PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA WEBSITE COOKIE POLICY
Protecting the privacy of visitors to www.kestas.com.tr, operated by Kestaş as the data controller, is one of our Company’s core principles. This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) explains to all our website visitors and users what types of cookies are used and under what conditions.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device or network server by the websites you visit through your computer or mobile device.
They are generally used to provide you with a personalized experience while using the website you visit, to improve the services offered, and to enhance your experience, and may contribute to ease of use while navigating a website. If you prefer not to use cookies, you can delete or block cookies through your browser settings. However, please note that this may affect your use of our website. Unless you change your cookie settings in your browser, we will assume that you accept the use of cookies on this site.
- WHAT TYPES OF DATA ARE PROCESSED THROUGH COOKIES?
Depending on their type, cookies on websites collect data related to your browsing and usage preferences on the device you use to visit the site. This data includes information about the pages you access, the services and products you review, your preferred language option, and your other preferences.
- WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device or network server by the websites you visit, through your browser. These small text files, which contain your preferred language and other settings on the site, help us remember your preferences on your next visit and make improvements to our services to enhance your experience on the site. This allows you to have a better and more personalized user experience on your next visit.
The main purposes of using cookies on our Website are listed below:
To improve the services offered to you by increasing the functionality and performance of the website, To improve the Website and offer new features through the Website, and to personalize the features offered according to your preferences; To ensure the legal and commercial security of the Website, of you, and of the Company, and to prevent fraudulent transactions from being carried out through the Site; To fulfill legal and contractual obligations, particularly those arising from Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed through such Publications, and the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Regulation of Publications on the Internet.
- TYPES OF COOKIES USED ON OUR WEBSITE 3.1. Session Cookies
Session cookies ensure that the website functions properly during your visit. They are used for purposes such as ensuring the security and continuity of our sites and of your visit. Session cookies are temporary; they are deleted when you close your browser and are not permanent.
3.2. Persistent Cookies
This type of cookie is used to remember your preferences and is stored on your device through your browser. Persistent cookies remain stored even after you close the browser through which you visited our site or restart your computer. These cookies are retained in your browser’s subfolders until deleted through your browser settings.
Certain types of persistent cookies may be used to offer you personalized recommendations, taking into account factors such as your purpose of using the Website.
Thanks to persistent cookies, when you revisit our Website using the same device, it is checked whether a cookie created by our Website already exists on your device; if so, it is understood that you have visited the site before, and the content to be delivered to you is determined accordingly, thereby providing you with better service.
3.3. Mandatory/Technical Cookies
These are cookies required for the website you are visiting to function properly. The purpose of this type of cookie is to provide the necessary service by ensuring the site operates correctly. For example, they enable access to secure sections of the website, the use of its features, and navigation within the site.
3.4. Analytical Cookies
These cookies collect information about how the website is used, the frequency and number of visits, and show how visitors arrived at the site. The purpose of this type of cookie is to improve the site’s functioning, increase performance, and determine general trends. They do not contain data that could identify visitors. For example, they show the number of error messages displayed or the most visited pages.
3.5. Functional Cookies
These cookies remember the choices a visitor makes on the site for the next visit. The purpose of this type of cookie is to provide ease of use for visitors. For example, they prevent the site user from having to re-enter their password on every page they visit.
3.6. Targeting/Advertising Cookies
These cookies enable the measurement of the effectiveness of advertisements shown to visitors and the calculation of how many times the ads have been displayed. The purpose of this type of cookie is to present advertisements tailored to visitors’ interests.
Similarly, they enable the identification of visitors’ specific interests based on their browsing and the presentation of appropriate content accordingly. For example, they prevent an advertisement shown to a visitor from being displayed again shortly afterward.
- HOW ARE COOKIE PREFERENCES MANAGED?
To change your preferences regarding the use of cookies, or to block or delete cookies, you only need to change your browser settings.
Many browsers offer options that allow you to control cookies, such as accepting or rejecting cookies, accepting only certain types of cookies, or being alerted by the browser whenever a website requests to store a cookie on your device.
It is also possible to delete cookies that have already been saved to your browser.
If you disable or reject cookies, you may need to manually adjust some preferences, and since we will not be able to recognize or associate your account, some features and services on the website may not function properly. You can change your browser settings by clicking the relevant link in the table below.
- EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
This Website Privacy Policy is dated …./…./…. . In the event that the Policy, in whole or in part, is renewed, the effective date of the Policy will be updated. The Privacy Policy is published on the Company’s website, www.kestas.com, and is made available to data subjects upon request.
Kestaş Address: Ömerli Mahallesi Mısır Sokak No:8 Arnavutköy İSTANBUL Türkiye Phone: +90(212) 798-2855 E-mail: isletme@kestas.com.tr Website: www.kestas.com
