Privacy Policy

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

This personal data processing policy determines the procedure for personal data processing and measures to ensure the security of personal data of the site cosmopolitanturkiye.com — hereinafter referred to as the Website Administrator.

1.1. The Website Administrator sets the respect of human and civil rights and freedoms when processing personal data, including protection of privacy rights, personal and family secrets as the most important goal and condition for the implementation of the activities.

1.2. This personal data processing policy of the Website Administrator (hereinafter referred to as the Policy) applies to all information that the Website Administrator can acquire about the visitors of {название домена} website.

2.GENERAL DEFINITIONS USED IN THE POLICY

2.1. Automated personal data processing — personal data processing with the use of software;

2.2. Blocking of personal data — temporary termination of personal data processing (except for the cases when processing is needed for personal data clarification);

2.3. Website — a set of graphic and information materials, as well as computer programs and databases that ensure their availability on the Internet by network address online {название домена};

2.4. Personal data information system — a set of personal data contained in databases as well as information technologies and technical means that provide personal data processing;

2.5. Anonymization of personal data — actions that make it impossible to determine which specific user or other personal data subject the personal data belongs to without the use of additional information;

2.6. Personal data processing — any action (operation) or set of actions (operations) performed with or without the use of computer equipment directed to personal data, including collection, record, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, changing), retrieval, use, transfer (distribution, provision, access), depersonalization, blocking, deletion, destruction of personal data;

2.7. Personal data — any information directly or indirectly relating to a defined or definable Website User;

2.8. User — any visitor of the website;

2.9. Personal data provision — actions aimed at disclosing personal data to a specific person or a specific scope of persons;

2.10. Personal data destruction — any actions resulting in personal data being irrevocably destroyed with the impossibility of further restoration in the personal data information system and (or) resulting in the material carriers of personal data being destroyed.

2.11. “Cookies” — a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer. A web-client or a web-browser sends cookies as an HTTP-request to a web-server every time an attempt to open the corresponding website page is made.

3. THE WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR IS ALLOWED TO PROCESS THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL INFORMATION OF THE USER

3.1. Collecting and processing of anonymized data about visitors (including “cookies”) with the help of Internet statistics services such as Google Analytics and others;

3.2. The Website Administrator collects the following data:

  • IP address;
  • browser type and version;
  • screen resolution;
  • browser language;
  • timezone;
  • operating system;
  • type of device;
  • email addresses providing such functionality is implemented on the website.

4. PURPOSE OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

4.1. The purpose of processing the User’s personal data — to inform the User by sending emails; to provide the User with access to services, information and/or materials of the website providing such functionality is implemented on the website;

4.2. Also, the Website Administrator has the right to notify the User about new products and services, special offers, and various events. The user can always unsubscribe from announcements by sending the Website Administrator a message marked “Unsubscription from any notifications of new products, services, and special offers”;

4.3. The anonymized data of Users collected through the Internet statistics services is used to collect information about the actions of Users on the website and to improve the quality of the website and its content.

5. USE OF COOKIES

5.1. The use of cookies is required for the Users to be able to use the websites and all their functions, for example, the access to protected sections of the website. If desired, the User can block or delete cookies by changing the browser settings accordingly, but Users must take into account that this will affect the correct operation of the websites.

5.2. The analytical “cookies” files collect information about how Users use the Websites. They allow the Website Administrator to receive information about what Users are interested in on the websites and to make appropriate improvements to websites. For example, cookies show the Website Administrator which pages of websites are visited most often, help to identify difficulties encountered when using websites, and evaluate the marketing performance. Thanks to this, the Website Administrator has the opportunity to sound out ​​the trends in the use of the website in general.

5.3. Users can adjust the use of cookies through their browser settings. If the User decides to disable cookies, he will still be able to use the websites, although some sections and functions of the websites will not function. All browsers are different. To understand how to disable cookies in your browser, please check the help menu.

6. LEGAL REASONS FOR PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

6.1. The Website Administrator processes the User’s personal data only if it was filled in and/or sent by the User in his sole discretion through special forms located on the website. By filling out the corresponding forms and/or sending his personal data to the Website Administrator, the User expresses his consent to this Policy;

6.2. The Website Administrator processes anonymized User’s data if it was allowed in the settings of the User’s browser (the storage of cookies and the use of JavaScript technology were enabled).

7. THE FRAMEWORK FOR COLLECTION, STORAGE, TRANSFER, AND OTHER TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

7.1. The security of personal data processed by the Website Administrator is ensured by the implementation of legal, organizational, and technical measures necessary to fully comply with the current legal requirements in the field of personal data protection;

7.2. The Website Administrator ensures the security of personal data and takes all possible measures to prevent access of unauthorized persons to the personal data;

7.3. The User’s personal data will never, under any circumstances, be forwarded to third parties with the exception of cases when it’s required by current legislation;

7.4. If any inaccuracies in personal data are detected, the User can update them by sending a notification to the Website Administrator;

7.5. The period for personal data processing is unlimited. The User can withdraw his consent to the processing of personal data at any time by sending a notification to the Website Administrator marked “Withdrawal of consent to the personal data processing”;

7.6. The Website Administrator takes the following measures to ensure the security of the User’s personal information:

  • The access to information is limited to only the employees who need it to provide services to the User;
  • All employees are to sign confidentiality agreements;
  • All the partners and external companies involved in specific activities are to sign confidentiality agreements and agreements of non-disclosure of personal information for any unauthorized purposes;
  • The data is encrypted with SSL technology by the use of third party services;
  • The data received from the User is stored in encrypted form on secure computers with protection against unauthorized access;

7.7. Since there is no completely reliable way to protect information in the process of electronic storage, processing, and transmission, the Website Administrator does not give a full guarantee of its security, despite all the efforts made by the company.

FINAL PROVISIONS

8.1. The User can get any clarifications regarding his personal data processing by contacting the Website Administrator through the contact form on the website;

8.2. This document will reflect any changes to the personal data processing policy. The policy is valid indefinitely until it is replaced with a new version;

8.3. The Website Administrator can update the Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the data policy. In case of significant changes in the privacy rules in general and the policy for the use of personal information of the User in particular, the Website Administrator is obliged to announce it on the current page of the website.

8.4. The User should occasionally review this page to get the latest information regarding the privacy policy;

8.5. Any changes to the Privacy Policy come into force from the moment they are published on the website;

8.6. Only the English version of the Policy has legal effect while translations into any other language are provided for information purposes only.