Protection of Personal Data

1. INTRODUCTION

 

1.1. Introduction

 

The protection of personal data is among the highest priorities of Dekor Rulo Fırça Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi (“Company”), and maximum effort is made to comply with all applicable legislation, especially the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“Law”). Within the framework of this Personal Data Protection and Processing Policy (“Policy”), the Company explains the basic principles it has adopted regarding personal data processing activities, thereby informing personal data subjects and ensuring the necessary transparency. With full awareness of our responsibility in this context, your personal data is processed and protected within the scope of this Policy.

 

1.2. Scope

 

This Policy relates to all personal data of natural persons processed by the Company by wholly or partly automatic means or otherwise than by automatic means which form part of a filing system. Detailed information regarding the personal data subjects in question can be accessed from the ANNEX 1 ("ANNEX 1 - Personal Data Subjects") document of this Policy.

 

1.3. Implementation of the Policy and Relevant Legislation

 

The relevant legal regulations in force regarding the processing and protection of personal data will primarily find application. In case of any inconsistency between the legislation in force and the Policy, it is accepted that the legislation in force will apply. This Policy concretizes and regulates the rules set forth by the relevant legislation within the scope of the Company's practices.

 

2. MATTERS REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

 

2.1. Ensuring the Security of Personal Data

 

In accordance with Article 12 of the Law, the Company takes the necessary measures according to the nature of the data to be protected in order to prevent the unlawful disclosure, access, transfer, or other security deficiencies that may occur in personal data. In this context, administrative and technical measures are taken, and audits are conducted or commissioned to ensure the necessary level of security in accordance with the guidelines published by the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”).

 

2.2. Protection of Special Categories of Personal Data

 

Special importance is attached by the Law to certain personal data due to the risk of causing victimization or discrimination when processed unlawfully. These data are data relating to race, ethnic origin, political opinions, philosophical beliefs, religion, sect or other beliefs, appearance and dress, membership of association, foundation or trade-union, health, sexual life, criminal conviction and security measures, and biometrics and genetics.

 

The Company acts sensitively in the protection of special categories of personal data, which are determined as "special categories" by the Law and processed in accordance with the law. In this context, the technical and administrative measures taken by the Company for the protection of personal data are carefully implemented in terms of special categories of personal data, and necessary audits are provided within the Company.

 

2.3. Increasing Awareness and Auditing on the Protection and Processing of Personal Data

 

Necessary trainings are organized within the Company to increase awareness towards preventing unlawful processing of personal data, preventing unlawful access to personal data, and ensuring the preservation of personal data.

 

Necessary actions are taken to create awareness among Company employees regarding the protection of personal data, and consultants are worked with if needed. In this direction, the Company evaluates the participation in relevant trainings, seminars, and information sessions, and updates and renews its trainings in parallel with the updates in the relevant legislation.

 

3. MATTERS REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

 

3.1. Processing Personal Data in Accordance with the Principles Stipulated in the Legislation

 

3.1.1. Processing in Conformity with the Law and Good Faith
  The Company acts in accordance with the principles introduced by legal regulations and the rule of good faith in the processing of personal data. In this framework, personal data is processed to the extent required by the Company's business activities and limited to them.

    

3.1.2. Ensuring Personal Data is Accurate and Up-to-Date Where Necessary
  The Company takes necessary precautions to ensure that personal data is accurate and up-to-date throughout the period it is processed, and establishes necessary mechanisms to ensure the accuracy and up-to-dateness of personal data for certain periods.

    

3.1.3. Processing for Specified, Explicit, and Legitimate Purposes
  The Company clearly sets forth the purposes of processing personal data and processes it within the scope of purposes connected with its business activities in line with these activities.

    

3.1.4. Being Relevant, Limited, and Proportionate to the Purposes for which they are Processed
  The Company collects personal data only in the nature and to the extent required by its business activities and processes it limited to the specified purposes.

 

3.1.5. Retaining for the Period Stipulated in the Relevant Legislation or Necessary for the Purpose for which they are Processed
  The Company retains personal data for the period necessary for the purpose for which they are processed and the minimum period stipulated in the legal legislation to which the relevant activity is subject. In this context, the Company first determines whether a period is stipulated in the relevant legislation for the storage of personal data, and if a period is determined, it complies with this period. If there is no legal period, personal data is stored for the period necessary for the purpose for which it is processed. At the end of the specified retention periods, personal data is destroyed in accordance with the periodic destruction periods or the data subject's application and with the determined destruction methods (deletion and/or destruction and/or anonymization).

 

3.2. Conditions for Processing Personal Data

 

Except for the explicit consent of the personal data subject, the basis of the personal data processing activity can be only one of the conditions specified below, or more than one condition can be the basis of the same personal data processing activity. In the event that the processed data is special categories of personal data, the conditions included in the Decision of the Personal Data Protection Board dated 31/01/2018 and numbered 2018/10 will apply in addition to the regulations in this Policy.

 

Presence of Explicit Consent of the Personal Data Subject
One of the conditions for processing personal data is the explicit consent of the data subject. The explicit consent of the personal data subject must be related to a specific subject, based on information and expressed with free will.
In the presence of the following personal data processing conditions, personal data may be processed without the need for the explicit consent of the data subject.

