As Gülel Attorneys at Law( “Gülel”), we care about the privacy of private life and personal data. As the data controller, we would like to inform you about the processing of your personal data within the scope of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("the Law") and the relevant legislation. Gülel is committed to the protection of your privacy, and will treat all of the information you provide through our website with the utmost respect. Gülel works diligently to ensure that it has taken all appropriate administrative and technical measures to prevent the unauthorized or unlawful use of your personally identifiable information, and to prevent any accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, such information. Gülel will not sell or disclose personally identifiable information about you to unaffiliated third parties except in accordance with this “Privacy Policy”.

1. Collection of Information

Your personal data is collected either automatically or non-automatically from documents and information that you may convey to us electronically or physically. Your personal data may be collected verbally, in writing, or electronically with this respect. Our website collects certain information about visitors, even when they are not logged in. Gülel may record your IP address, the URLs of the websites and pages you visit (before, during and after your visit to the website), the times and dates of such visits, information about the computer hardware and software you use and other information that may be available. Also, Gülel may place “cookies” on your computer to recognize you on return visits to enable Gülel to enhance your browsing experience, as well as to collect additional information about you. You may adjust your browser settings or use other means to prevent cookies from being placed on your computer, but doing so may result in reduced functionality and a less personalized browsing experience.

2. Use of Information

Gülel uses the information that it collects about you to improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website to your interest, and also to help Gülel select content and services that you may find interesting and useful. Information about the content you visit and services you use may be used alone or in conjunction with information collected from other users to help Gülel tailor the Gülel website and its other products and services to better suit the needs and interests of you and other users. Information that you provide may also be used as part of the Gülel’s effort to keep you informed about events, and selected products and services that may be of interest to you. In some cases, Gülel may contact you with information from carefully selected third parties, but Gülel will not provide information to third parties for such purposes. In other cases, your information might be shared with a third party pursuant to a process that contemplates such sharing but which you knowingly initiate. Gülel reserves the right to disclose any information that it obtains through the website to appropriate governmental or regulatory authorities, if required by law or any governmental agency.

3. Transfers of Information.

From time to time, Gülel may disclose information about you to carefully selected service providers that Gülel may engage to host the website or to provide other services. Gülel will require all such service providers to use the information solely to provide the specified services, and otherwise to conform to the requirements of this Privacy Policy. Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, Gülel will not provide your information to third parties for any other purpose, including marketing.

4. Additional Services.

From time to time, Gülel may offer additional services through the website. In some cases additional services may be subject to alternative terms of use (as identified by Gülel), and your use of any such services will constitute your acceptance of such alternative terms of use. Unless otherwise stated, such alternative terms of use shall apply to supplement this Privacy Policy and in the context of any conflicting terms, this Privacy Policy shall govern with respect to the website, content and services, excepting only those services which are expressly covered, and then only to the extent so expressly covered, by such alternative terms.

5. Information Sent by Way of the website is Not Secure

Any information sent to Gülel by email or through the Web site is not secure and is done so on a non-confidential basis. Any information you send Gülel over the Internet, either through the website or via email is done at your own risk.

6. Sending Information Does Not Form an Attorney – Client Relationship

Transmission of information from this website does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Gülel, nor is it intended to do so. The transmission of the website, in part or in whole, and/or any communication with us via email through this website does not constitute or create an attorney-client relationship between us and any recipients.

7. Your Rights Concerning Your Personal Data

We would like to remind you that you have the following rights under Article 11 of the Law:

• to learn whether your personal data is processed or not, and to request information about processing thereof;
• to learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether relevant data is used in accordance with the intended purpose;
• to know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred/disclosed;
• to request for correction in cases where your personal data is processed erroneously or deficiently and when you enforce this right, to request for correction to be notified to third parties to whom your personal data is transferred;
• to request for the destruction or deletion of your personal data in the event the purposes for processing your personal data cease to exist and when you enforce this right, to request for this to be notified to third parties to whom your personal data is transferred,
• to object to the outcome of the analysis of your collected information made by automatic systems and to claim for damages in case you suffer any loss.

For more information please contact us via info@gulelhukuk.com