ASKOOP ONLINE
ASKOOP ONLİNE

PDPL POLICY

CLARIFICATION TEXT ON THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION AND PROCESSING

The scope to which your personal data may be processed by ASKOOP Anatolian Industrialists Collective Workplace Construction Cooperative (hereinafter referred to as ASKOOP) in its capacity as the “data controller” in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (P.D.P.L.) is explained below.

ASKOOP is a private law legal entity, and your personal data is collected by ASKOOP through various channels, based on the legal grounds to ensure compliance with the legislation and ASKOOP policies, in order to carry out our activities within the framework of its establishment purpose and to fulfill the services arising from the Industrial Zones Law No. 4737, its Regulation and other relevant legal regulations. Your personal data shall be recorded, stored, updated, and, where permitted by law, disclosed or transferred to third parties, classified, processed, and transmitted as explained in the P.D.P.L. and relevant legislation, in accordance with the basic principles stipulated by the P.D.P.L. and within the scope of the conditions and purposes of personal data processing specified in P.D.P.L., for the purposes outlined in this Clarification Text.

Purposes of Processing Your Personal Data:

In accordance with the basic principles stipulated by the P.D.P.L. and the conditions and purposes of personal data processing specified in the P.D.P.L. and relevant legislation, your personal data collected in ASKOOP systems and records may be processed by ASKOOP for the following purposes.

Carrying out the necessary activities by our directorate’s business units and offices to ensure that ASKOOP carries out its activities and services arising from the Industrial Zones Law No. 4737 and other relevant legislation in accordance with the legislation and our directorate’s policies, and executing activities and services in this direction,

  • Carrying out all kinds of services provided by ASKOOP to participants and/or tenants,
  • Determining, planning, and implementing the short, medium, and long-term service policies of ASKOOP,
  • Designing and executing human resources activities of ASKOOP,
  • Ensuring the commercial and legal security of ASKOOP, its subsidiaries and companies, and real persons with whom it has a business relationship,
  • Ensuring business and employee safety of ASKOOP,
  • Protecting the reputation and trust of ASKOOP and its affiliates, etc.

Methods of Collecting Your Personal Data:

In accordance with the basic principles stipulated by the P.D.P.L. and the conditions and purposes of personal data processing specified in the P.D.P.L. and relevant legislation, your personal data may be collected by ASKOOP for the following purposes:

  • Through the information we request within the framework of our permitting activities, allocation and leasing procedures related to construction and production, as well as services such as electricity, natural gas, utility water distribution, wastewater treatment, and communication provided by ASKOOP,
  • Through forms on the ASKOOP website or on paper,
  • Through the information you provide to our employees or suppliers verbally, in writing, electronically or via paper forms for the purpose of obtaining information regarding our infrastructure and other services,
  • Through a business card, resume (cv), or offer provided in a physical or virtual environment, face to face or distance, verbally, in writing or electronically, for the purposes of establishing a commercial/legal relationship with ASKOOP, applying for a job, or making an offer,
  • In addition, through data obtained indirectly from various channels, from websites, blogs, surveys, informative articles, websites used for similar purposes and social media, data provided by public databases, public profiles and data on social media platforms, etc.

Transfer of Your Personal Data:

Your collected personal data may be transferred to our joint stakeholders for the purposes of enabling our business units to carry out the necessary activities for you to benefit from the services provided by ASKOOP; customizing and recommending the services offered by ASKOOP according to your requests and needs; ensuring the legal and commercial security of ASKOOP and of persons who are in a business relationship with ASKOOP (including, but not limited to technical and administrative operations conducted by ASKOOP, ensuring the physical security and supervision of ASKOOP’s locations, supplier evaluation processes, legal compliance procedures, financial affairs, etc.); determining and implementing ASKOOP’s business strategies, and may also be shared with our business partners, business contacts, service providers, and subcontractors for carrying out ASKOOP’s human resources policies; as well as with public prosecutors, courts, and relevant public authorities in matters relating to public security and legal disputes, upon request and as required by law.

Storage and Protection of Your Personal Data:

Your personal data shall be stored confidentially in ASKOOP’s database and systems in accordance with PDPL and relevant legislation, and shall not be shared with third parties in any way except for legal obligations and the regulations specified in this document. ASKOOP is obliged to prevent the unlawful processing of personal data in the systems and databases where your personal data is stored, in accordance with the PDPL and relevant legislation, to prevent access by unauthorized persons, and to take software measures such as access management and physical security measures. In the event that personal data has been obtained by others through illegal means, the situation shall be reported immediately to the Personal Data Protection Board in writing and in accordance with the legal regulations.

Your personal data obtained through the methods explained above, or by other lawful means, prior to the effective date of the PDPL (April 7, 2016), are also processed and stored in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in this document.

Rights of the Personal Data Owner in Accordance with PDPL:

According to the PDPL No. 6698, the rights of the “Personal Data Owner” are as follows:

  1. To learn whether your personal data has been processed or not,
  2. To request information if your personal data has been processed,
  3. To learn the purpose of the processing of your personal data and whether it is being used in accordance with that purpose,
  4. To know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred at home or abroad,
  5. To request the correction of your personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing,
  6. To request the deletion or destruction of your personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in PDPL,
  7. In case of correction, deletion or destruction of your personal data, to request that these procedures be notified to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
  8. To object to the emergence of a result against the person after analysis of the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
  9. To demand compensation for damages in case you incur damages due to unlawful processing of your personal data.

In accordance with the PDPL, you must submit your request to use your rights mentioned above to ASKOOP in writing. Within this framework, the channels and procedures by which you will submit your application in writing to ASKOOP within the scope of PDPL are described below.

To exercise your rights specified above, you may submit your request, including the information necessary to identify your identity and explanations regarding the rights you wish to exercise under the P.D.P.L. by clicking the provided link and filling out the “ASKOOP Personal Data Protection Law Application or Contact Form.” or by delivering a signed copy of the form, along with documents verifying your identity, in person to ASKOOP Ömerli Mahallesi Şeker Caddesi No:73/1 34555 Arnavutköy / Istanbul, by sending it through a notary public office or by other methods specified in the P.D.P.L.

It is mandatory for the data owner to make the application in person. If an application is made by a person other than the data owner, it is mandatory to present a special power of attorney issued by the data owner in the name of the person who will submit the application, authorizing such person with respect to the request. Otherwise, applications shall not be taken into consideration in accordance with the principle of data confidentiality. Depending on the nature of the request, ASKOOP will finalize the request free of charge within thirty (30) days at the latest. However, if the procedure requires an additional cost, we will charge the fee in the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board. Respectfully announced to the public.