Last Updated: March 19, 2025
Introduction
Welcome to AFAS Export Import ("Company", "we", "our", "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://www.afas.com.tr/, in compliance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK") and related regulations.
Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
AFAS Export Import
- Yukarı Dudullu Mahallesi, Bayrak Caddesi No.30/125Bilim Tower P.34775 Ümraniye/İstanbul/Türkiye
- Email: afas@afas.com.tr
- Phone: +90 216 255 11 123.
Collection of Personal Data
We may collect and process the following personal data:
- Identity Information: Name, surname.
- Contact Information: Email address, telephone number.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
Method of Data Collection
We collect data through:
- Direct Interactions: Filling out forms on our website or corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
- Automated Technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.
Purpose of Processing Personal Data
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
- To provide and manage our services.
- To manage our relationship with you, including notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy.
- To administer and protect our business and this website.
- To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Your explicit consent;
- The necessity for the performance of a contract to which you are a party;
- Compliance with a legal obligation;
- Legitimate interests pursued by us, provided that such interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.
Data Sharing and Transfer
We may share your personal data with:
- Service Providers: Third parties who provide IT and system administration services.
- Professional Advisers: Including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.
- Regulatory Authorities: As required by law.
We do not transfer your personal data outside Turkey. If such a transfer becomes necessary, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place as required by KVKK.
Data Security
We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. Access to your personal data is limited to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.
Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Your Rights
Under KVKK, you have the right to:
- Learn whether your personal data is processed.
- Request information if your personal data has been processed.
- Learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are used appropriately.
- Know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, domestically or abroad.
- Request correction of your personal data if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed.
- Request deletion or destruction of your personal data.
- Object to the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Request compensation for damages arising from the unlawful processing of your personal data.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided above.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, please contact us at:
AFAS Export Import
Email: afas@afas.com.tr
Phone: +90 216 255 11 12