device Information
  • Behaviours
  • Demographic Information
  • Marketing Information
  • Behavioral Advertising

5. How Long Cookies Are Stored?

  Personal data processed by AKM are kept for a suitable period for the purpose of processing and then they are destroyed. AKM has planned a periodical destruction period twice a year and this information is stated in the AKM Personal Data Retention and Disposal Policy document. On the other hand, if Data Subject requests for personal data to be deleted or withdraws the Explicit Consent that is given before, the personal data will be destroyed without waiting for the periodic destruction period.

Laws Including Duration of Personal Data

Source Of Personal Data

Duration

Legal Basis

Call Center Audio Recordings

3 Years

Law No. 6563 and Related Legislation

 

Membership and Reservation Records

10 Years

Law No. 6098

All Records Related to Accounting and Financial Transactions

10 Years

Law No. 6102, Law No. 213

Cookies and Logs

6 Months – Up to 2 years

Law No. 5651

 

Commercial Electronic Mail Confirmation Records

 

1 Year from the date of withdrawal of consent

Law No. 6563 and Related Legislation

Information on Online Visitors

2 Years

Law No. 5651

Personal Data About Customers

3 years within the framework of Law No. 6563 and related legislation , 10 Years after the legal relationship ends

Law No. 6563, Law No.  6102, Law No. 6098, Law No. 213, Law No. 6502

Personal Data About Suppliers

10 Years after the legal relationship ends

Law No. 6102, Law No. 6098, Law No. 213

Personal Data Protection Board Transactions

10 Years

Personal Data Storage And Disposal Policy Published by the Personal Data Protection Board

Contracts

10 years after the termination of contract

Personal Data Storage And Disposal Policy Published by the Personal Data Protection Board

Communication Activities

10 years after the activity ends

Personal Data Storage And Disposal Policy Published by the Personal Data Protection Board

Processes of Human Resources

10 years after the activity ends

Personal Data Storage And Disposal Policy Published by the Personal Data Protection Board

Hardware and Software Access Processes

2 Years

Personal Data Storage And Disposal Policy Published by the Personal Data Protection Board

 

Registration of Visitors and Meeting Users

2 years after the event ends

Personal Data Storage And Disposal Policy Published by the Personal Data Protection Board

Camera Recordings

2 Years

Personal Data Storage And Disposal Policy Published by the Personal Data Protection Board

Data stored under labor law

5 years from the end of the employment relationship

Law No. 4857 and Related Legislation

 

Data on Personal Files Stored under the Labor Law

 

10 years from the end of the employment relationship

Law No. 4857 and Related Legislation,  Law No. 6098

Data that may be subject to union compensation from data stored under the Labor Law

10 years from the end of the employment relationship

Law No. 6098

Data Collected within the Scope of Occupational Health and Safety Legislation

15 years from the end of the employment relationship

Communique No. 6331

Data kept within the scope of SSI Legislation

10 years from the end of the employment relationship

Law No. 5510 and Related Legislation

6. Rejection of Cookies and Revocation of Accepted Cookies

During the use of cookies, the preferences of the users are taken as a basis. Users can control the use of Cookies, make changes and delete them if they wish. Due to such changes in cookies, users may experience disruptions in the use of platforms.

Detailed information on customizing Cookies for different browsers can be found at the links below.

Adobe Analytics

http://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy/opt-out.html

AOL

https://help.aol.com/articles/restore-security-settings-and-enable-cookie-settings-on-browser

Google Adwords

https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en

Google Analytics

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Google Chrome

http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Internet Explorer

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

MozillaFirefox

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

Opera

http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Safari:

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph19214?locale=tr_TR

 7. Other Rights of the Related Person Enumerated in Article 11 of the Law

In accordance with Article 11 of the Law, each person has the right to request to the Data Controller about him/her;

  • To learn whether his/her personal data are processed or not,
  • To demand for information as to if his/her personal data have been processed
  • To learn the purpose of the processing of his/her personal data and whether these personal
  • Data are used in compliance with the purpose,
  • To know the third parties to whom his personal data are transferred in country or abroad,
  • To request the rectification of the incomplete or inaccurate data, if any,
  • To request the erasure or destruction of his/her personal data under the conditions referred to in Article 7,
  • To request reporting of the operations carried out pursuant to sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) to third parties to whom his/her personal data have been transferred,
  • To object to the occurrence of a result against the person himself/herself by analysing the data processed solely through automated systems,
  • To claim compensation for the damage arising from the unlawful processing of his/her personal data.

You can reach the Personal Data Protection Information Notice on website.

You can access the Personal Data Owner Application Form at the address Gümüşsuyu Mah. Mete Cad. No:2 Beyoğlu/İSTANBUL.

You can find detailed information on the processing, protection and destruction of personal data from the Personal Data Processing and Protection Policy at www.akmistanbul.gov.tr