KVKK Policy

Clarification Text on Personal Data Protection

As Elif Cığızoğlu Moda Tasarım ve Tekstil Ürünleri Tic. Ltd. Şti., we attach great importance to the processing of your personal data in accordance with the relevant legislation. In this context, we would like to inform you about our process of processing your personal data and your rights under the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK").

General Definition

Under the Law, personal data covers any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Special Category Personal Data, a specific type of personal data, refers to race, ethnic origin, political opinion, philosophical belief, religion, sect, or other beliefs, appearance and dress, membership of association, foundation or trade-union, health, sexual life, criminal conviction, and security measures, as well as biometric and genetics data.

Processing of personal data means any operation performed upon personal data such as collection, recording, storage, retention, alteration, re-organization, disclosure, transferring, taking over, making retrievable, classification, or preventing the use thereof, fully or partially through automatic means or provided that the process is a part of any data registry system, through non-automatic means.

Purpose and Identity of the Data Controller

This "General Clarification Text on the Protection and Processing of Personal Data" has been prepared to fulfill the obligation of clarification regarding the processing of your personal data by Elif Cığızoğlu Moda Tasarım ve Tekstil Ürünleri Tic. Ltd. Şti., the data controller whose identity is provided below, in accordance with Article 10 of the "Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698" ("Law") and the "Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to be Complied with in Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform".

Your personal data may be processed by Elif Cığızoğlu Moda Tasarım ve Tekstil Ürünleri Tic. Ltd. Şti., residing at "Harbiye Mahallesi Teşvikiye Caddesi Teşvikiye Palas No:23/6 Şişli/İstanbul", as the data controller in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("Law"), within the framework of the purposes listed below, in a limited and measured manner connected to these purposes, preserving the accuracy and up-to-dateness of the personal data as provided to us, within the scope explained below.

Purposes of Processing Your Personal Data

Your collected personal data will be processed by Elif Cığızoğlu Moda Tasarım ve Tekstil Ürünleri Tic. Ltd. Şti. in accordance with the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK Law, for the purposes listed below. Accordingly, your personal data will be processed on the legal grounds that it is directly related to the establishment and/or performance of the contract between Elif Cığızoğlu and you, it is explicitly stipulated in the laws, it is mandatory for the fulfillment of the legal obligation, it has been made public by the data subject themselves, data processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right, and data processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

  • To confirm the identity information of the person shopping/having the shopping done via the website/mobile applications,
  • To analyze and understand aggregated statistical data such as the frequency and times of visits to the site and/or mobile application or store, times of order placement, statistics of visited product pages and ordered products, visitor movements, orders, and preferences,
  • To execute and complete orders and order processes via online services, and to process communication with our customers (e.g., Name-surname, address, date of birth),
  • To send SMS notifications to report the delivery status and to communicate possible problems in the delivery of the purchased products (e.g., mobile phone number),
  • To send marketing content such as newsletters, campaigns, events, collection promotions, surveys, and catalogs (e.g., e-mail address, Name-surname, and postal address),
  • To answer questions and inform about new or changed services, to provide information about products, services, campaigns, and promotions (e.g., e-mail address, mobile phone number),
  • To contact our customers and make necessary notifications regarding the terms, current status, and updates of the contracts we have concluded under the Distance Selling Contract and the relevant articles of the Law on Consumer Protection,
  • To verify online shopping and legal age (e.g., date of birth),
  • To enhance the security of the Site and/or Mobile Application.
  • To fulfill our legal obligations and exercise our rights arising from current legislation.

