Information Notice under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK)

This information notice has been prepared by StandArt A.Ş. for the purpose of informing data subjects about the processing of personal data within the scope of Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK"). The Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, published in the Official Gazette of 7 April 2016, was enacted to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in particular the right to privacy, in the processing of personal data, and to regulate the obligations of natural and legal persons processing personal data and the procedures and principles they must follow. In our capacity as data controller, your personal data may be processed only within the purposes and scope described below and in accordance with other applicable legislation.

1) Personal Data Processed

The personal data you have provided to StandArt A.Ş. by various means are as follows:

  • For natural persons: First name, surname, home and/or residential address, Turkish ID number, telephone number, e-mail address.
  • For legal persons: Company name, first name and surname of the company representative, company address, the tax office of the company and the company's tax identification number, telephone number and e-mail address.

Your personal data are used in order to deliver the agricultural and all other products and services offered by our company to you in the most suitable manner and to carry out the company's internal operational activities.

The personal data listed above for natural and legal persons, and the reasons for their processing as explained above, may be processed in connection with and in proportion to the purposes set out in Article 2, and may be transferred to the persons, institutions and organisations specified in Article 3.

2) Purposes of Processing Personal Data

Your personal data may be processed by StandArt A.Ş. for the following purposes:

  • Identity verification and authentication in order to prevent your personal data from being obtained by others,
  • Provision of products and services and after-sales support services,
  • Management of customer relationship processes,
  • Conclusion and performance of contract processes,
  • Execution of finance and accounting transactions,
  • Execution of communication activities,
  • Performance of marketing analysis studies,
  • Planning of advertising, campaign and promotion processes (if explicit consent has been given),
  • Management of requests and complaints,
  • Execution of the company's internal operational activities,
  • Execution of occupational safety and information security processes,
  • Fulfilment of legal obligations,
  • Provision of information to authorised institutions and organisations,
  • Execution of human resources and employment processes (with respect to personnel and candidate data),
  • Website and mobile application management and improvement of the user experience,
  • Prevention of fraud and misuse and ensuring security,
  • Execution of risk management and audit processes,
  • Protection of legitimate interests.

Your personal data obtained and processed in accordance with the relevant legislation may be transferred to the physical archives and/or information systems of StandArt A.Ş. and kept in safekeeping in both digital and physical environments.

3) Transfer of Personal Data

By taking all necessary technical and administrative measures to ensure an appropriate level of security in accordance with the KVKK and the relevant legislation, we may transfer your personal data, for the purposes set out in Article 2, to persons, institutions and/or organisations permitted by the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, the Agriculture Law No. 5488, the Law No. 5300 on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products, the regulations, policies, procedures and/or directives established within StandArt A.Ş. and other relevant legislation; to banks, financial advisers, lawyers, funds and foundations; to our direct or indirect domestic and foreign shareholders, subsidiaries and/or affiliates; to our group companies; to auditors; to consultants; to business partners; to domestic and foreign organisations from which we receive or to which we provide services on a contractual basis or with which we cooperate in order to carry out our activities; and to other natural and/or legal third parties.

Your personal data are collected through the website, mobile application, call centre, e-mail, SMS, electronic forms, physical application forms, contracts and other commercial documents, cameras and other security systems, cookies and other online technologies, communications via social media accounts, and third-party partners and service providers, and are stored in physical and/or digital form.

Pursuant to Article 7(1) of the KVKK, when the purpose requiring the processing ceases to exist and/or when the limitation and retention periods for which we are obliged by law to process your data expire, your personal data will be deleted, destroyed or anonymised.

5) Rights of the Data Subject

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law, data subjects have the following rights by applying to the data controller:

  • To learn whether their personal data are processed,
  • To request information if their personal data have been processed,
  • To learn the purpose of processing and whether the data are used in accordance with that purpose,
  • To know the third parties to whom personal data are transferred in Türkiye or abroad,
  • To request rectification if the data are processed incompletely or inaccurately,
  • To request erasure or destruction under the conditions set out in the Law,
  • To request that rectification, erasure or destruction be notified to third parties to whom the personal data have been transferred,
  • To object to a result arising to their detriment by means of analysis of the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
  • To claim compensation for damage suffered as a result of unlawful processing.

Pursuant to Article 5 of the Personal Data Protection Law, your personal data may be processed without your explicit consent in the following cases:

  • Where it is expressly provided for by law,
  • Where processing is necessary to protect the life or physical integrity of yourself or another person, where you are unable to give consent due to actual impossibility or where your consent is not legally valid,
  • Where processing of personal data of the parties to a contract is necessary, provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or performance of that contract,
  • Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation,
  • Where your personal data have been made public by you,
  • Where data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right,
  • Where data processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of StandArt A.Ş., provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, with respect to the personal data I have notified, transferred or communicated to StandArt A.Ş., I hereby declare, accept and undertake that I have read, examined, assessed and understood the information provided above regarding the processing and transfer by StandArt A.Ş. of my personal data, the details of which have been explained to me in the Information Notice on the Protection and Processing of Personal Data (the "Notice") clearly enough to raise no doubt, for the purposes and related purposes stated in the Notice; that I give my explicit approval and consent, free from any social, financial, psychological or other pressure, to the processing and/or transfer of my personal data as stated above under the KVKK; that I am aware of my rights granted to me under the KVKK; and that, within the framework of the above information whose content I have read and understood, I consent to my personal data being processed by StandArt A.Ş. and shared with the persons specified above.

This notice has been translated from Turkish. In case of any discrepancy between the Turkish text and this translation, the Turkish text shall prevail.