 
       
  • Explicitly Stipulated by Laws: If the personal data of the data subject is expressly provided for in the law, in other words, if there is a clear provision regarding the processing of personal data in the relevant law, the existence of this data processing condition may be mentioned.
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  • Inability to Obtain the Explicit Consent of the Data Subject Due to Actual Impossibility: Personal data of the data subject may be processed if it is mandatory for the protection of life or physical integrity of the person or of any other person who is bodily incapable of giving his consent or whose consent is not deemed legally valid.
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  • Directly Related to the Establishment or Performance of a Contract: This condition may be deemed to have been met if the processing of personal data is necessary, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party.
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  • Fulfillment of the Legal Obligation of the Company: The personal data of the data subject may be processed if processing is mandatory for the Company to fulfill its legal obligations.
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  • Making Personal Data Public by the Personal Data Subject: If the data subject has made their personal data public, the relevant personal data may be processed limited to the purpose of making it public.
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  • Mandatory Data Processing for the Establishment, Exercise or Protection of a Right: Personal data of the data subject may be processed if data processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right.
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  • Mandatory Data Processing for the Legitimate Interest of the Company: Personal data of the data subject may be processed if data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the Company, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the personal data subject.
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3.3. Informing the Personal Data Subject

 

In accordance with Article 10 of the Law and secondary legislation, the Company informs personal data subjects. In this context, the Company informs the relevant persons about by whom as the data controller and for what purposes the personal data is processed, for what purposes and with whom it is shared, by what methods it is collected and its legal reason, and the rights the data subjects have within the scope of the processing of their personal data.

 

3.4. Transfer of Personal Data

 

The Company may transfer the personal data and special categories of personal data of the personal data subject to third parties (third party companies, official and private authorities, third party natural persons) by taking the necessary security measures in line with lawful personal data processing purposes. The Company acts in accordance with the regulations stipulated in Article 8 of the Law in this direction. Detailed information on this subject can be accessed from the ANNEX 2 ("ANNEX 2 - Third Parties to whom Personal Data is Transferred by the Company and Purposes of Transfer") document of this Policy.

 

Even without the explicit consent of the personal data subject, if one or more of the conditions specified below exist, personal data may be transferred to third parties by the Company by showing due care and taking all necessary security measures, including the methods prescribed by the Board:

 
       
  • Explicitly stipulating the relevant activities regarding the transfer of personal data in the laws,
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  • The transfer of personal data by the Company is directly related to and necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract,
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  • The transfer of personal data is mandatory for the Company to fulfill its legal obligation,
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  • Provided that the personal data has been made public by the data subject, transfer by the Company in a limited manner for the purpose of making it public,
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  • The transfer of personal data by the Company is mandatory for the establishment, exercise, or protection of the rights of the Company, the data subject, or third parties,
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  • It is mandatory to carry out personal data transfer activities for the legitimate interests of the Company, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject,
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  • It is mandatory for the protection of the life or physical integrity of the person or someone else who is unable to express their consent due to actual impossibility or whose consent is not legally recognized.
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In addition to the above, personal data may be transferred to foreign countries declared by the Board to have adequate protection ("Foreign Country with Adequate Protection") in the presence of any of the above conditions. In the absence of adequate protection, it can be transferred to foreign countries ("Foreign Country where the Data Controller Committing Adequate Protection is Located") where data controllers in Turkey and in the relevant foreign country commit to adequate protection in writing and where the Board's permission exists, in line with the data transfer conditions stipulated in the legislation.

 

4. CATEGORIZATION AND PROCESSING PURPOSES OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED BY THE COMPANY

 

By informing the relevant persons in accordance with Article 10 of the Law and secondary legislation, personal data is processed in accordance with the general principles specified in the Law, especially the principles specified in Article 4 of the Law regarding the processing of personal data, limited and based on at least one of the personal data processing conditions specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law, in line with the Company's personal data processing purposes. Within the framework of the purposes and conditions specified in this Policy, detailed information about the processed personal data categories and categories can be accessed from the ANNEX 3 ("ANNEX 3 - Personal Data Categories") document of the Policy.

 

Detailed information regarding the processing purposes of the aforementioned personal data is included in ANNEX 4 ("ANNEX 4 - Personal Data Processing Purposes") of the Policy.

 

5. RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL DATA

 

The Company retains personal data in accordance with the period required for the purpose for which they are processed and the minimum periods stipulated in the legal legislation to which the relevant activity is subject. In this context, the Company first determines whether a period is stipulated in the relevant legislation for the storage of personal data, and if a period is determined, it complies with this period. If there is no legal period, personal data is stored for the period necessary for the purpose for which it is processed. At the end of the specified retention periods, personal data is destroyed in accordance with the periodic destruction periods or the data subject's application and with the determined destruction methods (deletion and/or destruction and/or anonymization). The Company Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy is applied for the storage and destruction of personal data.

 

6. RIGHTS OF PERSONAL DATA SUBJECTS AND THE EXERCISE OF THESE RIGHTS

 

6.1. Rights of the Personal Data Subject and Exercise of Rights

 

Personal data subjects will be able to submit their requests regarding their rights listed below to our Company via the Application Form available at www.dekor.com using the methods determined by the Board.

 

Personal data subjects have the following rights:

 
       
  • To learn whether their personal data is processed,
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  • To request information if their personal data has been processed,
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  • To learn the purpose of processing their personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
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  • To know the third parties to whom their personal data is transferred domestically or abroad,
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  • To request correction of personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and to request notification of the transaction made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
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  • To request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing disappear, although it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the Law and other relevant laws, and to request notification of the transaction made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
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  • To object to the occurrence of a result against the person themselves by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
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  • To request compensation for the damage in case they suffer damage due to unlawful processing of personal data.
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6.2. Company's Response to Applications

 

The Company takes the necessary administrative and technical measures to finalize the applications to be made by the personal data subject in accordance with the Law and secondary legislation.

