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1. Purpose and Scope
This Cookie Policy has been prepared to inform users, pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and the decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board (the “Board”), about the cookies used when visiting the website of Fenix Center AVM, operated by Fenix Dekorasyon İnşaat Turizm Ticaret A.Ş.
This policy applies to all users, visitors and data subjects who visit the website.
2. What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are usually small text files placed on your device through your browser by the websites you visit. Cookies allow a website to recognise the user, remember preferences and obtain various information about how the site is used.
Cookies do not identify a person on their own; however, when associated with information that may qualify as personal data under the KVKK, they are regarded as personal data.
3. Types of Cookies
3.1. By duration
- Session cookies: cookies that keep the session going and are deleted when the browser is closed.
- Persistent cookies: cookies stored on the device for a certain period and used to remember user preferences.
3.2. By source
- First-party cookies: cookies placed directly by the website being visited.
- Third-party cookies: cookies placed by third parties other than the website being visited.
3.3. By purpose
a) Strictly necessary cookies — These cookies are required for the website to work properly. They perform functions such as authentication, session management and security.
b) Performance and analytics cookies — These cookies provide statistical data on how the website is used. Visitor numbers, page viewing times and error analyses fall within this scope.
c) Functional cookies — They remember settings such as the user’s language and region preferences and make the site easier to use.
d) Advertising and marketing cookies — Cookies that allow content and advertising to be shown according to the user’s interests. Profiling and targeting activities fall within this scope.
4. Personal Data Processed Through Cookies
The following may be processed through cookies:
- IP address,
- device and browser information,
- date and duration of the visit,
- navigation within the site.
5. Explicit Consent Mechanism
Apart from strictly necessary cookies, no cookies are used without the user’s explicit consent.
Explicit consent must be:
- related to a specific matter,
- based on information,
- given of one’s own free will.
Accordingly, users can state their preferences through the cookie information panel shown on their first visit to the site.
6. Managing Cookies
Users can change their cookie preferences at any time:
- through their browser settings,
- through the cookie management panel, where provided on the site.
Examples of browser-based management:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Safari
- Microsoft Edge
(Users should note that these methods may vary by browser.)
7. Disabling Cookies
Disabling cookies may cause some functions of the website not to work fully. The user is deemed to have accepted this.
8. Updates to the Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated in line with:
- changes in legislation,
- Board decisions,
- changes in technical infrastructure.
The current text is published on the website.
9. Rights of the Data Subject
The rights set out in Article 11 of the KVKK also apply to personal data processed through cookies. Applications may be sent to [email protected].