With this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that you have been informed about the processing of your personal data and consent to the use of your personal data as specified herein.

This Privacy Policy includes the terms and conditions regarding the use of personal data shared with Fotokart – Süreyya Erişkin (“Fotokart”) by users/members/visitors (“Data Subject”) or generated by Fotokart during the operation of the website www.fotokart.shop (“Site”).

What Data We Process

The personal data processed by Fotokart is categorized in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law (“Law”) as follows. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the term “personal data” in this Privacy Policy includes the following information:

• Identity and Contact Information: Name, surname, phone, address, workplace information, email address.
• User Information, Transaction Information, and Financial Information: Membership information, membership ID number, data regarding the date and time you use Fotokart’s services, reasons for contacting Fotokart or using the Contact Form, search terms and filter preferences used on the Site, ratings and comments, product preferences, categories of products you visit, errors occurring during usage, billing and payment information, balance information (invoices sent to users, payment receipts, invoice numbers, invoice amounts, invoice dates, etc.).
• Transaction Security Information: Login credential information, password information.
• Marketing Information: Reports and evaluations showing your habits and preferences, targeting information, cookie records, and similar information.
• Request/Complaint Management Information: Requests and complaints you make through the Site and comments you share on the Site.
• Risk Management Information: IP address.

Data anonymized within the framework of Articles 3 and 7 of the Law is not considered personal data under the Law and can be processed without being subject to this Privacy Policy.

What Personal Data We Collect and For What Purposes

The personal data you share with Fotokart can be processed for the following purposes:

• To enable you to benefit from the Site and services offered through the Site, to carry out your Site membership registration, to make updates regarding your membership registration, to improve the services provided by Fotokart and offered through the Site, to introduce new services, and to carry out commercial activities, to determine and implement commercial and business strategies, to ensure the legal and commercial security of Fotokart and those with whom Fotokart has a business relationship, and to fulfill obligations arising from the nature of these activities.
• Such personal data may be used to contact you or to improve your experience on the Site (e.g., managing communication processes, conducting satisfaction surveys) and may also be used for internal reporting and business development activities, conducting various statistical evaluations, creating databases, and conducting market research without disclosing your identity. This data may be processed, stored, transferred to third parties, and used for direct marketing, digital marketing, retargeting, targeting, profiling, and analysis purposes by Fotokart, and you may be contacted for the promotion, maintenance, and support of applications, products, and services through such data.
• Fotokart may process personal data without obtaining your explicit consent in cases permitted under Articles 5 and 8 of the Law and/or in the presence of exceptions in relevant legislation. These situations primarily include:
  • When explicitly required by law.
  • When it is necessary to protect the life or physical integrity of the person who is unable to disclose their consent due to physical impossibility or whose consent is not legally valid.
  • When processing personal data is necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract directly related to the Data Subject.
  • When processing personal data is mandatory for Fotokart to fulfill its legal obligations.
  • When the personal data has been made public by the Data Subject.
  • When processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right.
  • When processing is mandatory for Fotokart’s legitimate interests, provided it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the Data Subject.

Fotokart may also use cookies and transfer data processed through these cookies to third parties for analysis services to the extent necessary. These technical communication files are small text files sent to the browser of the Data Subject by the Site for storage on the main memory. These files are designed to facilitate the use of the Site by storing status and preference settings for a website. They help obtain statistical information about how many people use the Site, for what purpose, how many times a person visits a specific website, and how long they stay, as well as to dynamically produce ads and content on customized user pages. Technical communication files are not designed to retrieve personal data from the main memory or other personal data. Most browsers are initially designed to accept technical communication files; however, users can change their settings to ensure that technical communication files are not received or that a warning is given when technical communication files are sent.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser information text to assist with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

Visitors can reach the Site editor by writing their opinions, suggestions, and complaints through the Site’s contact form, which retains the visitor’s name, surname, subject, and message text information. Visitors can also subscribe to the E-newsletter by providing their email address, registering with Fotokart’s email group using GoDaddy Email Marketing Services. By doing so, the Data Provider agrees to receive periodic E-newsletters from Fotokart.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device or the server network to which your device is connected by websites. These files store information about visitors’ preferences and usage experiences. Stored cookies do not save any personal information such as name, surname, phone number, or email address. Cookies stored on your computer or server are read when you revisit a previously visited website, allowing your preferences to be activated and ensuring ease of use and full functionality of the site.

If you leave a comment on our Site, you may opt-in to saving your name and email address in cookies for convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and log in to this Site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two cookies. Screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

Fotokart may share your personal data and any derived data with its suppliers, limited to the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. Additionally, Fotokart may transfer your personal data to legally authorized public institutions and private entities. In certain cases, anonymized or limited data may be shared with business partners and third parties providing services, with additional consent obtained as required.

Fotokart may share your data with external service providers, hosting service providers, law firms, and third-party service providers (e.g., email and SMS senders) for purposes such as enhancing user experience (including customization and optimization), ensuring your security, detecting fraudulent or unauthorized use, conducting operational evaluations, addressing Site service errors, and achieving other objectives outlined in this Privacy Policy.

As a Data Subject, you acknowledge and consent to the storage of your personal data on servers located worldwide by these third parties.

As a Data Subject, you are responsible for ensuring that the information provided under this Privacy Policy is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. You agree to update this information promptly if changes occur. Fotokart will not be held liable for issues arising from incomplete or outdated information.

If you request that Fotokart cease using any of your personal data, you acknowledge that you may not fully benefit from the Site’s functionality and accept responsibility for any consequences resulting from such limitations.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account or comments on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How we protect your data

Fotokart takes necessary technical and administrative measures to ensure minimum security level considering appropriate conditions/costs to:
– prevent unlawful processing of personal data,
– prevent unlawful access to personal data, and
– ensure personal data protection,
as specified in relevant legislation or stated in this Privacy Policy, and has required audits conducted.

Furthermore, Fotokart does not disclose personal data obtained from you to others or use it outside the processing purpose in violation of this Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Law provisions.

In case of linking to other applications through the Site, Fotokart bears no responsibility for the applications’ privacy policies and contents and recommends that you review these texts.