 

In case the personal data subject submits their request regarding the rights set out in section 6.1 to our Company in due form, the relevant request will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and within 30 (thirty) days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. However, if the transaction requires an additional cost, a fee may be charged in accordance with the tariff determined by the Board. In this regard, the Procedure Regarding the Application of the Data Subject to the Data Controller and the Answering of the Application is applied along with the provisions of the Law.

 

7. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED

 

7.1. Camera Monitoring and Recording Activities Carried Out In and Around the Company

 

Security camera monitoring and recording activities are carried out by the Company in and around the company in order to ensure security, for the purposes stipulated in the relevant legislation in force, and in accordance with the personal data processing conditions listed in the Law. Similarly, in order to ensure the safety of operations in forklifts and Company vehicles, video recording is made with a camera that records to its internal memory and has no external access.

 

In accordance with Article 10 of the Law, personal data subjects are informed about the camera monitoring and recording activity. The purpose of the Company in maintaining the video camera monitoring and recording activity is limited to the purposes listed in this Policy. Accordingly, the monitoring and recording areas of security cameras, their number, and when the monitoring will be done are implemented sufficiently to achieve the security purpose and limited to this purpose. Areas where monitoring may result in interference with the person's privacy exceeding security purposes (e.g., toilets) are not subject to monitoring.

 

Only a limited number of Company employees have access to live camera images and records recorded and stored in digital media. The limited number of people with access to the records declare that they will protect the confidentiality of the data they access with a confidentiality agreement.

 

7.2. Rules Regarding Personal Data Collected and Processed Related to Employees and Employee Candidates

 

7.2.1. Treatment of Health Information as Special Categories of Personal Data
  The criminal record and health information of employees are accepted as special categories of personal data. In addition to the regulations regarding special categories of personal data in this Policy, the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Board's Decision dated 31/01/2018 and Numbered 2018/10 (Annex 5 - Adequate Measures to be Taken by Data Controllers in the Processing of Special Categories of Personal Data) shall apply.

    

7.2.2. Separate Storage of Personal Data Related to the Employee and Employees Authorized to Process these Data
  Special categories of personal data related to the employee are stored separately from other personal data in order to protect them from unauthorized access and to provide higher security, as far as Company facilities allow. The Company takes care to process these data in the narrowest possible scope. In cases where the processing of these data is necessary, persons authorized to perform this processing are informed so that they can understand the sensitivity of these data and take the necessary precautions.

    

7.2.3. Access to Personal Data Belonging to the Employee
  Access to personal data related to the employee can only be carried out by Company employee(s) authorized in this regard if necessary. Additionally, health data may be disclosed to managers at the level necessary for them to fulfill their managerial roles.

 

8. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA AGAINST DATA BREACH

 

According to paragraph 5 of Article 12 of the Law, in the event that the processed personal data is obtained by others through illegal means, in other words, in case of a personal data breach, the Company is obliged to notify this situation to the relevant person and the Board as soon as possible.

 

In order to prevent data breaches, the Company takes all necessary measures by conducting a risk assessment prior to a personal data breach, taking into account all administrative and technical measures specified in the Law, KVKK sub-regulations, and this policy. In the event of a personal data breach, the Company conducts a preliminary assessment regarding the breach and carries out prevention and recovery efforts to mitigate the effects of the breach as a result of the risk assessment. Within the framework of the efforts carried out, it notifies the Board without delay and within 72 hours at the latest.

 

The Data Breach Notification Procedure finds application before and after a personal data breach.

 

9. PUBLICATION AND ENFORCEMENT

 

9.1. Publication and Storage of the Policy

 

This Policy is disclosed to the public on the website. A printed paper copy is also kept at the Company.

 

9.2. Update Period of the Policy

 

The Company reserves the right to make changes to this Personal Data Processing and Protection Policy in line with the amendments made in the Law, Board decisions, developments in the sector or in the field of informatics. Changes made in this Policy are immediately processed into the text, and explanations regarding the changes are explained at the end of the policy.

 

9.3. Approval and Enforcement of the Policy

 

This Policy is approved by the legal representative of the Company. It enters into force by being announced to all employees and, as of its effective date, will be binding for all business units, consultants, external service providers, and anyone processing personal data.

 

Tracking whether employees fulfill the requirements of the policy will be the responsibility of the employer. When a behavior contrary to the policy is detected, if the contradiction is significant, the contact person will be informed without losing time. Necessary administrative action will be taken about the employee acting contrary to the policy after the evaluation to be made by the employer.

 
 

ANNEX 1 – Personal Data Subjects

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Personal Data Subject CategoryDescription
EmployeeReal person working in the Company with a contract
Employee CandidateCandidate real person who will work in the Company with a contract
ShareholderReal person who owns Company shares
SupplierReal persons who are shareholders, officials, and employees of institutions and organizations providing all kinds of goods and services within the framework of their activities with the Company
Person Receiving Products or ServicesReal persons whose personal data are obtained within the scope of the goods and services offered by the Company, regardless of whether there is any contractual relationship with the Company, and employees or officials of legal entity customers
Potential Product or Service BuyerReal persons whose personal data are obtained to offer them proposals within the scope of the goods and services offered by the Company, and employees or officials of legal entity customers
InternReal person doing an internship at the Company
VisitorReal persons who have entered the physical premises owned by the Company for various purposes and real persons who visit the website
OtherBanker, Endorser, Doctor, etc., other 3rd party real persons
 
 
 

ANNEX 2 – Third Parties to Whom Personal Data is Transferred by the Company and Purposes of Transfer

 

The Company may transfer the personal data of the data subjects managed by this Policy in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the Law to natural persons or private law legal entities and authorized public institutions and organizations within the scope and purposes specified below.

