Privacy Policy

As Alce Elektrik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (“Alce”), we strive to protect the privacy of our members who use our site in order to ensure that our users can benefit from our services safely and completely. Accordingly, this Alce Privacy Policy (“Policy”) has been prepared in order to process the personal data of our members in full compliance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“Law”) and to inform our users. https://www.alce-elektrik.com Cookie Policy is an integral part of this Policy.

The purpose of this Policy is Platform members/visitors/users (collectively referred to as “Data Owner”) during the operation of the https://www.alce-elektrik.com website (“Platform”) operated by Alce or produced by Alce during the use of the Platform by the Data Owner.

Which Data is Processed?

Information to be used and processed by a specific person is only possible if that person voluntarily enters data or gives her explicit consent in this regard. Entering data or giving explicit consent in this regard is an indication that the person agrees with the conditions stated below. Some information is stored on Platform servers when the Platform is visited.

The data processed by Alce and considered personal data in accordance with the Law are listed below. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the term “personal data” within the scope of the terms and conditions provided under this Policy will include the information below.

Credentials
Communication information
User Information
User Transaction Information
Transaction Security Information
Financial Information
Marketing Information
Request/Complaint Management Information

In line with these data, some conclusions are drawn about the Platform user. However, this personal data can only be used anonymously. In case this data is transferred to an external service provider, necessary actions are taken to transfer it within the framework of current legal regulations regarding data security.

In the event that personal information is provided voluntarily, Alce undertakes to use and process or transfer this information within the limits stipulated in the law or specified in the user’s declaration of acceptance.

However, in accordance with Articles 3 and 7 of the Law, the data that has been irreversibly anonymized will not be considered as personal data in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned law, and the processing activities regarding this data will be carried out.

Personal Data Processing Purposes

Alce may process the personal data provided by the Data Owner for the following purposes:

Creation of membership registration and account and keeping related records,
Making use of the services provided on the Platform by the Data Owner, detecting system errors, monitoring the performance, and improving the operation of the Platform,
To carry out the necessary work by the business units to make the relevant persons benefit from the products and services offered by Alce, including the purposes of providing maintenance and support services and backup services,
Planning and execution of activities necessary for the execution of business processes and for recommending and promoting products and services to the relevant persons by customizing them according to the tastes, usage habits, and needs of the persons concerned,
To carry out the necessary work by the relevant business units for the realization of the commercial activities carried out by Alce and to carry out the related business processes,
Ensuring the legal, technical, and commercial-occupational safety of Alce and its business relations, and planning and executing Alce’s commercial and/or business strategies.

Personal Data is to be Processed in accordance with the Explicit Consent of Data Owners and Purposes of Processing

Within the scope of the explicit consent of the Data Owner, Alce is responsible for increasing the user experience by tracking the movements of the Data Owners on the Platform, creating statistics, profiling, direct marketing and remarketing, creating and transmitting special promotional offers to the Data Owner, and It will be able to process data and share this data with the parties we have contracted with, for the purpose of using the data obtained in this scope in all kinds of advertisement and material content. Since these parties may change from time to time; You can obtain up-to-date information about the parties from the +90 216 585 42 00 telephone number of the Company’s headquarters and the Human Resources Department of the Company.

Transfer of Personal Data

As part of the service provided, Alce may obtain and transfer information about the Data Owner within the scope of this Policy. Such information transfers are made in accordance with the conditions determined by third parties, existing contracts with third parties and current legislation in force. This Policy does not reflect the privacy practices of third parties to whom information is transferred, and Alce is not responsible for their privacy policies or practices. This Policy does not cover the following: Information collected by applications outside of Alce’s control, information collected by third-party websites and platforms, information collected by third parties through links on the Platform, titles on third-party websites sponsored or participated by Alce, third-party campaigns or advertisements, or promotions. Alce is not responsible for the processing of personal data collected, stored, and used by third parties through their own websites.

Alce may share Personal Data with third parties such as outsourcing service providers, hosting service providers (hosting services), law firms, research companies, and call centers, including those who send SMS, within the scope of the following: Improving the Data Owner experience (including improvement and personalization), ensuring the security of the Data Owner, detecting fraudulent or unauthorized use, investigating operational evaluation, eliminating errors related to Platform services and realizing any of the purposes in this Policy.

Personal data may be shared with Alce, company officials, shareholders, business partners, suppliers, legally authorized public institutions and organizations and legally authorized private institutions within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law. Personal Data may be transferred abroad within the framework of the procedural principles specified in Article 9 of the Law and the decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board, limited to these purposes.

Links to Other Websites

Platform may contain links that lead to third-party websites, and this Policy does not apply to these websites. Alce does not accept any responsibility for these websites.

Personal Data Collection Method and Legal Reason

Personal data is collected through the Platform and electronically. Personal data collected for the above-mentioned legal reasons can be processed and transferred for the purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of Law No. 6698 and this Privacy Policy.

Personal Data Obtained Before the Entry into Force of the Law

The data collected before the effective date of the Law (07.04.2016), the consents obtained in accordance with the law before the effective date of the Law, are considered in accordance with this Law unless a contrary declaration of intent is made within one year. In order for the consent obtained before the effective date of the Law to be in compliance with the Law, it must comply with the general rules of law and no contrary declaration of will has been made within one year.

Information Update and Change

Alce may change the content of this Policy at any time in order to keep the privacy data protection principles up to date and comply with the relevant legislation. Changing Policy; It is announced on the Platform. The updated version of the Policy is always available on the Platform. If the Data Owner continues to use Alce’s services or applications after the policy is changed, it is assumed that the Data Owner accepts these changes. The Policy modified by Alce becomes effective when published on the Platform.

Rights of Personal Data Owner

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law, Data Owners have the following rights:

To learn whether personal data about them is processed, to request information about it if their personal data has been processed,
To learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used in accordance with its purpose, to know the third parties in the country or abroad to whom personal data are transferred,
Requesting correction of personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and requesting notification of the transaction made within this scope to the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
Requesting the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing cease to exist, even though it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the Law and other relevant laws, and requesting the notification of the transaction made within this scope to the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
Objecting to the emergence of a result against the person by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automatic systems and requesting the compensation of the damage in case of damage due to the unlawful processing of personal data. Alce will stop the processing of data as long as it cannot prove that there is an important justification for the processing of the data above the interests, rights and freedoms that it needs to protect, or legal claims are made regarding this processing.
In case of consent to the processing of personal data, it is possible to withdraw consent.

Within the scope of the Law, you can send all kinds of requests, complaints and suggestions regarding your personal data to the address below, with documents proving your identity and your petition containing your request, or to the registered e-mail address of Alce by using a secure electronic signature. Alce will finalize such requests within thirty days. Alce reserves the right to charge a fee based on the fee schedule (if any) determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.