PROTECTION AND PRIVACY OF PERSONAL DATA

As per the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”), we, Prof. Dr. Selim İsbir, as the Data Controller, inform you that your personal information will be recorded, stored, updated, disclosed to third parties where permitted by legislation, transferred, classified, and processed in ways outlined in the KVKK within the framework explained below. We are informing you about our mutual rights and obligations within the scope of the aforementioned legal regulation.

Purposes and legal grounds for processing personal data: To establish and fulfill the Physician-Patient relationship within the scope of legal legislation, to use in the service we can provide to you; to record identity, address, tax number, and other necessary information, including personal health data, to identify the person making/having the transaction; to organize all records and documents that will form the basis for processing in electronic (internet/mobile, etc.) or paper format; to comply with information storage, reporting, and notification obligations stipulated by legislation, authorized institutions, and other authorities; to improve service quality with marketing and statistical activities, and to offer requested/other products/services. Special categories of personal data are processed due to communication, information provision, and similar processes within the contractual relationship.

Persons/organizations to whom personal data may be transferred for the purposes mentioned above: Persons, public institutions and organizations, and private public institutions and organizations permitted by legal legislation provisions. Special categories of personal data may be transferred to companies located domestically and abroad that we receive services from to carry out activities subject to the legislation we are subject to, secured by confidentiality agreements. Personal and special categories of personal data are stored in a secure environment that is not open to general use and are never shared with third parties unless under legal obligation or permission.

Method of collecting personal data: Your personal data may be collected verbally, in writing, or electronically through various digital channels such as questions sent to our website, messages, phone calls, and the like.

Your rights under Article 11 of the KVKK: By applying to us, regarding your personal data, you have the right to:

a) Learn whether it has been processed,
b) Request information if it has been processed,
c) Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with its purpose,
ç) Know the third parties to whom it is transferred domestically/abroad,
d) Request correction if it is incompletely or incorrectly processed,
e) Request deletion/destruction within the framework of conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the KVKK,
f) Request notification of the operations made pursuant to subparagraphs (d) and (e) to third parties to whom it has been transferred,
g) Object to the emergence of a result against you by analyzing it exclusively through automated systems,
ğ) Claim compensation if you suffer damage due to unlawful processing. We inform you that you have these rights and we continue our activities with the awareness that personal data security is at the forefront in all products and services we offer to you.

 

Cookie Information Text (“Information Text”)

About the Information Text

We use some technologies such as cookies, pixels, gifs (“cookies”) to improve your experience during your visits to our online media. The use of these technologies is carried out in accordance with the legislation we are subject to, primarily the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”).

The purpose of this Cookie Information text is to provide you with information regarding the processing of personal data obtained through the use of cookies by users/members/visitors (“Data Subject”) during the operation of the website (“Site”) operated by us. In this text, we want to explain to you which types of cookies we use on our site for what purposes and how you can control these cookies.

As Prof. Dr. Selim İsbir, we may stop using the cookies we use on our site, change their types or functions, or add new cookies to our site. Therefore, we reserve the right to change the provisions of this information text at any time. Any changes made to the current information text will take effect when published on the site or any publicly available medium. You can find the last update date at the beginning of the text.

For more detailed information about the processing of your personal data by the Company, we recommend you review the “Protection and Privacy of Personal Data” section at Prof. Dr. Selim İsbir.

Which Cookies In General

As Prof. Dr. Selim İsbir, we use cookies on our site for various purposes and process your personal data through these cookies. These purposes are mainly:

– To perform the basic functions necessary for the operation of the Site. For example, logged-in members do not need to re-enter their password when visiting different pages on the Site.

– To analyze the site and improve its performance. For example, integrating different servers on which the site operates, determining the number of visitors to the site and adjusting performance accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they’re looking for.

– To increase the functionality of the site and provide ease of use. For example, sharing to third-party social media platforms from the site, remembering the username information or search queries of visitors during their subsequent visits.

– To carry out personalization, targeting, and advertising activities. For example, displaying ads related to visitors’ interests based on the pages and products they view.

In accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of the Personal Data Protection Law and/or in the presence of exceptions in the relevant legislation, your personal data may be processed in line with your consent when required by the legislation, and without your consent in other cases, in accordance with the purposes mentioned above. We may share your personal data within the scope of the privacy notice, limited to the realization of the above-mentioned purposes and in compliance with the legislation, with third parties from whom our Company benefits from services, our subsidiaries, business partners, and group companies.

Cookies Used on Our Site

Below you can find different types of cookies we use on our site. Both first-party cookies (placed by the site you visit) and third-party cookies (placed by servers other than the site you visit) are used on our site.

Mandatory Cookies

The use of certain cookies is necessary for our site to function correctly. For example, authentication cookies that are activated when you log in to our site ensure that your active session continues as you move from one page to another on our site.

Functionality and Preference Cookies

These cookies enable personalization of services offered on our site by remembering your preferences and choices on the site. For example, they allow us to remember your language selection on our site or the font size you chose while reading a text.

Social Media Cookies

These cookies allow the collection of information about your social media usage. For example, cookies may be used to use information from your Facebook/Twitter accounts to create personalized ads or conduct market research.

Performance and Analysis Cookies

Thanks to these cookies, we can analyze your use of our site and its performance, allowing us to improve the services we provide to you. For example, with these cookies, we can determine which pages our visitors view most, whether our site is working properly, and identify potential problems.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies

We use cookies to promote our products and services to you on our site or on external platforms. We may also collaborate with some of our business partners to advertise and promote to you within or outside our site. For example, cookies can be used to track whether you clicked on an ad you saw on our site, and if the ad interested you, whether you used the service on the site to which the ad directed you.

How Can I Control the Use of Cookies?

You have the option to personalize your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings.

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

What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?

In accordance with Article 11 of the Personal Data Protection Law, data subjects have the right to:

  • Learn whether personal data is being processed,
  • Request information if personal data has been processed,
  • Learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether this data is being used in accordance with its purpose,
  • Know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred at home or abroad,
  • Request correction if personal data is processed incompletely or inaccurately and request notification of this process to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
  • Request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons for its processing no longer exist, despite being processed in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law and other relevant law provisions, and request notification of this process to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
  • Object to the occurrence of a result against the person by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
  • Request compensation for damages in case of loss due to unlawful processing of personal data,

These are the rights of data subjects.

If you communicate your requests regarding your aforementioned rights to us via the email address on the site, your applications will be evaluated and finalized as soon as possible and within 30 (thirty) days at the latest. While it is essential that no fee is charged for requests, the Company reserves the right to charge a fee based on the fee schedule determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

The Data Subject guarantees that the information subject to this Privacy Policy is complete, accurate, and up-to-date, and commits to updating it immediately if there are any changes to this information. The Company will not have any responsibility if the Data Subject has not provided up-to-date information.

The Data Subject acknowledges that if they make a request that results in any of their personal data being unusable by the Company, they may not be able to fully benefit from the Site’s functionality and declares that any responsibility arising in this context will be their own.