This Cookie Policy and Information Notice (“Policy”) establishes the principles regarding the use of cookies on the website “www.etex.com.tr” managed by Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti (“Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti”). As the data controller, Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti operates the Website, and this Policy includes declarations and explanations about data processing purposes, data categories, data collection methods and legal bases, to whom and for what purposes data may be transferred, data processing duration, and your rights regarding your data.
1. What Data is Processed by Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti?
Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti is authorized to process general and special categories of data without explicit consent, as specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law, and with the explicit consent of the data subject when required.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files created by a website on a user's device, containing data in the form of name-value pairs. They store your usage habits and preferences in your browser for the duration of your visit to the website. Cookies are used to enhance user experience and save time. Cookies created by a website are stored via the web browser used to access the site and can only be accessed remotely by websites served under the same domain name (e.g., site.com) as long as you use the same browser.
Cookies are an essential part of modern web technologies, with their primary functions including remembering visitor preferences and recognizing devices. Almost all websites use cookies.
3. What Types of Cookies Are There?
Cookies created by the visited website and readable only by that website are called first-party cookies. If the content provided on the visited site can be delivered through different domain names (for example, displaying content from a video platform through a social media site), each domain name may create separate third-party cookies.
4. What Are the Purposes of Processing Personal Data by Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti?
The main purposes of using cookies on our Website are as follows:
a) To enhance the performance of the Website, offer new features, and personalize existing features according to user preferences;
b) To ensure the smooth operation of various features and functions of our website (e.g., keeping the session open, adding dynamic content, etc.);
c) To analyze how our website is used by our visitors by collecting general information such as the most clicked links, the most visited pages, encountered error messages, and using this data to analyze, fix faulty pages, improve the site, or remove or enhance less preferred pages;
d) To determine how you became aware of the Website;
e) To create traffic statistics;
f) To offer personalized product and service opportunities and suggestions based on your preferences, such as internet advertising, targeting and retargeting, cross-selling, campaign, opportunity, and product/service advertisements.
Cookies are not used for purposes other than those specified in this Policy, and all operations are conducted in compliance with data protection legislation.
5. What Are the Types of Cookies?
| Type of Cookie | Description |
| Session Cookies | Cookies that are valid for the duration of the session and expire when the web browser is closed. |
| Persistent Cookies | Cookies used to remember user preferences and remain on your device even if the browser is closed or the computer is restarted. |
| Essential Cookies | Cookies necessary for the proper functioning of the website, allowing you to fully utilize its features and services. |
| Functional and Analytical Cookies | Cookies used to remember user preferences, ensure the effective use of the site, and optimize it according to your requests. These cookies may contain your personal data. For example, cookies that save your site language preferences are functional cookies. |
| Tracking Cookies | These cookies, created as first-party and third-party cookies, track users' clicking and browsing history and allow these records to be matched across different domain names. These cookies are used to recognize users, create profiles, target advertising and marketing activities, and customize content. These cookies are not used to identify you or make decisions specific to you. |
6. How to Manage Cookies?
Most browsers offer the ability to view, manage, delete, and block cookies on websites. If you delete all cookies, all your preferences will be erased. Additionally, there is an option to disable cookies entirely, but when this feature is enabled, cookies must exist on your device.
Guides on how to control cookies in browsers are provided below:
Google Chrome Cookie Management
Mozilla Firefox Cookie Management
Apple Safari Cookie Management
Microsoft Internet Explorer Cookie Management
Additionally, most browsers allow you to perform the following actions:
- View and delete saved cookies;
- Block all cookies;
- Block cookies from specific sites;
- Delete all cookies when the browser is closed;
- Block third-party cookies.
7. Measures Taken to Protect Personal Data and How Data is Stored
Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti takes all necessary technical and administrative measures to protect personal data, prevent unlawful processing and access, and prevent data leaks in accordance with the conditions specified in the Law and this Policy. It also ensures that necessary audits are conducted promptly and completely.
Your personal data will not be used beyond the defined purposes and scope, will be processed with all necessary information security measures, and will be stored for the legal retention periods or, if no such period is provided, for the duration required by the processing purpose. After this period, your personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or removed from Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti’s data flows through anonymization methods.
8. Parties to Whom Personal Data Will Be Transferred
Personal data processed by Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti for the purposes specified in this information notice and in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the Law will be transferred to:
- Türk Telekomünikasyon Anonim Şirketi and Türk Telekomünikasyon group companies;
- Authorized firms acting on behalf of our company and our representatives;
- Regulatory and supervisory bodies, and public institutions and organizations with the authority to request personal data as explicitly stated in the laws;
- Business partners, supplier and contractor firms, banks, credit risk and financial institutions, and other natural or legal persons for the specified purposes;
- Tax and similar consultants, individuals mandatory in legal follow-up processes, public institutions and organizations, and other persons to whom we provide consulting services, including third-party consultants, our business partners, service providers, authorized persons, and organizations within this scope.
Your personal data is not transferred abroad in any way by Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti. In domestic transfer processes, your explicit consent will be obtained separately when necessary.
9. Retention Period of Personal Data
Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti retains personal data for the duration required by the processing purposes specified in this information notice and considering the statute of limitations periods specified in the Law and relevant legislation. Upon the expiration of these periods, personal data will be deleted or destroyed in accordance with the Law.
10. What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?
You can always contact Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti to obtain information about the following matters under the Law:
- To learn whether your personal data is being processed;
- To understand the purpose of data processing and whether it is appropriate;
- To know who the third parties to whom personal data is transferred are;
- To request the correction of incomplete or incorrect data and, if conditions are met, to request the deletion of data; as well as to request that this process be communicated to the third parties to whom the personal data is transferred;
- To object to a result that is unfavorable to you arising from the complete analysis of processed data through automated systems;
- To claim compensation in case of damage caused by unlawful processing;
- To request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring processing are no longer present, even if the data has been processed in accordance with the law.
You can submit requests regarding these rights through a notary or other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board, or send them to the email address “----------------------”. We will respond to your requests as soon as possible and in compliance with the law, no later than thirty (30) days. However, if the process requires additional costs, Etex Tekstil ve Kayış San. Tic. Ltd. Şti reserves the right to charge fees in accordance with the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.
11. Do You Want More Information About Cookies and Our Cookie Policy?
If visitors wish to obtain more detailed information about cookies, it is recommended to visit www.aboutcookies.org (English).
If you would like more information about our cookie policy, you can contact us through the “Contact Us” page or via the email address mentioned above.