Clarification Text

Version: 2.0
Updated Date: July 8, 2021

The context in which your data can be processed by ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfı Bilgi Teknolojileri San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (“Company”) in its capacity of data controller in accordance withLaw for the Protection of Personal Data No:6698 (“KVKK”) is described below.

What is Personal Data?

In accordance with KVKK, Personal Data represents any kind of information about a specified or specifiable real person(“Personal Data”). Special Quality Personal Data is a special kind of personal data and it represents your data about race, ethnic background, political thought, philosophical beliefs, religion, sect or other beliefs, appearance, organization membership, health condition, sexual life, punishment conviction, safety precaution and biometric and genetic data(“Spacial Quality Personal Data”).

What is the Method and Legal Cause of Collecting Your Personal Data?

We lawfully collect your personal data with the purpose of performing domain name registration transactions, informing you in every field your personal data is collected.

In accordance with the basic principles prescribed by KVKK, your personal data can be processed with the purposes defined in Clarification Text within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and aims defined in 5th and 6th clauses of KVKK.

For What Purpose Do We Process Your Data?

In accordance with the basic principles prescribed by KVKK, your collected personal data can be processed with the purposes defined below within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and aims defined in 5th and 6th clauses of KVKK;

Lawfully pursuing of the commercial activities of the company without a hitch; designing and conducting of the human resources activities of the company; ensuring the commercial and legal safety of the real persons commercially related with the Company; preserving the commercial reputation of the Company. For more information about the processing of your personal data by the Company, you may browse the Policy for Protection for Personal Data text on www.metunic.com.tr.

How Frequently Do We Delete Your Personal Data and For What Purpose and to Whom Do We Transfer it?

The personal data collected and processed by ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfı Bilgi Teknolojileri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. should be deleted or anonymized within certain time duration as required by the Law of Protection of Personal Data and Regulation About Deletion, Disposal or Anonymization of Personal Data. Storage durations may vary depending on the operation to be carried and nature of the data.

Personal data and documents collected for domain name transactions and other transactions are stored in the database and backup system for the duration it is required to be presented to Turkish Courts in a case of a dispute.

Your personal data can be kept in the country or transferred abroad to achieve the above-mentioned purposes by taking the necessary security measures.

What are your rights arising from 11th Clause of Law of Protection of Personal Data?

Rights of the real persons whose personal data is processed in accordance with the 11th Clause of KVKK are as belows;

To learn whether the personal data is processed or not; to request information if the personal data is processed; to learn the purpose of the processing of the personal data and whether the data is used for the determined purpose; to be informed about the third persons in or outside the country with whom the personal data is shared; to request the editing of the personal data if they are missing or faulty and to request the Company to inform the third parties about the correction; to request the deletion or disposal of the personal data, even if it is processed in accordance with the KVKK or other legal regulations, in the case of dissappearance of the reasons to process the data and request the Company to inform the third parties about the transaction; to object to a disadvantegous result arising from the analysis of the processed data by means of automatical systems; to demand the compensation of the loss in case of suffering a loss due to the illegal processing of the personal data.

You can apply to ODTÜ GV Bilgi Teknolojileri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. (METUnic) Teknokent Gümüş Blok No:29 Çankaya/ANKARA – Turkey to use your rights stated above by writing a letter including your contact information. Your request will be concluded within 30 (Thirty) days at the latest.