Legal document
Privacy and Personal Data Protection Notice
This English version is provided for information only. In case of any difference, the Turkish text prevails.
This notice explains how your personal data is processed when you visit the alicankaya.av.tr website and when you contact me by phone, WhatsApp or email. It has been prepared under Article 10 of Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK) and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to be Followed in Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform.
1. Data controller
Attorney Alican Kaya Istanbul Bar Association No. 2 · Bar registration no: 3497 Nidakule Kayaşehir, Kayabaşı Mah. Kayaşehir Bulvarı, Nidapark Palladium, Floor 19, No: 129, Başakşehir / Istanbul, Türkiye Email: info@alicankaya.av.tr · Phone: +90 505 748 58 84
2. What data I process, and how it is collected
| Situation | Data processed | Method of collection |
|---|---|---|
| When you visit the website | IP address, date and time of the visit, page opened, browser and device information | Technical logs kept automatically by the server |
| When you contact me by phone, WhatsApp or email | Name and surname, phone number, email address and the content of your message | Through the communication you initiate |
There is currently no application or contact form on this website. If one is added, a separate information notice will be provided for it.
3. Purposes and legal grounds
- Ensuring the security of the website and detecting attacks and faults: the legitimate interest of the data controller, provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms (KVKK Art. 5/2-f).
- Responding to your request and arranging a meeting: being directly related to an attorney-client agreement that may be concluded (KVKK Art. 5/2-c) and legitimate interest (Art. 5/2-f).
- Fulfilling obligations under the legislation on attorneys: legal obligation (KVKK Art. 5/2-ç).
- Protecting rights in possible disputes: the establishment, exercise or protection of a right (KVKK Art. 5/2-e).
Special categories of personal data: I kindly ask you not to share special category information such as health, criminal convictions, religion or ethnic origin in your first contact, particularly by WhatsApp or email; we can discuss such information together at the meeting. Such data is processed only where one of the conditions listed in Article 6 of the KVKK exists, and only to the extent necessary.
4. Cookies and tracking
No cookies, advertising, analytics or visitor tracking tools are used for visitors to this website. Fonts, images and code are loaded from the website's own server; your visit is not reported to any third-party service. The "Download the card" feature on the digital business card creates the image in your browser; nothing is sent to the server.
Strictly necessary cookies are used only for office users who log in to the website's administration panel, to maintain the session and for security.
5. To whom personal data is transferred
- Hosting service: The website runs on the servers of a hosting provider located in Türkiye. Server logs and backups are kept in Türkiye.
- Email service: Emails you send to info@alicankaya.av.tr are hosted on the servers of an email service provider located in Türkiye.
- Authorised institutions: To public institutions and judicial authorities authorised by law, only where there is a legal obligation and limited to that obligation.
- Artificial intelligence services: This website does not send visitor data to any artificial intelligence service.
About the WhatsApp and map links: The WhatsApp and "Directions" links on the website redirect you to the relevant service. Messages you send via WhatsApp may be processed on the service provider's servers, which may be located abroad, and are subject to that service's own privacy terms. Using WhatsApp is entirely optional; you may instead send an email, call by phone or meet in person at the office.
6. How long data is kept
- Server logs: Kept on a rotating basis with a size limit; older records are deleted automatically as new ones are added.
- Website backups: Kept encrypted and deleted after six months at the latest.
- Information you send through communication channels: If no attorney-client relationship is established, it is deleted within one year at the latest from the conclusion of your request, except for what is necessary for a possible dispute. If an attorney-client relationship is established, the data relating to the file is kept in accordance with principles that will be notified to you separately, for the statutory retention and limitation periods.
Data whose retention period has expired is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.
7. Professional secrecy
Under Article 36 of Attorneyship Law No. 1136, an attorney may not disclose matters entrusted to them or learned in the course of their duties. The information you share with me is protected under this duty of confidentiality even if no attorney-client relationship is established.
8. Your rights
Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to:
- learn whether your personal data is being processed,
- request information if it has been processed,
- learn the purpose of the processing and whether the data is used in accordance with that purpose,
- know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom the data has been transferred,
- request the correction of data that is incomplete or inaccurate,
- request the deletion or destruction of the data within the framework of Article 7 of the KVKK,
- request that corrections, deletions and destructions be notified to the third parties to whom the data has been transferred,
- object to a result against you arising from the analysis of the processed data exclusively by automated systems,
- claim compensation for damage suffered as a result of unlawful processing.
9. How to apply
You may submit requests concerning your rights, together with information identifying you, in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller:
- in writing to the address above, or
- from an email address you have previously notified to me and that is in my records, to info@alicankaya.av.tr.
Your application will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible according to its nature and within thirty days at the latest; if the process requires an additional cost, the fee set by the Personal Data Protection Board may be charged. If your application is rejected, you find the answer insufficient or no answer is given in time, you may file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board under Article 14 of the KVKK.
10. Changes
This notice is updated as the website or the data processing activities change. Each version is published with the effective date shown below.