 
                                                                                                                                                                         
Persons to Whom Data May Be TransferredDefinitionPurpose of Data Transfer
Natural persons or private law legal entitiesParties that provide goods and services to the Company on a contractual basis while conducting its commercial activities.Limited to the purpose of providing goods and services as an outsourced resource and to conduct commercial activities
Authorized Public Institutions and OrganizationsPublic institutions and organizations authorized to receive information and documents from the Company according to the provisions of the relevant legislation.Limited to the purpose requested by the relevant public institutions and organizations within their legal authority
 
 
 

ANNEX 3 – Personal Data Categories

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Personal Data CategoryDescription
IdentityInformation such as name-surname, T.R. identity/tax identification number, nationality, place of birth, date of birth, gender, marital status, workplace information, SSI/Institution registration number, and information on documents such as driver's license, identity card, and passport.
ContactInformation such as phone number, address, e-mail address, fax number, etc.
Physical Space SecurityCamera recording.
Customer TransactionInvoice, promissory note, check, receipt information.
FinanceBank account information, IBAN number, income information, bank account movements, credit card information, etc.
Audio-Visual RecordsPhotograph
PersonnelStart date of employment, leave start-end dates, payroll, minutes regarding the personnel file, etc.
Legal ActionSignature, signature circular, power of attorney information, court and administrative authority decisions, etc.
Transaction SecurityIP address, web visitor cookie information
Professional ExperienceEducation and profession information.
Special Categories of Personal DataReligion information, health information, biometric photograph, criminal conviction, and security measures information.
Other InformationSignature
 
 
 

ANNEX 4 – Personal Data Processing Purposes

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Personal Data Processing Purposes
Execution of emergency management processes
Execution of application processes of employee candidates
Fulfillment of Obligations Arising from Employment Contracts and Legislation for Employees
Execution of Fringe Benefits and Interests Processes for Employees
Execution of training activities
Execution of Activities in Compliance with Legislation
Execution of Finance and Accounting Affairs
Ensuring Physical Space Security
Execution of assignment processes
Follow-up and Execution of Legal Affairs
Execution of communication activities
Execution/Supervision of Business Activities
Execution of occupational health/safety activities
Execution of Logistics Activities
Execution of Goods/Services Purchasing Processes
Execution of Goods/Services Sales Processes
Execution of Storage and Archive Activities
Execution of Contract Processes
Ensuring the security of data controller operations
Informing Authorized Persons/Institutions and Organizations
Creation and tracking of visitor records
 
 
 

ANNEX 5 - Adequate Measures to be Taken by Data Controllers in the Processing of Special Categories of Personal Data

 

Decision Date : 31/01/2018
  Decision No : 2018/10
  Summary of Topic : Discussion of "Adequate Measures to be Taken by Data Controllers in the Processing of Special Categories of Personal Data".

 

It has been unanimously decided to accept and publish the "Adequate Measures to be Taken by Data Controllers in the Processing of Special Categories of Personal Data" prepared within the scope of paragraph (4) of Article 6 and subparagraph (ç) of paragraph (1) of Article 22 of the Law, as attached, in the Official Gazette.

 

Adequate Measures to be Taken by Data Controllers in the Processing of Special Categories of Personal Data

 

Paragraph (4) of Article 6 of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (Law) states, "Adequate measures determined by the Board must also be taken when processing special categories of personal data."
  Within this framework, pursuant to subparagraphs (ç) and (e) of paragraph (1) of Article 22 of the Law, adequate measures to be taken by data controllers processing special categories of personal data have been determined by the Personal Data Protection Board as follows:

 
       
  • 1- Establishing a separate systematic, well-defined, manageable, and sustainable policy and procedure for the security of special categories of personal data,
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  • 2- For employees involved in the processes of processing special categories of personal data,      
             
    • a) Providing regular training on the Law and related regulations and the security of special categories of personal data,
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    • b) Concluding confidentiality agreements,
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    • c) Clearly defining the scope and duration of authorization of users with data access authorization,
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    • ç) Performing periodic authorization checks,
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    • d) Immediately revoking the authorizations in this field of employees who have a change of duty or leave their jobs. In this context, taking back the inventory allocated to them by the data controller,
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  • 3- If the environments where special categories of personal data are processed, stored, and/or accessed are electronic environments,      
             
    • a) Preserving data using cryptographic methods,
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    • b) Keeping cryptographic keys securely and in different environments,
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    • c) Securely logging the transaction records of all movements performed on the data,
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    • ç) Continuously monitoring the security updates of the environments where the data is located, regularly conducting/having conducted necessary security tests, and recording test results,
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    • d) If data is accessed through a software, conducting user authorizations for this software, regularly conducting/having conducted security tests of these softwares, and recording test results,
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    • e) Providing at least a two-step authentication system if remote access to data is required,
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  • 4- If the environments where special categories of personal data are processed, stored, and/or accessed are physical environments,      
             
    • a) Ensuring adequate security measures (against electrical leakage, fire, flood, theft, etc.) are taken according to the nature of the environment where special categories of personal data are located,
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    • b) Ensuring the physical security of these environments to prevent unauthorized entry and exit,
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  • 5- If special categories of personal data are to be transferred,      
             
