In accordance with Law No. 6698 on the Personal Data Protection ("KVKK", "Law"), which was published and went into effect on 07.04.2016; As the TURKISH EXPORTERS ASSEMBLY ("hereinafter referred to as TİM"), we show the necessary attention and sensitivity about the security of your personal data.

Our goal is to provide information to our exporters, potential exporters, employees, employee candidates, authorities, visitors, employees, and authorities of the institutions we are in cooperation with and third parties whose personal data are processed by TİM within the scope of personal data processing activities carried out by TİM in accordance with the law.

With utmost care and sensitivity, TİM processes and securely stores all personal data provided by exporters, institutions, business partners, and organizations with whom we have corporate collaborations, as well as personal data associated with individuals within TİM, in accordance with the law and within the boundaries defined by relevant legislation. As the "Data Controller," we use your personal data in accordance with legal regulations, granting access to our staff and relevant business partners and personnel only to the extent necessary to fulfill the intended purpose of processing this data.

1. DATA CONTROLLER AND REPRESENTATIVE

In accordance with KVKK, your personal data can be processed by TİM as the data controller within the scope described in this clarification text.

2. FOR WHAT PURPOSE WILL PERSONAL DATA BE PROCESSED?

Your collected personal data will be processed for the following purposes:
• Facilitating the necessary procedures by our business units to enable you to access and utilize the services provided by TİM,
• Ensuring the implementation of TİM's human resources policies,
• Safeguarding the legal and commercial interests of individuals with whom we have business relationships,
• Processing within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes as specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law, as part of our efforts to determine and execute TİM's strategy within the legal, financial, and commercial framework.

3. TO WHOM AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE PROCESSED PERSONAL DATA CAN BE TRANSFERRED?

Your collected personal data will be processed for the following purposes:
• Facilitating the necessary procedures by our business units to enable you to access and benefit from the services offered by TİM,
• Ensuring the implementation of TİM's human resources policies,
• Safeguarding the legal and commercial interests of individuals with whom we have a business relationship,
• For the purposes of determining and executing TİM's strategies within the legal, financial, and commercial framework, your data may be shared with our direct or indirect affiliates and partners in Turkey and abroad, our contracted business partners, suppliers, third parties from whom services are received, when necessary, as well as other individuals and organizations where sharing is necessary to maintain business processes. This sharing will be done in accordance with the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law, and it may involve legally authorized public institutions and private individuals.

4. METHOD AND LEGAL REASON FOR COLLECTING PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data is collected by TİM through methods carried out in different channels such as the website and physical channels; within the framework of legal reasons arising and executed based on the relevant legislation, contract, request, commercial custom, and honesty rules applied to the services and activities carried out using these channels.

Your collected personal data, for this legal reason, can be processed and transferred for the purposes specified in Articles (2) and (3) of this clarification text within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK.

5. RIGHTS OF THE PERSONAL DATA OWNER WHICH ARE LISTED IN THE ARTICLE 11 OF THE LAW

As personal data owners, in case you submit your requests regarding your rights to our institution, according to the qualification of the request, TİM will conclude your request free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest. Nonetheless, if the process requires an additional cost, TİM will charge the fee in the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Committee. As the data controller, as a result of our examination, your request is being accepted or rejected by explaining the reason. The answer is notified to you in writing or electronically.

Within this scope, personal data owners:
• Can get information on whether their personal data is processed or not,
• Can request information if the personal data has been processed,
• Can get information about the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used for their intended purpose,
• Can learn about the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or abroad,
• Can request correction of personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and request notification of the changes made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data is transferred,
• Can request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring its processing disappear and request notification of the changes made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data is transferred, even though it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the Law and other relevant laws,
• Can object to the emergence of a result to the detriment of the person himself/herself by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
• Have the right to demand compensation for the incur, if they incur losses due to illegal processing of personal data.

According to paragraph 1 of Article 13 of the Law, you must submit your request to exercise your rights mentioned above in writing or by other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Committee.

Since TİM will be obliged to keep the records and documents regarding the processes carried out with its employees, institutions, and organizations with which it is in corporate cooperation and other relevant third parties for a certain period of time within the scope of legal regulations, if you request the deletion or destruction or anonymization of your personal data, this request will be fulfilled by TİM at the end of the period determined by legal regulations.

To use your rights which are mentioned above, you can send your request to "Çobançeşme Mevkii Sanayi Caddesi Dış Ticaret Kompleksi B Blok PK 34197 Yenibosna Bahçelievler/İSTANBUL with the necessary information and documents proving your identity as well as your explanations about which of your rights you want to use which are specified in the Article 11 of the Law.