(“ITU Press”), we work to protect the privacy of our members who use our site in order to ensure that our users can benefit from our services in a safe and complete manner.

Accordingly, this ITU Press Privacy Policy (“Policy”) has been prepared in order to process the personal data of our members in full compliance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK) No. 6698 (“Law”) and to inform our users in this context. https://www.ituyayinevi.com and https://www.ituyayinevi.itu.edu.tr cookie policy is an integral part of this Policy.

The purpose of this Policy is to be shared with ITU by Platform members/visitors/users (collectively referred to as "Data Owner") during the operation of the https://www.ituyayinevi.itu.edu.tr and  https://www.ituyayinevi.com website operated by ITU Press House. It is to determine the terms and conditions regarding the use of personal data generated by ITU during the use of the Data Owner's website.

Which Data is Processed?

The data processed by ITU and considered as personal data in accordance with the Law are listed below. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the term “personal data” within the scope of the terms and conditions provided under this Policy will include the information below.

•     User IID
•     User Contact Information
•     User Transaction Information
•     Transaction Security Information
•     Financial Information
•     Marketing Information
•     Request/Complaint Management Information

Credentials

Data that has been irreversibly anonymized pursuant to Articles 3 and 7 of the Personal Data Protection Law will not be considered as personal data in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned law, and the processing activities regarding this data will be carried out without being bound by the provisions of this Policy.

Personal Data Processing Purposes

ITU Press House, the personal data provided by the Data Owner, the creation of the membership registration and account and keeping the related records, the use of the services provided on the Platform by the Data Owner, the detection of system errors and the performance follow-up and the improvement of the operation of the Platform, maintenance and support services and backup In order to benefit from the products and services offered by ITU Press House, including for the purposes of providing services, the necessary work is carried out by the business units and the relevant business processes are carried out, and these products and services are customized according to the tastes, usage habits and needs of the relevant people, and are required to be recommended and promoted to the relevant people. planning and execution of activities,In order to carry out the commercial activities carried out by ITU Press House, the necessary work should be carried out by the relevant business units and the related business processes, the legal, technical and commercial-occupational security of the ITU Press and the people with whom it has business relations, and the commercial and / or business strategies of the ITU Press House. can be processed for the purposes of planning and execution.

Personal Data to be Processed in accordance with the Explicit Consent of Data Owners and Purposes of Processing

Within the scope of the explicit consent of the Data Owner, ITU Press monitors the Data Owners' movements on the Platform to increase the user experience, create statistics, profile, direct marketing and remarketing, create and transmit special promotional offers to the Data Owner. and in order to use the data obtained in this context in all kinds of advertisement and material content, it may process data and share this data with the parties mentioned below.

Under Which Conditions Your Personal Data Can Be Processed and Transferred
As stated in Article 5 of KVKK,

• Existence of your express consent,
• In cases where clearly implied by the law,
• It is compulsory for the protection of the life or physical integrity of the person or another person, who is unable to express his consent due to actual impossibility or whose consent is not legally valid,
• It is necessary to process the personal data of the parties to the contract, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract,
• It is mandatory for the data controller to fulfill its legal obligation,
• The person concerned has been made public by himself,
• Data processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right,
• Data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

We collect, record, store, preserve, update, organize, transfer and process your information in order to continue our services as long as at least one of the processing conditions exists.

Transfer of Personal Data

ITU Press may transfer the personal data of the Data Owner and the new data obtained using this personal data to third parties from whom ITU Press services are used in order to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, limited to the provision of the said services. ITU Press aims to improve the Data Owner experience (including improvement and personalization), to ensure the security of the Data Owner, to detect fraudulent or unauthorized use, to investigate operational evaluation, to correct errors regarding Platform services and to fulfill any of the purposes in this Privacy Policy. outsourcing service providers, hosting service providers (hosting services), law firms,

Personal data can be shared with legally authorized public institutions and organizations and legally authorized private institutions within the framework of personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law, and the procedural principles indicated in article 9 of the Law are limited for these purposes. It can be transferred abroad within the framework of the decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board.

Personal Data Collection Method and Legal Reason

Personal data is collected through the Platform and electronically. Personal data collected for the above-mentioned legal reasons can be processed and transferred for the purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law No. 6698 and this Privacy Policy.

Rights of Personal Data Owner

Data owners pursuant to Article 11 of the Law,

• To learn whether personal data about them is processed, to request information about it if their personal data has been processed,
• To learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used in accordance with its purpose, to know the third parties to whom personal data are transferred in the country or abroad,
• Requesting correction of personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and requesting notification of the transaction made within this scope to the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
• Requesting the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing cease to exist despite the fact that it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the law and other relevant laws, and requesting that the transaction carried out within this scope be notified to the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
•  He/she has the right to object to the emergence of a result against the person himself by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems and to demand the compensation of the damage in case of damage due to the unlawful processing of personal data.