    • a) If data needs to be transferred via e-mail, it should be transferred encrypted using a corporate e-mail address or a Registered Electronic Mail (KEP) account,
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    • b) If transfer is required via media such as Portable Memory, CD, DVD, they must be encrypted with cryptographic methods and the cryptographic key must be kept in a different environment,
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    • c) If transferring between servers in different physical environments, the data transfer must be carried out by establishing a VPN between servers or via sFTP method,
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    • ç) If data transfer via paper is necessary, necessary precautions must be taken against risks such as the theft, loss, or viewing of the document by unauthorized persons, and the document must be sent in "classified documents" format.
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  • 6- In addition to the measures specified above, technical and administrative measures aimed at ensuring the appropriate level of security specified in the Personal Data Security Guide published on the website of the Personal Data Protection Authority should also be taken into consideration.
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Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy

 

1. INTRODUCTION

 

1.1. Purpose and Scope

 

This Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy ("Policy") has been prepared to determine the procedures and principles to be applied by the Company regarding the retention, deletion, destruction, or anonymization of personal data that we hold in our capacity as data controller as Dekor Rulo Fırça Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi ("Company"), in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 and other legislation.

 

1.2. Scope

 

In this context, the personal data of our employees, employee candidates, customers, and all natural persons whose personal data is held by the Company for any reason are managed in accordance with the laws within the framework of the Personal Data Processing and Protection Policy and this Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy.

 

1.3. Abbreviations and Definitions

 
       
  • Recipient Group: The category of natural or legal person to whom personal data is transferred by the data controller.
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  • Explicit Consent: Consent regarding a specific subject, based on information and expressed with free will.
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  • Anonymization: Rendering personal data impossible to link with an identified or identifiable natural person, even by matching them with other data.
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  • Employee: Company personnel.
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  • Electronic Environment: Environments where personal data can be created, read, modified, and written with electronic devices.
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  • Non-Electronic Environment: All other written, printed, visual, etc. environments outside of electronic environments.
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  • Service Provider: The natural or legal person providing services within the framework of a specific contract with the Company.
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  • Relevant Person: The natural person whose personal data is processed.
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  • Relevant User: Persons who process personal data within the data controller's organization or in line with the authorization and instruction received from the data controller, excluding the person or unit responsible for the technical storage, protection, and backup of the data.
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  • Destruction: Deletion, destruction, or anonymization of personal data.
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  • Contact Person: The person responsible for ensuring communication between the data controller and the relevant person or the Personal Data Protection Authority.
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  • Law: Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698.
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  • Recording Environment: Any environment where personal data is processed completely or partially automatically or by non-automatic means provided that it is part of any data recording system.
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  • Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
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  • Personal Data Processing Inventory: The inventory created by data controllers by associating their personal data processing activities based on business processes with the purposes and legal reasons for processing personal data, data category, recipient group transferred to, and data subject group, detailing the maximum retention period necessary for the purposes for which personal data are processed, personal data anticipated to be transferred to foreign countries, and the measures taken regarding data security.
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  • Anonymization of Personal Data: Rendering personal data in a way that it can under no circumstances be associated with an identified or identifiable natural person, even by matching it with other data.
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  • Processing of Personal Data: Any operation performed on data such as obtaining, recording, storing, retaining, altering, re-arranging, disclosing, transferring, taking over, making available, classifying or preventing the use of personal data, fully or partially automatically or non-automatically provided that it is a part of any data recording system.
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  • Deletion of Personal Data: Rendering personal data inaccessible and unusable for relevant users in any way.
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  • Destruction of Personal Data: The process of rendering personal data inaccessible, irretrievable, and unusable by anyone in any way.
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  • Board: Personal Data Protection Board
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  • Special Categories of Personal Data: Data relating to the race, ethnic origin, political opinions, philosophical beliefs, religion, sect or other beliefs, appearance and dress, membership of association, foundation or trade-union, health, sexual life, criminal conviction and security measures, and biometrics and genetics of individuals.
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  • Periodic Destruction: The deletion, destruction, or anonymization process to be carried out ex officio at repetitive intervals specified in the Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy in the event that all the processing conditions of personal data in the Law disappear.
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  • Data Processor: The natural or legal person who processes personal data on behalf of the data controller based on the authority granted by the data controller.
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  • Data Recording System: The recording system in which personal data are processed by being structured according to certain criteria.
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  • Data Controller: The natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data and is responsible for establishing and managing the data recording system.
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  • Data Controllers Registry Information System (VERBİS): The information system accessible over the internet, created and managed by the Personal Data Protection Authority, which data controllers will use in applying to the Registry and in other relevant transactions relating to the Registry.
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  • Regulation: Regulation on the Deletion, Destruction or Anonymization of Personal Data published in the Official Gazette dated 28.10.2017 and numbered 30224.
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2. DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTIES

 

The contact person determined by the Company is authorized and tasked with carrying out/having carried out the necessary procedures for the processing, retention, and destruction of the data of the relevant persons in accordance with the law, the Personal Data Processing and Protection Policy, and the Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy, and to supervise the processes. In this context, the job description is as follows.

 

Table 1: Distribution of duties for retention and destruction processes

 
                                                                                                       
TitleJob Description
Contact PersonResponsible for directing all kinds of planning, analysis, research, risk determination activities in the projects carried out in the process of compliance with the Law; managing the processes that need to be carried out in accordance with the Law, the Personal Data Processing and Protection Policy, and the Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy, examining and evaluating the applications of the relevant persons, carrying out the retention and destruction processes and auditing them, and reporting all business and transactions to the Company management when necessary.