Parties to Whom Your Personal Data is Transferred and Purposes of Transfer

Your collected personal data, within the scope of our legal services, in accordance with the provisions in all relevant legislation and the basic principles stipulated in Law No. 6698, and within the personal data transfer conditions specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law, may be shared by Elif Cığızoğlu Moda Tasarım ve Tekstil Ürünleri Tic. Ltd. Şti. for the "Purposes" listed above. It may be transferred to our business partners, suppliers, group companies, shareholders, legally authorized public institutions, and private individuals, as well as companies we work with domestically and abroad (cargo, call center, database, sms and e-mail provider, personalization services companies, etc.) to ensure the implementation of the contract established between Elif Cığızoğlu and you, to fulfill our obligations under the contractual relationship, to provide better service to our customers, and to meet our Company's commitments to its customers. The purpose of processing personal data and the purpose of transferring data are parallel.

Method and Legal Reason for Collecting Your Personal Data

Your personal data may be collected audibly, electronically, in writing, and verbally by Elif Cığızoğlu Moda Tasarım ve Tekstil Ürünleri Tic. Ltd. Şti. through e-mail, website, written documents, fax, invoices, job application forms, documents provided by data owners, and other communication channels. In addition, your personal data will be collected based on the legal grounds of the establishment and/or performance of the contract, the establishment, exercise, and/or protection of a right, the fulfillment of a legal obligation, and legitimate interests specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law, and based on your explicit consent if you provide it.

When the purpose requiring the processing of your personal data according to Article 7/1 of the KVKK Law ceases to exist and/or when the statute of limitations/retention periods during which we are obliged to process your data in accordance with the legislation expire, your personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or anonymized.

Processing Period of Your Personal Data

As Elif Cığızoğlu Moda Tasarım ve Tekstil Ürünleri Tic. Ltd. Şti., we preserve the processed personal data accurately and up-to-date in the relevant departments using current technological methods. For this purpose, personal data is preserved in accordance with the principles in the relevant legislation for the periods necessary for the processing purposes. Our company will delete, destroy, or anonymize personal data ex officio or upon the request of the Data Owner in the event that the reasons requiring its processing cease to exist.

Cases Where Personal Data Can Be Processed Without Explicit Consent Under the KVKK Law

Pursuant to Article 5 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, your personal data may be processed without your explicit consent in the following cases:

  • Where it is clearly provided for by the laws,
  • Where 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 their consent or whose consent is not deemed legally valid,
  • Where processing of personal data belonging to the parties of a contract is necessary provided that it is directly related to the execution or performance of that contract,
  • Where it is mandatory for the controller to be able to perform their legal obligations,
  • Where the data concerned is made available to the public by the data subject themselves,
  • Where data processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise, or protection of any right,
  • Where data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the Company, provided that this processing shall not violate the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

Personal health data may be processed without the explicit consent of the data subject by persons under the obligation of confidentiality or authorized institutions and organizations for the purposes of protection of public health, operation of preventive medicine, medical diagnosis, treatment, and care services, and planning and management of health services and financing.

Your Rights Enumerated in Article 11 of the Law as a Personal Data Owner

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law, we would like to inform you that you have the following rights as data owners:

  • To learn whether your personal data is processed or not,
  • If your personal data has been processed, to request information regarding this,
  • To learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
  • To know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred domestically or abroad,
  • To request the correction of your personal data if it is incomplete or improperly processed, and to request that the transaction carried out in this context be notified to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
  • To request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing cease to exist, despite being processed in accordance with the Law and other relevant legal provisions, and to request that the transaction carried out in this context be notified to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
  • To object to the occurrence of a result against you by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
  • To claim compensation for the damage arising from the unlawful processing of your personal data.

As the relevant person, you must submit your rights requests to the data controller in writing by providing the necessary documents identifying your identity. In this context, in order for your applications under Article 11 of the KVKK Law to be managed in a healthy and fast manner, you can submit your petition containing your request with an original signature in person to our company's address "Harbiye Mahallesi Teşvikiye Caddesi Teşvikiye Palas No:23/6 Şişli/İstanbul", send it via notary public, reach us at +90 212 296 00 12, or send it to the info@elifcigizoglu.com e-mail address if your e-mail address is registered in our company systems.

Depending on the nature of your request, your applications will be concluded as soon as possible and within 30 (thirty) days at the latest, and you will be informed.