Privacy and personal data protection policy

As hmktechnology.com, we show utmost sensitivity to the security of your personal data. Your personal data is processed and stored in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”).

1. How Your Personal Data May Be Processed

According to the KVKK No. 6698, the personal data you share with hmktechnology.com may be processed by us, in whole or in part, automatically or non-automatically provided that it is part of any data recording system, by obtaining, recording, storing, changing, reorganizing, in short, as a subject to any transaction performed on the data. Any transaction performed on the data within the scope of KVKK is considered as ¨processing of personal data¨.

2. Purposes and Legal Reasons for Processing Your Personal Data

The personal data you share;

* To be able to fulfill the requirements of the services we provide to our customers in accordance with the requirements of the contract and technology, and to improve our offered products and services;

* To be able to provide information to prosecutors, courts and relevant public officials upon request and as required by law in matters related to public security and legal disputes;

* To be able to offer a wide range of opportunities to our members or to share them with persons or institutions that can offer these opportunities within the legal framework;

* In order to analyze advertising preferences;

It will be processed in accordance with the KVKK No. 6698 and relevant secondary regulations.

3. Information on Third Parties or Organizations to Which Your Personal Data May Be Transferred

For the purposes specified above, the persons/organizations to whom your personal data that you share with hmktechnology.com may be transferred are; our main shareholders, shareholders, advertisers, direct or indirect domestic/international affiliates; primarily member companies using the hmktechnology.com infrastructure and, but not limited to, persons and organizations related to the service provided, program partner organizations, domestic/international organizations and other third parties and organizations from whom we receive services and cooperate in order to carry out our activities and/or as Data Processors.

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4. How Your Personal Data is Collected

Your personal data;

* information such as name, surname, address, telephone, business or private e-mail address, forms on the hmktechnology.com website and mobile applications; preferences on pages accessed using username and password, IP records of transactions performed, cookie data collected by the browser, and data including browsing duration and details, location data;

* received from persons who share their personal data with hmktechnology.com for purposes such as establishing a commercial relationship, applying for a job, making an offer, business card, resume (CV), making an offer, and other means, in a physical or virtual environment, face to face or distant, verbally or in writing or electronically;

* In addition, data obtained indirectly from different channels, from (micro) websites and social media used for similar purposes such as websites, blogs, competitions, surveys, games, campaigns, e-bulletin reading or clicking movements, data provided by public databases, profiles and data open to sharing on social networking sites such as social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.) can be processed and collected.

5. Your Personal Data Obtained Before the Entry into Force of the KVKK

Since hmktechnology.com did not start publishing before October 1, 2024, which is the effective date of the KVKK, we do not have any personal data stored before this date.

6. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your personal data collected by any of the methods listed above, to be processed in Turkey or to be processed and stored outside Turkey, may also be transferred to service intermediaries located abroad (to countries accredited by the Personal Data Board and with sufficient protection in terms of the protection of personal data) provided that it remains within the scope of the KVKK and in accordance with the contractual purposes.

Your personal data;

* Our business partners with whom we cooperate and/or receive services for the presentation and promotion of products and services,

* The competent authorities that will detect your location in case of an emergency call for help,

* Regulatory and supervisory institutions and other official institutions such as courts and enforcement offices, other public institutions or organizations authorized to request your personal data,

* Legal entities that have a commercial relationship with hmktechnology.com and have your phone number,

When deemed necessary, it may be transferred.

7. Storage and Protection of Personal Data

hmktechnology.com is obliged to prevent the unlawful processing of personal data and prevent unauthorized access to the systems and databases where your personal data is stored, in accordance with Article 12 of the KVKK; to take software measures such as hash, encryption, transaction records, access management and physical security measures in order to ensure their preservation. In the event that it is learned that personal data has been obtained by others through illegal means, the situation will be reported immediately, in accordance with the legal regulation and in writing to the Personal Data Protection Board.

8. Keeping Personal Data Up-to-Date and Accurate

In accordance with Article 4 of the KVKK, hmktechnology.com is obliged to keep your personal data accurate and up-to-date. In this context, in order for hmktechnology.com to fulfill its obligations arising from the current legislation, our members must share their accurate and up-to-date data or update it via the website / mobile application.

9. Rights of the Personal Data Owner According to the KVKK No. 6698

Article 11 of the KVKK No. 6698 entered into force on October 01, 2024, and in accordance with the relevant article, the rights of the Personal Data Owner after this date are as follows:

* The Personal Data Owner may apply to hmktechnology.com (data controller) and request;

* To learn whether personal data has been processed,

* To request information about personal data if it has been processed,

* To learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether it is used in accordance with its purpose,

* To know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or abroad,

* To request correction of personal data if it is processed incompletely or incorrectly,

* To request deletion or destruction of personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the KVKK,

* To request notification of these transactions to third parties to whom personal data is transferred in the event of correction, deletion or destruction of personal data,

* To object to the emergence of a result against the person by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,

* To request compensation for damages in the event of damages due to unlawful processing of personal data, have the right.

10. Communication and Application Method

The Data Controller Representative to be appointed by hmktechnology.com will be announced in the Data Controllers Registry and on the internet address where this document is located when the legal infrastructure is provided.

Personal Data Owners can direct their questions, opinions or requests to the e-mail address [email protected].

hmktechnology.com may give a positive/negative response to the submitted requests in writing or digitally, provided that they are reasoned and respond within 30 days. It is essential that the necessary procedures regarding the requests are free of charge. However, if the procedures require a cost, hmktechnology.com reserves the right to request a fee. These fees are determined by the Personal Data Protection Board according to the tariff determined in accordance with Article 13 of the Personal Data Protection Law.

By sharing your personal data on our website, applications and other channels, you declare that you accept our Personal Data Policy and the terms and conditions regarding processing, processing methods, transfer, sale and other related issues in our policy, that the data shared with hmktechnology.com, a social media application, will be used on the website, applications and social media channels, that notifications and suggestions will be made, that it can be shared with third parties for commercial purposes provided that it is for the benefit of the members, and that you accept this, that you will apply to hmktechnology.com before exercising your legal rights, and that you accept this with an explicit consent defined in the KVKK as a consent that is of great importance, based on information and expressed with free will regarding a specific issue.

This agreement was last updated on 01/10/2024.