In addition, the Contact Person takes an active role in ensuring that the technical and administrative measures taken are properly implemented by the Company employees, increasing the training and awareness of the department employees, monitoring and continuous auditing, and taking technical and administrative measures to ensure data security in all environments where personal data is processed to prevent the unlawful processing of personal data, to prevent unlawful access to personal data, and to ensure the lawful retention of personal data.
 
 

3. RECORDING ENVIRONMENTS

 

Personal data is securely retained by the Company in a lawful manner in the environments listed in Table 2.

 

Table 2: Personal data retention environments

 
                                                                                                       
Electronic EnvironmentsNon-Electronic Environments
           
                 
  • Servers (Domain, backup, e-mail, Database, web, file sharing, etc.)
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  • Software (office software, portal, etc.)
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  • Information security devices (firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, log file, anti-virus, etc.)
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  • Personal computers (Desktop, laptop)
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  • Mobile devices (phone, tablet, etc.)
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  • Optical discs (CD, DVD, etc.)
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  • Removable memories (USB, Memory Card, Hard Disk, etc.)
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  • Printer, scanner, photocopier
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  • Paper
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  • Manual data recording systems (business forms, etc.)
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  • Written, printed, visual media
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4. EXPLANATIONS REGARDING RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION

 

Personal data of third parties such as employees, employee candidates, customers, visitors, and those involved as service providers, and employees of companies and institutions are retained and destroyed by the Company in accordance with the Law.

 

4.1. General Principles Regarding Retention and Destruction

 

The Company acts within the framework of the following principles regarding the retention and destruction of personal data.

 
       
  • In the retention, deletion, destruction, and anonymization of personal data, the Company completely complies with the Law and relevant legislative provisions, Board decisions, and this Policy.
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  • All transactions related to the retention, deletion, destruction, and anonymization of personal data are recorded by the Company, and these records are kept for at least 3 (three) years, excluding other legal obligations.
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  • Unless a contrary decision is taken by the Board, the appropriate method for ex officio deletion, destruction, or anonymization of personal data is chosen by the Company. However, upon the request of the Relevant Person, the appropriate method will be chosen by explaining the justification.
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  • In the event that all the conditions for processing personal data set forth in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law disappear, personal data is ex officio or upon the request of the relevant person deleted, destroyed, or anonymized by the Company. If the Relevant Person applies to our Company in this regard, the application response process is executed. In this direction;      
             
    • The submitted requests are answered within a maximum of 30 (thirty) days.
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    • If the data subject to the request has been transferred to third parties, this situation is notified to the third party to whom the data was transferred, and it is ensured that necessary actions are taken before the third parties.
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4.2. Legal Reasons Requiring Retention

 

Personal data belonging to the relevant persons are retained by the Company especially for (i) maintaining the Company's activities, (ii) fulfilling legal obligations, (iii) planning and executing employee rights and fringe benefits within the limits specified in the Law and other relevant legislation.

 

The reasons requiring retention are as follows:

 
       
  • The presence of the explicit consent of the data subjects in terms of retention activities requiring the explicit consent of the data subjects.
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  • Retention of personal data because it is directly related to the establishment and performance of contracts,
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  • Retention of personal data for the purpose of establishing, exercising, or protecting a right,
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  • It is mandatory to retain personal data for the legitimate interests of the Company, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals,
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  • Retention of personal data for the purpose of the Company fulfilling any of its legal obligations,
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  • The retention of personal data is explicitly foreseen in the legislation,
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Personal data held within the Company are retained for the period stipulated in the relevant legislation for the purposes and reasons specified herein, in accordance with the Law and the Company's Personal Data Processing and Protection Policy (The relevant policy can be accessed on the website).

 

4.3. Reasons Requiring Destruction

 

Personal data;

 
       
  • Amendment or abrogation of the relevant legislative provisions constituting the basis for its processing,
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  • In cases where the contract between the parties has never been established, the contract is invalid, the contract terminates, or the minimum retention period determined in the relevant legislation expires following the termination of the contract,
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  • Data processing being contrary to the law and the rule of good faith,
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  • The disappearance of the conditions requiring the processing of personal data in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law,
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  • In cases where processing personal data is carried out solely on the basis of the explicit consent condition, the relevant person withdrawing their explicit consent,
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  • The Company's acceptance of the application made by the relevant person regarding the deletion and destruction of their personal data within the framework of their rights pursuant to Article 11 of the Law,
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  • In the event that the Company rejects the application made to it by the relevant person with a request for the deletion, destruction, or anonymization of their personal data, finds its answer insufficient, or does not respond within the period stipulated in the Law; filing a complaint with the Board and the approval of this request by the Board,
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  • The expiration of the maximum period requiring the retention of personal data and the absence of any condition justifying the retention of personal data for a longer period
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In these cases, they are ex officio or upon the request of the relevant person, deleted, destroyed, or anonymized by the Company as of the date of acceptance of the relevant person's request in the event that the explicit consent is withdrawn.

 

4.4. Retention and Destruction Periods

 

The following criteria respectively are used in determining the retention and destruction periods of personal data obtained by the Company in accordance with the Law and other relevant legislative provisions.

 
       
  • If a period is stipulated in the legislation for the retention of the personal data in question, this period is observed. Following the expiration of this period, the data is processed within the scope of the following article.
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  • If the period stipulated in the legislation regarding the retention of the relevant personal data expires or if no period is stipulated in the relevant legislation regarding the retention of the relevant data, respectively;      
             
    • Personal data is classified as personal data and special categories of personal data based on the definition in Article 6 of the Law. All personal data identified as being of a special category are destroyed. The method to be applied in the destruction of these data is determined according to the nature of the data and its degree of importance for retention before the Company.
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    • The compliance of the retention of the data with the principles specified in Article 4 of the Law, for example; it is questioned whether the Company has a legitimate purpose in retaining the data. Data identified as whose retention may constitute a violation of the principles set forth in Article 4 of the Law is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized.
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    • It is determined within the scope of which exception(s) foreseen in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law the retention of the data can be evaluated. Reasonable periods for retaining data within the framework of the identified exceptions are determined. Upon the expiration of these periods, data is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized.
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The retention and destruction periods determined by the Company are provided in the table below.

