Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
At CLASSEST TEKNOLOJİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ (hereinafter referred to as "CLASSEST"), we utilize various technologies ("Cookies") to enhance your experience during your visit or use of our classest.com website (the "Site"), its extensions, our applications, or any similar online or offline media we offer (all collectively referred to as the "Platforms").
The use of these technologies is carried out in accordance with applicable international data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The purpose of this Cookie Policy is to inform you about the processing of personal data obtained through the use of Cookies during your access to the Platforms. In this text, we explain the types of cookies we use on our site and applications, for what purposes, and how you can control them.
As CLASSEST, we may discontinue the use of cookies on our site and applications, change their types or functions, or add new cookies. Therefore, we reserve the right to amend the provisions of this Cookie Policy at any time, provided that we publish it on our site beforehand and provide the necessary information. Any changes made to the current Cookie Policy will become effective upon their publication on the Site, in the application, or in any other public medium. The last update date is provided at the end of this document.
Method and Legal Basis for Personal Data Collection
Your personal data is collected electronically via cookies during your visit to our website or use of our applications. This collection is based on defined legal grounds such as our company's legitimate interest for essential website functions, and your explicit consent for activities like targeting, profiling, and marketing. All processing is conducted in compliance with the principles of applicable data protection laws.
To Whom and for What Purpose Personal Data May Be Transferred
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other major data privacy laws grant website visitors the right to receive up-to-date information at any time about what data is being processed, for what purpose, and where it is stored.
As a company, we may share your personal data within the scope of this Cookie Policy with legally authorized public institutions, our business partners, and suppliers, limited to the fulfillment of the purposes stated above and in accordance with data processing regulations. Where personal data is transferred to third parties outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses, to protect your data in line with international standards.
Which Cookies Are Used for Which Purposes?
As a company, we use cookies on our site and applications for various purposes and process your personal data through these cookies. The main purposes for using these cookies are:
- To perform essential functions necessary for the operation of the Site and applications. For example, preventing logged-in members from having to re-enter their password when visiting different pages on the Site.
- To analyze the Site and applications and to improve their performance. For example, integrating the different servers on which the Site operates, determining the number of visitors to the Site and making performance adjustments accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.
- To increase the functionality of the Site and applications and to provide ease of use. For example, remembering a visitor's username information or search queries on a subsequent visit.
- To perform personalization, targeting, and advertising activities. For example, showing advertisements related to the interests of visitors based on the pages and products they have viewed.
- To offer new features through the website and to personalize the features offered according to your preferences.
Cookies Used on Our Site and Applications
Below you can find the different types of cookies we use on our site and applications. We use both first-party cookies (placed by the site you visit) and third-party cookies (placed by servers other than the site you visit).
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
The use of certain cookies is mandatory for the proper functioning and security of our site and applications. For example, authentication cookies that are activated when you log in to our site ensure that your session remains active as you navigate from one page to another. These cookies are essential and cannot be disabled from the CLASSEST TEKNOLOJİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ web pages.
Persistent cookies remember visitors' preferences and are stored on your computer or phone via the browser. Thanks to these cookies, we can offer our visitors suitable and special offers.
Also, thanks to these cookies, when the visitor leaves the site and reopens the page, the same page will appear.
These are cookies that are stored in your browser after your session. A persistent cookie will remain on your computer unless you clear it from your device.
2. Preference (Functionality) Cookies
These cookies remember your preferences and choices on the site and application, allowing the services offered on our site to be personalized for you. For example, they allow us to remember your language selection on our site or the font size you chose when reading a text. These cookies are optional and can be disabled from the cookie settings dialog at the top of this page.
3. Social Media Cookies
These cookies enable the collection of information about your social media usage. For example, cookies may be used to utilize information from your Facebook/Twitter accounts to create personalized advertisements or to conduct market research.
4. Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to improve the services we provide to you by analyzing your use of our site and applications and their performance. They enable the generation of analytical results such as the number of visitors to the website, the detection of pages viewed on the website, website visiting hours, and website page scrolling movements. For example, thanks to these cookies, we can identify which pages our visitors view the most, whether our site is functioning correctly, and any potential problems. Performance and analysis cookies are optional and can be disabled from the cookie settings dialog on this page.
5. Targeting or Advertising Cookies
We use cookies to promote products and services to you on our site or in other media. We may also collaborate with some of our business partners to advertise and promote to you within or outside of our site. These types of cookies are used to recognize and profile users, target advertising and marketing activities, and customize content. These cookies are first-party and third-party cookies created during your visit to our website and third-party domains. They make it possible to track your click and visit history in the domains where they were created and to map these records between different domains. These cookies are optional and must be explicitly accepted from the cookie banner or the dialog box at the top of this page.
How Can I Control the Use of Cookies?
The preferences of our visitors and users regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies are essential to us. However, the use of Strictly Necessary Cookies is required for the Platform to function. We would also like to remind you that if some cookies are disabled, certain functions of the Platform may not work, either partially or entirely.
Most Internet browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can set your browser to warn you before accepting certain cookies or to refuse certain cookies. However, if you disable the use of cookies in your Internet browser, you may find it difficult to use some features on the CLASSEST TEKNOLOJİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ web pages, or they may not function correctly. It is also possible to delete cookies that have been previously saved in your browser. The procedures for deleting cookies may vary depending on the browser you use.
Visitors have the opportunity to personalize their cookie preferences by changing the settings of the browser through which they view the Platform. If the browser in use offers this possibility, it is possible to change the preferences for cookies through the browser settings. Thus, although it may differ depending on the possibilities offered by the browser, data subjects have the option to prevent the use of cookies, to choose to receive a warning before a cookie is used, or to disable or delete only some cookies.
The settings menu of the mobile device can be used to manage cookies on mobile devices.
CLASSEST TEKNOLOJİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ, our third-party service providers, or our partners may also use cookies or other tracking technologies to manage or measure the performance of advertisements displayed on other websites you visit.
By visiting the CLASSEST TEKNOLOJİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ web pages as a registered user or otherwise, you acknowledge and agree that we may track your activities and your use of the services and functions with the technologies mentioned above and similar technologies that may be developed in the future.
Third parties may install and access their own tracking technologies when you visit the CLASSEST TEKNOLOJİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ web pages. They may access information about you and your online activities over time and across different websites or applications when you use the CLASSEST TEKNOLOJİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ web pages. We cannot control how they use such tracking technologies, and they are subject to their own privacy policies.
What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?
Under applicable data protection laws, such as the GDPR, data subjects have the right to:
- learn whether their personal data is being processed (Right of Access),
- request information if their personal data has been processed,
- learn the purpose of the processing and whether data is used in accordance with its purpose,
- know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred, domestically or abroad,
- request the correction of personal data if it is incomplete or incorrect (Right to Rectification),
- request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons for its processing no longer exist, despite having been processed lawfully (Right to Erasure / 'Right to be Forgotten'),
- object to the emergence of a result against themselves by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems (Right to Object to Automated Decision-Making),
- demand compensation for damages incurred due to the unlawful processing of personal data.
You can submit requests concerning your rights listed above to our Company by using the Data Subject Application Form, which can be accessed at KVKK Veri Sahibi Başvuru Formu. We will respond to your request without undue delay and at the latest within one month of receipt. This period may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. We will inform you of any such extension within one month of receipt of the request, together with the reasons for the delay. As a rule, these requests are handled free of charge. However, if a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, particularly because of its repetitive character, the Company reserves the right to charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on the request.
Last Updated: 17/02/2022