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KVKK – PRIVACY NOTICE ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

The Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 entered into force upon publication in the Official Gazette dated 07.04.2016 and numbered 29677. The Law, prepared by taking into account international documents, comparative legal practice and the needs of our country, aims to ensure that personal data is processed and protected to contemporary standards. In this context, the purpose of the Law is to regulate the conditions for processing personal data, the protection of individuals' fundamental rights and freedoms in the processing of personal data, and the obligations of natural and legal persons who process personal data and the procedures and principles they must follow.

Our company is obliged to comply with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698, and all personal data processed in the course of its activities falls within the scope of this law.

As an institution, we act as the data controller and take the necessary measures regarding the protection of personal data.

General Principles in the Processing of Personal Data

In processing personal data, our company acts in accordance with the general principles set out in Law No. 6698. Our general principles in processing personal data are as follows:

1) Complying with the law and the rules of good faith,

2) Being accurate and, where necessary, up to date,

3) Being processed for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes,

4) Being relevant, limited and proportionate to the purposes for which they are processed,

5) Being retained for the period stipulated in the relevant legislation or required for the purpose for which they are processed.

Your personal data may be collected by our Company verbally, in writing or electronically, by automated or non-automated means, through our Company's and our member businesses' offices, branches, dealers, call centre, website, social media channels, mobile applications and similar means, and this may vary depending on the service, product or commercial activity provided by our Company.

Your personal data may also be processed when you call our call centre with the intention of using our Company's services, visit our website, or attend training sessions, seminars, events and meetings organised by our company.

The Legal Basis for Collecting Personal Data

Your personal data is obtained in any verbal, written or electronic form, in line with the purposes stated above, so that the products and services we offer as a Company can be provided within the specified legal framework and so that our Company can fully and correctly fulfil its contractual and legal responsibilities in this context. Your personal data collected on this legal basis may also be processed and transferred for the purposes stated in this text, within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes set out in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVK Law.

Personal data is used by our company for:

• Improving the services offered, developing new services and providing information about them,
• For existing and prospective customers who have given commercial electronic message consent: promoting and marketing campaigns and services,
• Resolving customer problems and complaints,
• Carrying out statistical evaluations and market research,
• Determining and implementing the company's commercial and business strategies,
• Managing relationships with member businesses and business partners,
• Tracking accounting and payment transactions,
• Legal processes and regulatory compliance,
• Responding to requests for information from administrative and judicial authorities,
• Planning internal reporting and business development activities
• Carrying out financial controls and reporting and making legal notifications,
• Managing internal control and audit activities,
• Ensuring information and transaction security and preventing malicious use,
• Making the necessary arrangements to ensure that the processed data is up to date and accurate, and carrying out activities relating to all of the processes listed above.

Transfer of Processed Personal Data

Our Company may share your personal data with our business partners and member businesses in Türkiye and abroad, banks, financial institutions, independent audit firms, etc., and with the persons and institutions permitted by the Law on Payment and Securities Settlement Systems, Payment Services and Electronic Money Institutions and other legislation. The stored data may be transferred within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes set out in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVK Law.

Records and documents relating to transactions carried out by our Company with its customers must be kept for a certain period under legal regulations. If you request the deletion of your personal data, this request can be fulfilled at the end of the period determined by the legal regulations; during this period your personal data will not be processed except for obligations arising from legal regulations and will not be shared with third parties.

The Rights of the Data Subject Listed in Article 11 of the KVK Law

As data subjects, if you submit your requests regarding your rights to our Company using the methods set out below in this Privacy Notice, our Company will conclude the request within thirty days at the latest, depending on its nature, without charging any fee. However, if a fee is stipulated by the Personal Data Protection Board, the fee in the tariff determined by our Company will be charged. In this context, data subjects have the right to:

• Learn whether personal data is being processed,
• Request information about it if personal data has been processed,
• Learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether it is used in line with that purpose,
• Know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom personal data is transferred,

Request the correction of personal data if it has been processed incompletely or incorrectly, and request that the action taken in this context be notified to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,

• Request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring its processing no longer exist, even though it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the KVK Law and other relevant laws, and request that the action taken in this context be notified to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
• Object to a result arising against the person through the analysis of the processed data exclusively by automated systems,
• Request compensation for damage if they suffer damage due to the unlawful processing of personal data.

Pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 13 of the KVK Law, you can submit your request to exercise the rights stated above to our Company in writing or by other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board. Since the Personal Data Protection Board has not yet determined any method, you must submit your application to our Company in writing in accordance with the KVK Law. In this context, the channels and procedures through which you can submit your written applications to our Company under Article 11 of the KVK Law are explained below.

To exercise your rights stated above, you can submit your request – together with the information necessary to identify you and any other information requested and your explanations regarding the right under Article 11 of the KVK Law that you wish to exercise – by filling in the form at / and delivering a signed copy of the form in person, together with documents identifying you, to “Company Name: BRITISH INSTITUTE  YABANCI DIL KURSLARI Address: LATİLOKUM SOKAK NO:2 /15-16 MECİDİYEKÖY  –  SISLI ISTANBUL 34381”, by registered mail with return receipt, through a notary or by other methods specified in the KVK Law, or by sending the relevant form with a secure electronic signature to info@british.com.tr .