 

Table 3: Retention and destruction periods

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
ProcessRetention PeriodDestruction Period
Data retained under the Labor Law10 years following the termination of the employment relationshipIn the first periodic destruction period following the end of the retention period
Data retained under the Turkish Commercial Code10 years from the year following the date of the relevant documentIn the first periodic destruction period following the end of the retention period
Data kept under SSI legislation10 years following the termination of the employment relationshipIn the first periodic destruction period following the end of the retention period
Documents that can be used in a claim/lawsuit regarding a work accident/occupational disease10 years following the termination of the employment relationshipIn the first periodic destruction period following the end of the retention period
Documents that can be used in a claim/lawsuit regarding a work accident/occupational disease10 years following the termination of the employment relationshipIn the first periodic destruction period following the end of the retention period
Data collected in accordance with other relevant legislationFor the period stipulated in the relevant legislationIn the first periodic destruction period following the end of the retention period
If the relevant personal data is the subject of a crime within the scope of the Turkish Penal Code or other legislation imposing a penal provisionFor the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuitIn the first periodic destruction period following the end of the retention period
 
 

If the Company's purpose for using the relevant personal data has not ended, if the retention period foreseen for the relevant personal data pursuant to the relevant legislation is longer than the periods in the table, or if the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit regarding the relevant issue requires the personal data to be retained longer than the periods in the table, the periods in the table above may not be applied. In this case, whichever of the purpose of use, special legislation, or litigation statute of limitations period ends later, that period will find application.

 

4.5. Periodic Destruction Period

 

In accordance with Article 11 of the Regulation, the Company has determined the periodic destruction period as 6 months. Accordingly, the periodic destruction process is carried out before the Company until the last day of January and July every year.

 

Personal data whose retention period has expired is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized in accordance with the procedures outlined in this Policy, at intervals determined within the framework of the destruction periods in the table above. All transactions related to the deletion, destruction, and anonymization of personal data are recorded, and these records are kept for at least 3 (three) years, excluding other legal obligations.

 

4.6. Application of the Relevant Person

 

The relevant person can apply to our Company and request the deletion or destruction of their personal data. When requested, the relevant person's;

 
       
  • If all of the conditions for processing personal data have disappeared, the request is fulfilled.
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  • If all of the conditions for processing personal data have disappeared and the personal data has been transferred to third parties, the Company informs the person to whom the data was transferred about the deletion request, and the Company and this person take the necessary actions.
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  • If all of the conditions for processing personal data have not disappeared, the Company may reject this request by explaining its justification.
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In all cases, responses regarding the acceptance, partial acceptance, or rejection decisions of the request are notified to the relevant person in writing or electronically within thirty (30) days at the latest.

 

5. ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL MEASURES REGARDING THE RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL DATA

 

All administrative and technical measures taken by the Company within the framework of the principles in Article 12 of the Law for the purpose of securely retaining personal data, preventing unlawful processing and access, and destroying data in accordance with the law are listed below.

 

5.1. Administrative Measures

 

Within the scope of administrative measures, the Company;

 
       
  • Limits access to retained personal data to personnel who need to access it due to their job description. In limiting access, whether the data is of a special category and its degree of importance are also taken into account.
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  • If processed personal data is obtained by others through unlawful means, notifies this situation to the relevant person and the Board as soon as possible.
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  • Regarding the sharing of personal data, signs a framework agreement on the protection of personal data and data security with the persons with whom personal data is shared, or data security is ensured with provisions added to their existing contract.
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  • Employs knowledgeable and experienced personnel regarding the processing of personal data and provides its personnel with necessary training within the scope of personal data protection legislation and data security.
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  • Conducts or commissions necessary audits to ensure the implementation of the provisions of the Law within its own legal entity. Remedies privacy and security vulnerabilities that emerge as a result of the audits.
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  • Ensures adequate security measures are taken according to the environment where personal data is located (against electrical leakage, fire, flood, theft, etc.) and prevents unauthorized entry and exit to these environments.
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  • Creates necessary process and policy documents encompassing all measures required by the Law to be taken regarding the processing, protection, retention, and destruction of personal data.
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5.2. Technical Measures

 

Within the scope of technical measures, the Company;

 
       
  • Performs necessary internal controls within the scope of the established systems.
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  • Ensures the procurement of the technical infrastructure that will prevent or monitor the leakage of data outside the institution and the creation of relevant matrices.
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  • Ensures that employees' access authorizations to personal data are kept under control.
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  • Ensures the destruction of personal data in an irrecoverable manner.
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  • Pursuant to Article 12 of the Law, protects all kinds of digital environments where personal data is stored with encrypted or cryptographic methods to ensure information security requirements.
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  • Continuously monitors the security updates of the environments where the data is located and ensures that necessary security tests are conducted regularly.
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  • Provides at least a two-step authentication system in cases requiring remote access to special categories of personal data.
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  • In cases where special categories of personal data are transferred;      
             
