CLARIFICATION TEXT ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Purpose of the Clarification Text and Our Company’s Position as Data Controller:

Protection of personal data is an important issue for MERDEN LOJİSTİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ. As the data controller of MERDEN LOJİSTİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ, in order to comply with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVK Law”), this Clarification Text aims to inform the customers about the personal data processing activities carried out by MERDEN LOJİSTİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ in accordance with the said Law and is made available to the real persons (“Relevant Person”) whose personal data is processed.

You can find detailed information about the processing of your personal data under the heading “Protection and Privacy of Personal Data” at www.merden.com.tr.

Definitions:
Definitions in this clarification text;

Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Personal Data Protection Law (“KVKK”): Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data, which entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette on 7 April 2016.

Data Controller: The natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing Personal Data and is responsible for the establishment and management of the data recording system.

Data Processor: Refers to the natural or legal person who processes Personal Data on behalf of the Data Controller based on the authorisation granted by the Data Controller.

The concept of processing personal data refers to all kinds of operations performed on personal data such as obtaining, recording, storing, preserving, modifying, reorganising, disclosing, transferring, taking over, making available, classifying or preventing the use of personal data by fully or partially automatic means or by non-automatic means provided that it is part of any data recording system.

Purpose of Processing Personal Data of Customers:

In order to provide you with better service and within the framework of its legal obligation arising from the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data, the Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and the Fight Against Crimes Committed through These Publications and the relevant secondary legislation, the Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce and the relevant secondary legislation, the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 and the relevant legislation; It requests your personal data from you in order to fulfil the said purpose and legal obligations. Based on your explicit consent, these personal data may be used for the provision of products and services offered by our company, sales and performance of contracts, marketing, promotion and planning, follow-up and development of after-sales support services processes, advertising, promotion, sales, marketing, event management, information, customer relationship management, designing and / or execution of advertising and / or promotion and / or marketing activities in digital and / or other media, corporate communication activities, customer relationship management processes, surveys and customer satisfaction surveys and all kinds of communication in order to provide services within this scope, In order to ensure the legal and commercial security of persons who have a business relationship with our Company, for job applications and human resources applications, and to provide services within this scope, personal data are processed in accordance with the law and good faith, accurate and, where necessary, up-to-date, for specific, clear and legitimate purposes, in connection with the purpose for which they are processed, limited and measured, and provided that they are kept for the period stipulated in the relevant legislation or required for the purpose for which they are processed, within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law.

To whom and for what purpose the processed personal data can be transferred:

Personal data belonging to customers may be shared with real persons or private legal entities, business partners, suppliers, legally authorised public institutions and organisations within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law, including the execution of the necessary work by the business units to benefit the relevant persons from the products and services offered by MERDEN LOJİSTİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ and the execution of the relevant business processes, planning and execution of commercial and/or business strategies.

Method and Legal Grounds for Collecting Personal Data:

Your Personal Data may be collected verbally, in writing or electronically by automatic or non-automatic methods within the framework of our company’s commercial activities, through our website, social media channels, parties with whom we have a business relationship and / or receive services that are complementary to our activities, contracted organisations and other similar channels. Your personal data may also be processed and shared within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law and for the legal reasons and purposes specified in Article 2 of this Clarification Text.

Your rights pursuant to Article 11 of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data;

By applying to MERDEN LOGISTICS ANONİM ŞİRKETİ, you can request the following for your personal data:

1. a) to find out whether it has been processed or not,
2. b) request information if processed,
3. c) to learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with its purpose,
4. d) to know the third parties to whom it is transferred domestically/overseas,
5. d) to request correction if incomplete/incorrectly processed,
6. e) To request deletion/destruction within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data,
7. f) to request the third parties to whom it is transferred to be notified of the transactions made pursuant to subparagraphs (d) and (e) above,
8. g) object to the occurrence of a result to your detriment due to analysis exclusively by automated systems,
9. h) you have the right to demand the compensation of the damage in case you suffer damage due to unlawful processing.

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data, you can submit your requests regarding your personal data together with information/documents certifying your identity;

– in writing with a petition to our company address to the attention of the Human Resources department,

– can send electronic mail from your KEP address to the Registered Electronic Mail (KEP) address registered on our company’s website,

– You can send an e-mail to ……@…..com from your secure electronic signature or from your e-mail address that you have notified to our company and registered in our system. Your application must be made in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 2 of the “Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller” titled “Application Procedure”. Your application will be evaluated by our company and finalised free of charge within 30 (thirty) days at the latest depending on the nature of your request; however, if the transaction requires an additional cost, you may be charged a fee according to the tariff to be determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

Measures for the Protection of Personal Data

Protection of personal data is a valuable issue for MERDEN LOJİSTİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ. MERDEN LOJİSTİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ takes the necessary measures to protect against unauthorised access to personal data or loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration or destruction of this information, and undertakes to keep your personal data confidential, to take all necessary technical and administrative measures and to take due care to ensure confidentiality and security. Despite taking the necessary information security measures within the scope of this commitment, in the event that personal data is damaged or seized by third parties as a result of attacks on the website and system, MERDEN LOJİSTİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ immediately notifies you and the Personal Data Protection Board.

Keeping Your Personal Data Accurate and Up-to-Date

The User/Users acknowledge and declare that they are aware that it is important that the information they share on the website is accurate and kept up to date in order to exercise the rights they have on their personal data in terms of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data and other relevant legislation and that the responsibilities arising from providing incorrect information will be entirely their own.

Deletion, Destruction or Anonymisation of Your Personal Data

Your personal data processed for the purposes specified in this “Terms of Use and Privacy/Personal Data Protection Policy and Clarification Text” will be deleted/destroyed/anonymised and will continue to be used by us when the purpose that requires processing according to Article 7/f.1 of Law No. 6698 disappears and the periods determined by other legislation expire.

Amendments to the Privacy/Personal Data Protection Policy and Clarification Text

MERDEN LOJİSTİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ may make changes to this “Clarification Text on the Processing of Personal Data”. These amendments become effective immediately upon the posting of the new amended text on https://www.merden.com.tr/.