In this context, you can send your requests regarding these rights to ituyayinevi@itu.edu. en e-mail address. You can send your request to our e-mail address with a cap extension, with a secure electronic signature, or to our mail address below, with documents identifying your identity (name, surname, TR identity-citizenship no, place of residence or workplace address, if any, suitable for communication). address and/or telephone and fax number, with wet signature or through a notary public, including the subject of the request, ITU Press will conclude your request free of charge as soon as possible and within 30 (thirty) days at the latest, following the receipt of the relevant documents.

If a cost arises due to the fulfillment of your requests, we can only charge you the fees in the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

For more detailed information on the subject, you can review the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data, and  visit the website www.kvkk.gov.tr.

Cookie Policy:

 (“ITU Press”), we work to protect the privacy of the people who use our site in order to ensure that our users can benefit from our services in a safe and complete manner.

As with most websites, https://www.ituyayinevi.itu.edu.tr/  (“Site”) Cookies are used to display personal content and advertisements to visitors, to perform analytical activities within the site and to track visitor usage habits.

This Cookie Policy is an integral part of the ITU Yayınevi.com Privacy Policy.

ITU Press has prepared this Cookie Policy (“Policy”) to explain which Cookies are used on the Site and how users can manage their preferences in this regard. For more detailed information on the processing of your personal data by ITU Press House, we recommend that you review the ITU Press House's Privacy Policy.

What is a cookie (“Cookie”)?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device or network server via browsers by the websites you visit. Cookies are created by servers associated with the website you are visiting. In this way, the server can understand when the visitor visits the same site.

Cookies do not contain personal data about visitors, such as name, gender or address. For more detailed information about cookies, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org  and www.allaboutcookies.org  .

Which Cookies Are Used?

Cookies can be categorized in terms of their owner, lifetime and intended use:

• Platform cookies and third-party Cookies are used, depending on the party placing the cookie. Platform cookies are created by ITU Press, while third-party cookies are managed by different companies in cooperation with ITU Press.
• Session cookies and persistent cookies are used according to the duration of the activity. Session cookies are deleted when the visitor leaves the Platform, while permanent cookies may remain on the visitors' devices for various periods depending on the usage area.
• According to usage purposes, technical cookies, verification cookies, targeting/advertising cookies, personalization cookies and analytical cookies are used on the Platform.

Why Are Cookies Used?

On the Platform, Cookies are used for the following purposes:

•     To perform the basic functions necessary for the Platform to work. For example, Site members do not lose the products in the product basket during their visit. The logged in members do not need to enter passwords again while visiting different pages on the Platform.
•     To analyze the Platform and improve its performance. For example, the integration of different servers on which the Platform works, determining the number of visitors to the Platform and adjusting performance accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.
•     To increase the functionality of the Platform and to provide ease of use. For example, sharing to third-party social media channels through the Platform, remembering the username information or search queries in the next visit of the visitor who visits the Platform.
•     To perform personalization, targeting and advertising activities. For example, displaying advertisements related to the interests of the visitors on the pages and products viewed by the visitors.

How Can You Manage Your Cookie Preferences?

ITU Press attaches great importance to allowing users to use their preferences on their personal data. However, preference management is not possible for some Cookies that are necessary for the operation of the Site. We would also like to remind you that various functions of the Site may not work if some Cookies are turned off.

Information on how the preferences for Cookies used on the Platform can be managed are as follows:

• Visitors have the opportunity to customize their preferences for cookies by changing the browser settings in which they view the Platform. If the browser in use offers this possibility, it is possible to change the preferences for Cookies through the browser settings. Thus, although it may differ according to the possibilities offered by the browser, data owners have the opportunity to prevent the use of cookies, to choose to receive a warning before the use of cookies, or to disable or delete only some Cookies. Although the preferences on this subject vary according to the browser used, the general description https://www.aboutcookies.org/ available at the address. Preferences for cookies may need to be made separately for each device from which the visitor accesses the Platform.
• Click to turn off Cookies managed by Google Analytics .
• Click here to manage the personalized advertising experience provided by Google .
• Preferences in terms of cookies used by many companies for advertising activities  can be managed through Your Online Choices .
• The settings menu of the mobile device can be used to manage Cookies on mobile devices.

Changes to Consent and Privacy Policy

With its Privacy Policy (“Policy”), ITU Press aims to provide its users with a detailed explanation about the scope and purposes of the use of Cookies and to inform their users about their Cookie preferences. In this regard, if the Cookie information warning on the Platform is closed and the Site continues to be used, it is considered that consent is given to the use of Cookies. The possibility of users to change their Cookie preferences is always reserved.

ITU Press may change the provisions of the Policy at any time. The Current Policy becomes effective on the date it is published on the Platform.

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