This Cookie Policy and Clarification Text (“Policy”); determines the principles regarding the use of cookies for the ‘’www.aegean.kim’’ website (“Website”), which is managed by and belongs to Aegean Kimya (“Aegean Kimya”), and as Aegean Kimya, in our capacity as data controller for operating the Website; it contains declarations and explanations regarding data processing purposes, data categories, data collection methods and legal bases, to whom and for what purposes data may be transferred, the data processing period, and your rights concerning your data.
1. What Data is Processed by Aegean Kimya?
Aegean Kimya has the authority to process general and special categories of data with the explicit consent of the data subject and in cases specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law, where explicit consent is not required.
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 the user experience and save time. Cookies created by a website are stored via the web browser used to access the site, and the information they contain can only be accessed remotely by websites served under the domain name that created the cookie (e.g., site.com) and as long as you use the same browser.
Cookies are an important part of modern web technologies, and their primary 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 that website are called first-party cookies. If the content offered on the visited site is provided through different domain names (e.g., 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 Aegean Kimya?
The main purposes of using cookies on our Website are:
a) To improve the performance of the Website, offer new features, and personalize existing features according to user preferences;
b) To ensure the smooth operation of various features and functions of our website (e.g., keeping sessions open, embedding dynamic content, etc.);
c) To analyze how our website is used by our visitors; to collect general information such as the most clicked links, most visited pages, and error messages encountered, and to analyze this data to fix faulty pages, improve the site, or remove or enhance pages that are not preferred;
d) To determine how you became aware of the Website;
e) To create traffic statistics;
f) To offer you special product and service opportunities such as internet advertising, targeting and retargeting, cross-selling, campaign, opportunity, and product/service advertisements, and to make recommendations based on 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 Types of Cookies?
| Cookie Type | Description |
| Session Cookies | These are cookies that are valid during the session and expire when the web browser is closed. |
| Persistent Cookies | These are cookies used to remember user preferences and they remain on your device even if the browser is closed or the computer is restarted. |
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | These are cookies necessary for the website to function properly and for you to fully benefit from its features and the services offered. |
| Functional and Analytical Cookies | These are cookies used for purposes such as remembering user preferences, effective use of the site, and optimizing it according to your requests. These cookies may contain your personal data. For example, cookies that save your site language preference are functional cookies. |
| Tracking Cookies | Created as first-party and third-party cookies, these cookies track users' click and visit history and match these records across different domains. Such cookies are used for user recognition, profiling, targeting advertising and marketing activities, and content customization. These cookies are not used to determine your identity or make decisions specific to you. |
6. How is Cookie Management Handled?
Most browsers offer the ability to view, manage, delete, and block cookies on websites. If you clear all cookies, all preferences you have set will be deleted. Additionally, there is an option to prevent cookies from being stored at all, but this feature requires cookies to be present on your device when activated.
Guides on how to control cookies in browsers are provided below:
Google Chrome Cookie Management
Mozilla Firefox Cookie Management
Apple Safari Cookie Management
Microsoft Internet Explorer Cookie Management
Additionally, most browsers allow you to:
- View and delete saved cookies;
- Block all cookies;
- Block cookies from specific sites;
- Delete all cookies when you close the browser;
- Block third-party cookies.
7. Measures Taken for the Protection of Personal Data and How Data is Stored
Aegean Kimya, in line with the conditions specified in the Law and this Policy; takes all necessary technical and administrative measures to protect personal data, prevent its unlawful processing and access, and prevent data leaks, and conducts necessary audits in a timely and complete manner.
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 Aegean Kimya's data streams through anonymization methods.
8. Parties to Whom Personal Data May Be Transferred
Personal data processed by Aegean Kimya, limited to the purposes specified in this clarification text and in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the Law, may be transferred to;
- Türk Telekomünikasyon Anonim Şirketi and Türk Telekomünikasyon group companies;
- Companies and our representatives we have authorized, operating on behalf of our company;
- Regulatory and supervisory authorities and public institutions and organizations explicitly authorized by law to request personal data;
- Business partnerships, supplier and contractor companies, banks, credit risk and financial institutions, and other real or legal persons for the specified purposes;
- 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 organizations.
Your personal data is not transferred abroad by Aegean Kimya in any way. In cases where domestic transfer processes are necessary, your explicit consent for the transfer will be obtained separately.
9. Retention Period of Personal Data
Aegean Kimya stores 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. If these periods expire, personal data will be deleted or destroyed in accordance with the Law.
10. What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?
You can always contact Aegean Kimya to get information about the following topics under the Law;
- To learn whether your personal data is being processed;
- To learn the purpose of data processing and whether it is used in line with that purpose;
- To know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred;
- To request the correction of incompletely or incorrectly processed data and, if conditions are met, to request the deletion of data; and to request notification of this action to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred;
- To object to a result against you arising from the analysis of processed data exclusively through automated systems;
- To demand compensation if you suffer damage due to unlawful processing;
- To request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring its processing cease to exist, even though it 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 e-mail address ''info@usunkopruosb.org.tr''. 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, Aegean Kimya reserves the right to charge a fee according to the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board, in accordance with the Law.
11. Do You Want More Information About Cookies and Our Cookie Policy?
Visitors who want more detailed information about cookies are recommended to visit www.aboutcookies.org (in English).
If you would like more information about our cookie policy, you can contact us via the “Contact Us” page or the e-mail address mentioned above.