Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy

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

1. How Your Personal Data May Be Processed

In accordance with KVKK No. 6698, your personal data that you share with istanbulshuttleline.com may be processed by us, wholly or partially, automatically or by non-automatic means provided that it is part of any data recording system, by being obtained, recorded, stored, changed, rearranged, in short, subject to any kind of processing performed on the data. Any transaction performed on data within the scope of KVKK is considered 'processing of personal data'.

2. Purposes and Legal Reasons for Processing Your Personal Data

Your shared personal data,

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 provide information to prosecutors, courts, and relevant public officials on matters of public security and legal disputes, upon request and in accordance with legislation;
To offer a wide range of opportunities to our members or to share these opportunities with individuals or institutions that can offer them within the legal framework;
To analyze advertising preferences,

Will be processed in accordance with KVKK No. 6698 and related secondary regulations.

3. Information About Third Persons or Organizations to Whom Your Personal Data May Be Transferred

For the purposes stated above, the persons / organizations to whom your personal data shared with istanbulshuttleline.com may be transferred are; our main shareholders, shareholders, advertisers, direct or indirect domestic / international affiliates; member companies using the istanbulshuttleline.com infrastructure and, but not limited to, persons and organizations related to the service provided, program partner organizations, domestic / international organizations and other 3rd parties and organizations with whom we cooperate, receive services as Data Processor to carry out our activities.

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4. How Your Personal Data is Collected

Your personal data,

Through forms on the istanbulshuttleline.com website and mobile applications with information such as name, surname, address, telephone, business or private e-mail address; preferences on pages logged in using a username and password, IP records of transactions performed, cookie data collected by the browser, and data including browsing time and details, location data;
From individuals who share their personal data through business cards, resumes (cv), proposals and other means for purposes such as establishing a commercial relationship with istanbulshuttleline.com, applying for a job, making an offer, obtained in a physical or virtual environment, face-to-face or distant, verbal or written or electronic media;
In addition, data obtained indirectly from different channels, such as websites, blogs, contests, surveys, games, campaigns and similar (micro) websites and social media, e-bulletin reading or clicking movements, data provided by publicly available databases, profiles and data open to sharing from social media platforms (Facebook, X, Google, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.); can be processed and collected.

5. Your Personal Data Obtained Before KVKK Entered Into Force

Since istanbulshuttleline.com did not start its publication life before April 7, 2016, which is the effective date of 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 processed and stored outside Turkey, may also be transferred to service intermediaries located abroad (to countries accredited by the Personal Data Protection Board and where adequate protection for the protection of personal data is available), provided that they remain within the scope of KVKK and are in accordance with the purposes of the contract.

Your Personal Data;

Our business partners with whom we cooperate and/or receive services for the presentation and promotion of products and services,
To the competent authorities that will determine your location in case of an emergency call,
To 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,
To legal entities that have a commercial relationship with istanbulshuttleline.com and have your phone number,

It can be transferred when deemed necessary.

7. Storage and Protection of Personal Data

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

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

Pursuant to Article 4 of KVKK, istanbulshuttleline.com has an obligation to keep your personal data accurate and up-to-date. In this context, in order for istanbulshuttleline.com to fulfill its obligations arising from the current legislation, our members must share accurate and up-to-date data or update them via the website / mobile application.

9. Rights of the Personal Data Owner Under Law No. 6698 ("KVKK")

Article 11 of Law No. 6698 ("KVKK") entered into force on October 7, 2016, and in accordance with the relevant article, the rights of the Personal Data Owner after this date are as follows:

The Personal Data Owner, by applying to istanbulshuttleline.com (data controller), regarding themselves;
To learn whether personal data is processed or not,
To request information if personal data has been processed,
To learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
To know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or abroad,
To request correction of personal data if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed,
To request the deletion or destruction of personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of KVKK,
To request notification of the transactions made regarding the correction, deletion, or destruction of personal data to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
To object to the emergence of a result against the person themselves by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
To request compensation for damages in case of suffering damage due to unlawful processing of personal data, has the rights.

10. Contact and Application Method

The Data Controller Representative to be appointed by istanbulshuttleline.com will be announced in the Data Controllers Registry and at 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 info@istanbulshuttleline.com e-mail address.

istanbulshuttleline.com may respond positively/negatively to the submitted requests, provided that it is justified and responds within 30 days, in writing or digitally. It is essential that the necessary procedures for requests are free of charge. However, if the transactions require a cost, istanbulshuttleline.com reserves the right to request a fee. These fees are determined by the Personal Data Protection Board according to the tariff determined according to Article 13 of the Personal Data Protection Law.

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