    • Ensures that they are transferred encrypted using a corporate e-mail address or using a KEP account if data needs to be transferred via e-mail,
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    • Ensures that data is encrypted with cryptographic methods if it needs to be transferred via media such as portable memory, CD, DVD,
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    • Ensures that the transfer is provided by establishing a VPN between servers or by FTP method if transferring between servers in different physical environments,
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    • Ensures that the document is sent in "classified documents" format if the transfer of data in paper environment is required.
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6. DESTRUCTION METHODS

 

The deletion, destruction, and anonymization techniques used by the Company are detailed in the table below:

    

Table 4: Deletion Methods

 
                                                                                                                                           
EnvironmentMethod and Explanation
Deletion Methods for Personal Data Held in Printed FormBlacking out: Personal data in printed media is deleted using the blacking out method. The blacking out process is carried out by cutting out the personal data on the relevant document where possible, and where not possible, by making it invisible using indelible ink so that it is irreversible and unreadable with technological solutions.
Deletion Methods for Personal Data Held in Cloud or Local Digital EnvironmentsSecure deletion from software: Personal data kept in cloud environments or local digital environments are deleted with a digital command so that they can never be recovered again. Data deleted in this way cannot be accessed again.
 
 

Table 5: Destruction Methods

 
                                                                                                                                                                       
EnvironmentMethod and Explanation
Destruction Methods for Personal Data Held in Printed FormPhysical destruction: Documents kept in printed form are destroyed with paper shredders in a way that they cannot be put back together again.
Destruction Methods for Personal Data Held in Local Digital Environments             Physical destruction: This is the process of physically destroying optical and magnetic media containing personal data by melting, burning, or pulverizing them. Data is rendered inaccessible by processes such as melting, burning, pulverizing optical or magnetic media, or passing it through a metal grinder.

            Degaussing (demagnetizing): This is the process of irretrievably corrupting the data on the magnetic media by exposing it to a high magnetic field.

            Overwriting: It prevents the reading and recovery of old data by writing random data consisting of 0s and 1s at least seven times over magnetic media and rewritable optical media.          
Destruction Methods for Personal Data Held in Cloud EnvironmentsSecure deletion from software: Personal data kept in cloud environments are deleted with a digital command so that they can never be recovered again, and when the cloud computing service relationship ends, all copies of the encryption keys required to make the personal data usable are destroyed. Data deleted in this way cannot be accessed again.
 
 

Table 6: Anonymization Methods

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
MethodDescription
Removing variablesIt is the removal of one or more of the direct identifiers that are included in the personal data belonging to the relevant person and that would serve to identify the relevant person in any way. This method can be used to anonymize personal data, or it can be used to delete this information if there is information within the personal data that does not conform to the data processing purpose.
Regional maskingIt is the process of deleting information that could be distinctive regarding the data that is an exception in the data table where personal data is collectively anonymized.
GeneralizationIt is the process of bringing together the personal data of many people and removing distinctive information to turn it into statistical data.
Lower and upper limit coding / Global codingFor a particular variable, ranges belonging to that variable are defined and categorized. If the variable does not contain a numerical value, then data close to each other within the variable are categorized. Values that remain within the same category are combined.
Micro aggregationWith this method, all records in the data set are first arranged in a meaningful order, and then the entire set is divided into a certain number of subsets. Then, by taking the average of the value of the designated variable for each subset, the value of that variable for the subset is replaced with the average value. In this way, since indirect identifiers within the data will have been corrupted, it becomes difficult to associate the data with the relevant person.
Data mixing and perturbationDirect or indirect identifiers within personal data are mixed with other values or corrupted, their relationship with the relevant person is severed, and they are caused to lose their identifying characteristics.
 
 

7. PUBLICATION AND RETENTION OF THE POLICY

 

This Policy is published in two different media: wet signed (printed paper) and electronic, and is disclosed to the public on the www.dekor.com website. A printed paper copy is also kept at the Company.

 

8. UPDATE PERIOD OF THE POLICY

 

The Company reserves the right to make changes to this Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy in line with the amendments made in the Law, Board decisions, developments in the sector or in the field of informatics. Changes made in this Policy are immediately processed into the text, and explanations regarding the changes are explained at the end of the policy.

 

9. APPROVAL AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICY

 

This Policy is approved by the legal representative of the Company.

 

This Policy is approved by the legal representative of the Company. It enters into force by being announced to all employees and, as of its effective date, will be binding for all business units, consultants, external service providers, and anyone processing personal data.

 

Tracking whether employees fulfill the requirements of the policy will be the responsibility of the employer. When a behavior contrary to the policy is detected, if the contradiction is significant, the contact person will be informed without losing time. Necessary administrative action will be taken about the employee acting contrary to the policy after the evaluation to be made by the employer.

 
 

KVKK APPLICATION FORM

 

You can forward your requests within the scope of your rights specified in Article 11 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, which you can access from the Clarification Text on our website, to our company by completely filling out the Application Form also available on our website and using one of the methods described below.

 
                                                                                                                                                                         
APPLICATION METHODADDRESSDESCRIPTION
In-Person Application (The applicant applies in person with an identity-verifying document)

or

Notification via Notary Public
Yanyol Cad. No:42
Kaynarca – Pendik / İSTANBUL
"Information Request under the Personal Data Protection Law" will be written on the envelope/notification.
Application via Electronic Mailinfo@dekor.com"Information Request under the Personal Data Protection Law" will be written in the subject line of the e-mail.
 
    

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 13 of the Law, your applications submitted to us will be answered as soon as possible and within 30 (thirty) days at the latest from the date your request reaches us, depending on the nature of the request. Our responses will be delivered to you in writing or electronically in accordance with the provision of Article 13 of the relevant Law.