General Disclosure About Protection Of Personal Data

We, as TÜRKİYE İHRACATÇILAR MECLİSİ-TÜRKİYE TANITIM GRUBU (“TIM/TTG”) are sensitive and careful about protection of your personal data in accordance with law no.6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”, “Law”) which was entered into force on 07.04.2016.

Our aim is to inform our exporters, potential exporters, employees, candidates, officials, visitors, employees and officials of third parties that we cooperate with, whose personal data is processed by TIM/TTG, within the scope of the personal data processing conducted by TIM/TTG in accordance with the law.

In line with this care and sensitivity, we are processing and storing all of the personal data you have conveyed to our exporters, institutions and foundations that we cooperate, suppliers and solution partners, all personal data of all TIM/TTG related parties in accordance with the law and within the frame of the explanation below and limits specified by the regulations. We use your personal data within the limits of regulations as “Data Supervisor” in this scope; Moreover, we grant access to our employees and related business partners and their employees up to necessary extent. We also grant access to the Ministry of Commerce in order to enable the data holder to benefit  the export listing feature which takes place in the smart export platform conducted by the Ministry of Commerce,

1. DATA SUPERSIVOR AND REPRESENTATIVE

Your personal data will be processed by TIM/TTG within the scope of the explanation in this document in accordance with the law (KVKK).

2. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data is to be processed within the scope of terms and purposes about processing of personal data mentioned in the 5th and 6th articles of the law for the following purposes;

Performing the necessary tasks with the support of our related work unit to ensure that you benefit from the services provided by TIM.

Ensuring that human resources policies of TIM are applied;

Providing commercial and legal safety for the companies and related business partners that we cooperate;

Specifying and applying business strategies for TIM  to continue business operations.
 
3. WHOM TO CONVEY PERSONAL DATA AND THE PURPOSE OF IT

Your personal data is to be processed with the purposes of;

Performing the necessary tasks with the support of our related work units to ensure that you benefit from products and services provided by TIM/TTG;

Ensuring that human resources policies of TIM/TTG are applied;

Providing commercial and legal safety for companies and related business partners that we cooperate;

Specifying and applying business strategies for TIM/TTG; with our domestic or abroad, direct or indirect participations and partners, contracted business partners, legally authorized public authorities and private people, suppliers, third parties that are providing service to us and other related people and companies to continue our business operations within the limits of terms and purposes about processing of personal data mentioned in the 8th and 9th articles of the law.

4. METHOD AND LEGAL REASON OF COLLECTED PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data is to be collected by TIM/TTG through different channels such as website, online platforms and physical channels; within the framework of legal requirements arising and enforced based on the applicable legislation, contract, demand, commercial custom and good faith applied to commercial services and commercial activities carried out using these channels.

Your personal data is to be processed and conveyed within the scope of terms and purposes about processing of personal data mentioned in the 5th and 6th articles of the law and with the purposes that are stated in the 2nd and 3rd articles of this explanation document.
 
5. RIGHTS OF PERSONAL DATA HOLDER, WHICH ARE STATED IN THE 11TH ARTICLE OF THE LAW
In case you send us a request regarding to your rights as a personal data holder, TIM will conclude your request freely as soon as possible, in 30 days maximum, according to type of the request. However, if the process requires an extra cost, TIM is to receive this cost specified by the Board of Protection of Personal Data. Your request shall be accepted or rejected in accordance with our examination that we complete as data supervisor; in case of rejection, the reason will be specified. The answer will be delivered in written form or by means of electronic media.

In this scope, personal data holders have following rights:

- Knowing if the personal data was processed or not,

- Requesting information in case personal data is processed,

- Knowing the purpose of the processing the personal data and whether it is used in accordance with this purpose or not,

- Knowing the third parties to whom personal data is conveyed domestically or abroad.

- Requesting the correction of personal data in case of mistake or missing information, and requesting that third parties to whom personal data is conveyed are informed about this,

- Request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons for its processing have been eliminated in accordance with the law and other relevant provisions of the law, and the right to request that the transaction made in this scope be notified to the third parties where the personal data is transferred.

- Objection to the emergence of a result against the individual by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems.

- Requesting that damage is covered in case person suffers by abuse of personal data illegally.

You must submit your request to use your rights mentioned above in written form or in other ways stated by the Board of Personal Data Protection in accordance with Article 13, Section 1 of the Law.

Since TIM/TTG is responsible to keep records and documents related to the transactions performed with employees, business partners and other related third parties within the scope of the legal regulations for a certain period of time; in case you request that your personal data is deleted or destroyed, it will be fulfilled at the end of the period determined under the law.

In order to use your rights which are mentioned above, you need to submit your request to the address “Çobançeşme Mevkii Sanayi Caddesi Dış Ticaret Kompleksi B Blok PK 34197 Yenibosna Bahçelievler/İSTANBUL with necessary information and documents to prove your identity and you also need to specify the rights you wish to use in scope of the 11th article of the law.