PILE TEXTILE FURNITURE AND CONSTRUCTION TRADING LIMITED COMPANY

Personal Data Policy

General information about the Personal Data Law

Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (hereinafter referred to as KVKK) was adopted on March 24, 2016, and published in the Official Gazette No. 29677 dated April 7, 2016. Some parts of the KVKK came into force on the publication date, while others came into force on October 7, 2016.

Information as the data controller

Pursuant to Law No. 6698 KVKK and as the Data Controller, your personal data will be recorded, stored, updated, disclosed/transferred to third parties where permitted by legislation, classified, and processed in the manners listed in the KVKK within the framework explained on this page.

How your personal data may be processed

Under Law No. 6698 KVKK, the personal data you share with our Company may be processed by us, fully or partially, automatically or non-automatically as part of any data recording system, by obtaining, recording, storing, modifying, rearranging, in short, subjecting the data to all kinds of procedures performed on the data. Any processing performed on data within the scope of KVKK is considered "processing of personal data."

The purposes and legal reasons for processing your personal data

The personal data you share will be processed

• to be able to fulfill the requirements of the services we provide to our customers, in accordance with the contract and technology requirements;
  
  
• to record identity, address, and other necessary information to identify the data subject within the scope of Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce, Law No. 6502 on Consumer Protection, the Regulation on Service Providers and Intermediary Service Providers in Electronic Commerce published in the Official Gazette No. 29457 dated August 26, 2015, the Distance Contracts Regulation published in the Official Gazette No. 29188 dated November 27, 2014, and other relevant legislation;
  
  
• to organize all records and documents that will serve as the basis of transactions in banking and electronic payment fields, electronic contracts or paper-based; to comply with the information storage, reporting, and notification obligations stipulated by legislations and other authorities;
  
  
• to be able to provide information to public prosecutors, courts, and relevant public officials upon request and as required by legislation in matters related to public safety and legal disputes;

in accordance with Law No. 6698 KVKK and relevant secondary regulations. Information about third parties or organizations to which your personal data may be transferred: the persons/organizations to whom your personal data shared with our Company for the above purposes may be transferred are, primarily IdeaSoft Software Industry and Trade Inc., which provides our Company’s e-commerce infrastructure, suppliers, cargo companies, persons and organizations related to the services provided, partner organizations serving as Data Processors, domestic/international organizations, and other third parties with whom we cooperate.

The manner in which your personal data is collected

Your personal data,

• in the form of name, surname, Turkish Republic identity number, address, phone, business or private email address provided through forms on our Company's website and mobile applications; preferences on pages accessed using username and password, IP records of transactions performed, cookie data collected by the browser, browsing duration and details, location data;

• verbally, in writing, or electronically through our sales and marketing department employees, branches, suppliers, other sales channels, paper forms, business cards, digital marketing, and call center channels;

• obtained from persons who share their personal data for purposes such as establishing commercial relations with our Company, applying for a job, making an offer, through business cards, resumes (CVs), proposals, and other means, in physical or virtual environments, face-to-face or remote, verbally or in writing or electronically;

• also can be processed and collected from data obtained indirectly from different channels, such as website, blog, contests, surveys, games, campaigns, and similar purpose-used (micro) websites and social media, e-newsletter reading or clicking activities, data from publicly accessible databases, publicly shared profiles and data from social media platforms;

Your personal data obtained before the enforcement of KVKK

Your personal data that were lawfully obtained before the enforcement date of KVKK on April 7, 2016, through membership, electronic communication consent, product/service purchase, and other means are also processed and retained in accordance with the terms and conditions regulated in this document.

Transfer of your personal data abroad

Your personal data collected by any of the methods listed above, processed in Turkey or processed and retained abroad, may be transferred abroad to service intermediaries located in countries accredited by the Personal Data Protection Board and having adequate protection in terms of personal data protection, in compliance with KVKK and for contractual purposes.

Storage and protection of personal data

Your personal data will be kept confidential in the database and systems held by our Company in accordance with Article 12 of KVKK; it will not be shared with third parties except for legal obligations and the arrangements specified in this document. Our Company is obliged to prevent unlawful processing of personal data, restrict unauthorized access, and implement software measures such as access management and physical security precautions in the systems and databases containing personal data as per Article 12 of KVKK. If it is learned that personal data have been unlawfully obtained by others, the situation will be immediately reported to the Personal Data Protection Board in writing and in accordance with legal regulations.

Keeping personal data up-to-date and accurate

Pursuant to Article 4 of KVKK, our Company has the obligation to keep your personal data accurate and up-to-date. Within this scope, in order for our Company to fulfill its obligations arising from current legislation, our Customers must share their accurate and up-to-date data or update it via the website/mobile application.

Rights of the personal data owner under Law No. 6698 KVKK

Article 11 of Law No. 6698 KVKK came into force on October 7, 2016, and according to the relevant article, from this date onwards, the rights of the Personal Data Owner are as follows: The Personal Data Owner may apply to our Company (data controller) concerning himself/herself;

1. To learn whether personal data is processed,
2. If personal data has been processed, to request information about it,
3. To learn the purpose of the processing of personal data and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose,
4. To know the third parties to whom personal data has been transferred, domestically or abroad,
5. To request correction of personal data if it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately,
6. To request deletion or destruction of personal data under the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of KVKK,
7. To request that the transactions of correction, deletion, or destruction be notified to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
8. To object to a result against the person himself/herself arising from the analysis of processed data solely through automated systems,
9. To demand compensation for damages in case of occurrence of damages due to unlawful processing of personal data,