PRIVACY POLICY

DBE WEB SITE PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY

As DBE Institute of Behavioral Sciences (“DBE”), protecting the personal data of our clients is one of our top priorities. In accordance with the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“Law”), Davranış Bilgi Eğitim Araştırma ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Hizmetleri A.Ş. ("Company") can process your personal data within the scope described below. You can find detailed information about the purposes of processing your personal data by our company in the DBE Personal Data Protection Policy.

PURPOSE OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

As specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK, your personal data can be processed when:

• It is clearly stipulated in the relevant laws,
• It is necessary to process the personal data of the parties to the contract, since it is directly related to the performance of the contract,
• It is mandatory for the DBE to fulfill a legal obligation,
• The person concerned has been made public by herself/himself,
• Data processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of DBE, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject,
• It is necessary, with your explicit consent

With the purposes as follows:

• Carrying out the necessary work for you to benefit from our services and activities,
• Providing the necessary technical support and quality in line with your demands, by customizing the services and activities offered by DBE according to your tastes, usage habits and needs,
• Ensuring that you can share quickly and unhindered by linking the site with social networks,
• To inform you of our new services and activities, and to provide you with the most suitable product and service in this direction,
• Providing video and audio services over dbe.com.tr,
• Developing, improving and disseminating our services and activities by making the necessary measurements,
• Sharing the information you provide within the scope of an award and raffle, competition or similar event with our business partners and other third parties in order to carry out the event,
• Initiating and maintaining employment processes,
• Execution of DBE human resources policies,
• Answering all your questions and complaints regarding our services and activities,
• Veri güvenliği kapsamında tüm gerekli teknik ve idari tedbirlerin alınabilmesi,
• Obtaining the necessary information and conducting administrative operations in line with the requests and inspections of regulatory and supervisory institutions and official authorities,
• Measuring customer satisfaction,
• For the purposes of fulfilling our legal obligations as stipulated and required by legal regulations, such as the processing of online visitor data in accordance with the relevant legislation,

THE PARTIES TO WHICH YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS TRANSFERRED AND THE PURPOSE OF TRANSFER

Your personal data may be transferred within the framework of the personal data processing provisions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK:

• To our business partners, supplier companies, group companies and shareholders with whom we cooperate and receive services for the presentation and promotion of our services and activities,
• To our group companies for the purposes of determining and implementing the commercial and business strategies of DBE and ensuring the execution of human resources policies,
• To be able to carry out our business processes in accordance with the law and our legitimate interests, to lawyers, auditors, tax consultants and other third parties from whom we receive consultancy and services,
• To use our right of defense in a possible judicial process,
• To be able to carry out the transactions within the scope of the authorization you have given to your attorneys and representatives authorized by you,
• In order for us to fulfill our legal obligations, to regulatory and supervisory institutions, other official institutions such as courts and enforcement offices, other public institutions or organizations that are authorized to request your personal data.

METHOD OF COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND LEGAL REASON

Within the scope of your visit to our website, your personal data is collected through cookies, which are technical communication files, in accordance with the data processing provisions in the Law.

RIGHTS OF DATA OWNERS

As a personal data owner, your rights within the scope of Article 11 of the Law are as follows:

• Learning whether your personal data is processed or not,
• If your personal data has been processed, requesting information about it,
• To learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are used in accordance with the purpose,
• Knowing the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, in the country or abroad,
• Requesting the correction of your personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and requesting the notification of the transaction made within this scope to the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
• Requesting the deletion or destruction of personal data in the case that the reasons requiring its processing have disappeared, although it has been processed in accordance with the Law and other relevant law provisions, and requesting the notification of the transaction made within this scope to the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
• Objecting to a result against you by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
• Requesting compensation for the damage in case you suffer due to unlawful processing of your personal data. 

You can make your applications regarding your listed rights by sending them to the e-mail address kvkk@dbe.com.tr. Your request will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest. If an additional cost is required to fulfill the subject of your request, you may be charged a fee according to the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

1. COOKIE POLICY

We use cookies so that you can efficiently use our website and improve your user experience. If you do not want to use cookies, you can delete or block them from your browser's settings. However, we would like to remind you that this may affect your use of our website. Unless you change your cookie settings in your browser, we will assume that you accept the use of cookies on this site.

WHAT IS A COOKIE AND WHY IS IT USED?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device or network server via browsers by the websites you visit.

The main purposes of using cookies on our website are listed below:

• To improve the services offered to you by increasing the functionality and performance of the website,
• To improve the Website, to offer new features on the Website and to customize the features offered according to your preferences;
• To ensure the legal and commercial security of the Website, you and our Company.

TYPES OF COOKIES USED ON OUR WEBSITE

CAN THE USE OF COOKIES BE PROHIBITED BY DATA OWNERS? (COOKIES MANAGEMENT)

You have the opportunity to customize your preferences regarding cookies by changing the settings of your browser.

You can visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org to get more information about cookies, including how cookies are placed, how to see them, and how to manage and delete them, and you can use the 'Contact' section to send us all your questions and comments about the Policy.