Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy and Clarification Text (“Policy”); determines the principles regarding the use of cookies on the website “www.gunesmelamin.com.tr” (“Website”) managed by and belonging to Güneş Melamin (“Güneş Melamin”), and contains declarations and explanations regarding data processing purposes, data categories, methods of data collection and legal grounds, to whom and for what purposes data may be transferred, data processing duration, and your rights regarding your data due to our operation of the Website as the data controller as Güneş Melamin.

1. What Data is Processed by Güneş Melamin?

Güneş Melamin has the authority to process general and special categories of data that do not require explicit consent, with the explicit consent of the data owner and in cases specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law.

2. What Do Cookies Mean?

Cookies are small text files created by a website on the user's device containing data in name-value pairs. They store your usage habits and preferences in your browser during your visit to the website. Cookies are used to improve user experience and save time. Cookies created by a website are stored via the web browser used to access the site, and the information contained in the cookies can only be accessed remotely by websites presented under the domain name (e.g., site.com) that created the cookie and as long as you use the same browser.

Cookies are an important part of modern web technologies, and their main functions include remembering visitor preferences and recognizing the device. Almost all websites use cookies.

3. What Are the Types of Cookies?

Cookies created by the visited website and readable only by this website are called first-party cookies. If the content presented on the visited site is provided via different domain names (for example, viewing content from a video platform on a social media site), each domain name may create separate third-party cookies.

4. What Are the Purposes of Processing Personal Data by Güneş Melamin?

The main purposes of using cookies on our Website are as follows:

a) To increase the performance of the Website, to offer new features, and to personalize existing features according to user preferences;

b) To ensure the smooth operation of various features and functions of our website (e.g., keeping the session open, adding dynamic content, etc.);

c) To analyze how our website is used by our visitors; to analyze this data by collecting general information such as the most clicked links, the most visited pages, error messages encountered, to correct faulty pages, to improve the site, or to remove or improve non-preferred pages;

d) To determine how you became aware of the Website;

e) To create traffic statistics;

f) To offer you specific product and service opportunities such as internet advertising, targeting and retargeting, cross-selling, campaigns, opportunities, and product/service advertisements, and to make suggestions according to your preferences.

Cookies are not used for purposes other than those specified in this Policy, and all operations are carried out in accordance with data protection legislation.

5. What Are the Cookie Types?

Cookie Type	Description
Session Cookies	Cookies that are valid during the session and expire when the web browser is closed.
Persistent Cookies	Cookies used to remember user preferences and remain on your device even if the browser is closed or the computer is restarted.
Mandatory Cookies	Cookies that are necessary for the website to function properly and for you to fully benefit from its features and services offered.
Functional and Analytical Cookies	Cookies used for purposes such as remembering user preferences, effective use of the site, and optimization according to your requests. These cookies may contain your personal data. For example, cookies that save your site language preferences are functional cookies.
Tracking Cookies	Created as first-party and third-party cookies, these cookies track users' click and visit history and allow matching these records across different domain names. Such cookies are used for recognizing users, creating profiles, targeting advertising and marketing activities, and customizing content. These cookies are not used to identify you or make decisions specific to you.

6. How is Cookie Management Done?

Most browsers offer the opportunity to view, manage, delete, and block cookies on websites. If you clear all cookies, all preferences you have set will be deleted. Also, the option not to keep cookies at all is available, but when this feature is enabled, cookies must be present on your device.

Guides on how to control cookies in browsers are presented below:

Google Chrome Cookie Management

Mozilla Firefox Cookie Management

Apple Safari Cookie Management

Microsoft Internet Explorer Cookie Management

Adobe Cookie Management

Additionally, most browsers allow you to perform the following actions:

1. Viewing and deleting saved cookies;
2. Blocking all cookies;
3. Blocking cookies from specific sites;
4. Deleting all cookies when the browser is closed;
5. Blocking third-party cookies.

7. Measures Taken Regarding the Protection of Personal Data and How Data is Stored

Güneş Melamin takes all necessary technical and administrative measures to prevent unlawful processing of and access to personal data and to prevent data leaks, in accordance with the conditions specified in the Law and this Policy, and ensures that necessary audits are carried out on time and completely.

Your personal data will not be used outside the specified purposes and scope, will be processed by taking all necessary information security measures, and will be stored for the legal retention periods or, if such a period is not foreseen, for the period required by the processing purpose. At the end of this period, your personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or removed from Güneş Melamin's data flows using anonymization methods.

8. Parties to Whom Personal Data Will Be Transferred

Personal data processed by Güneş Melamin limited to the purposes specified in this clarification text and in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the Law may be transferred to;

1. Türk Telekomünikasyon Anonim Şirketi and Türk Telekomünikasyon group companies;
2. Authorized firms acting on behalf of our company and our representatives;
3. Regulatory and supervisory institutions and public institutions and organizations explicitly authorized by law to request personal data;
4. Business partnerships, supplier and contractor firms, banks, credit risk and financial institutions, and other real or legal persons in line with the specified purposes;
5. Tax and similar consultants, persons mandatory in legal follow-up processes, public institutions and organizations, and other persons to whom we provide consultancy services, including third parties from whom we receive consultancy, and in this context, business partners, third parties from whom we receive services, authorized persons, and institutions.

Your personal data is strictly not transferred abroad by Güneş Melamin. In cases where necessary for domestic transfer processes, your explicit consent for the transfer will be obtained separately.

9. Retention Period of Personal Data
Güneş Melamin retains personal data for the period required by the processing purposes specified in this clarification text and taking into account the statute of limitations specified in the Law and relevant legislation. Upon the expiration of these periods, personal data will be deleted or destroyed in accordance with the Law.

10. What Are Your Rights as a Data Owner?

You can always contact Güneş Melamin to get information about the following issues within the scope of the Law;

1. To learn whether your personal data is processed;
2. To learn the purpose of processing the data and whether it is suitable for this purpose;
3. To know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred;
4. To request correction of incomplete or incorrectly processed data and to request deletion of data if the conditions are met; also to request notification of this transaction to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred;
5. To object to the occurrence of a result against you by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems;
6. To demand compensation for damages in case of damage due to unlawful processing;
7. To request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring processing disappear, even though the personal data has been processed in accordance with the law.

You can submit your requests regarding these rights via a notary public or other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board or send them to the “info@gunesmelamin.com.tr” e-mail address. Your requests will be responded to as soon as possible and within thirty (30) days at the latest in accordance with the law. However, if the transaction requires an additional cost, Güneş Melamin reserves the right to charge a fee in accordance with the Law based on the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

11. Do You Want More Information About Cookies and Our Cookie Policy?

Visitors who want to get more detailed information about cookies are recommended to visit www.aboutcookies.org.

If you want to get more information about our cookie policy, you can contact us via the “Contact Us” page or the e-mail address specified above.