Personal Data Protection Notice (KVKK)

Data Controller

Pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”), your personal data is processed by Samed Fazlı Atlıcı (“TercümExpert”), acting in its capacity as data controller, within the scope described below. Address: Şeyh Şamil Mah. Eylül Sk. No: 2/D, Selçuklu, Konya. E-mail: info@tercumexpert.com. Telephone: 0850 840 43 53.

Personal Data Processed

We process your identity and contact data (first name, last name, e-mail address, telephone number), your delivery address information, your order and transaction data, the data contained within the documents you submit to us for translation, and the transaction security data relating to your use of the site (IP address, session and cookie records).

Purposes of Processing

Your personal data is processed for the purposes of providing translation, sworn translation, notary certification services, preparing quotations and managing orders, managing customer relations and handling requests and complaints, fulfilling contractual and legal obligations, and ensuring the security of our services.

Legal Grounds for Processing

Your data is processed on the legal grounds that processing is necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract, for the fulfilment of our legal obligations, for the establishment and protection of a right, and for our legitimate interests, provided that this does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms; and, where required, on the basis of your explicit consent (KVKK m.5 and m.6).

Method of Collection

Your personal data is collected electronically through the forms on our website, membership and order processes, e-mail and other communication channels.

Transfer of Personal Data

To the extent required by the service, your data may be transferred to our domestic and international suppliers from whom we obtain hosting, infrastructure, authentication, e-mail and analytics services, as well as to authorised public institutions and organisations, in accordance with the conditions set out in KVKK m.8 and m.9. Since the servers of some of the infrastructure and service providers we use are located abroad, your data may be transferred abroad within the framework of the safeguards prescribed by the legislation.

Retention Periods

Your personal data is retained for the period required by the purpose of processing and throughout the statutes of limitation and retention periods stipulated in the relevant legislation (such as tax, commercial and consumer legislation); upon expiry of these periods, it is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.

Rights of the Data Subject

Pursuant to KVKK m.11, you have the right to: learn whether your personal data is being processed; request information if it has been processed; learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose; know the third parties to whom it has been transferred domestically or abroad; request the correction of your data if it has been processed incompletely or incorrectly; request its deletion or destruction where the relevant conditions are met; request that these actions be notified to the third parties to whom the data has been transferred; object to any outcome to your detriment arising from the analysis of your data solely by automated systems; and claim compensation for any damage you incur.

Application Method

You may submit your requests concerning your rights in writing, in accordance with the “Veri Sorumlusuna Başvuru Usul ve Esasları Hakkında Tebliğ”, to info@tercumexpert.com or to the address Şeyh Şamil Mah. Eylül Sk. No: 2/D, Selçuklu, Konya. Your request will be concluded as soon as possible and, in any event, within thirty days at the latest, depending on its nature.