As Tanwood Orman Ürünleri San. Tic. A.Ş. (Tantimber) in the capacity of being "Data Controller" in accordance with Law on Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 ("KVKK"), we hereby submit this "Informative Text” to inform you of the purpose of processing your personal information, to whom and for what purpose the processed information will be transferred and the method and legal reason for collecting personal information and your other rights mentioned in Article 11 of KVKK pursuant to Article 10 ” Data Controller’s Obligation to Inform" and Article 11 “Rights of Data Subject".
In accordance with the Law on Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (KVKK), which became effective on 7 April 2016, if customers share their personal data with our Company in order to benefit from our services, our Company, in the capacity of Data controller, may record, maintain, update and re-update them within the framework specified by the Law and disclose, transfer, and process them to the 3rd parties as applicable. Tantimber takes the necessary measures to ensure the appropriate level of security in accordance with the legislation in order to prevent and protect the unlawful use of your data in the processing and transfer of your personal data.
Under our legal obligations arising out of all the relevant legislation including but not limited to mainly Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 and Law on Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 ("KVKK"), Turkish Penal Code No. 5237, Law on Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publications and the relevant secondary legislation, Law on Regulation of Electronic Commerce No. 6563 and the relevant secondary legislation, your personal data may vary depending on the services, products, or business provided by Tantimber and may be collected by Tantimber, in his capacity of Data Controller, through oral, written or electronic means via automatic or non-automatic methods, offices, branches, dealers, call centres, websites, social media channels, and so on. Your personal data can be created, processed and updated as long as you benefit from Tantimber's products and services. In addition, your personal data can be processed when you use our call center or our website to benefit from company services, when you receive goods and/or services from the contracted dealers and branches of our company, when you visit our company or our website, and when you participate in the training, seminars, and organizations organized by our company.
These personal data will be processed primarily based on your explicit consent or the legal regulations we are subjected to or in other circumstances specified in Article 5/f.2 of KVKK, provided that they are not used beyond the purposes and scope set in the Protection of Personal Data and all necessary information security measures are taken and they will be maintained for the duration of the legal storage or for the period required for the processing purpose, and continued to be used by our Company anonymously at the end of the period required for the processing purpose or if your consent is withdrawn where it is required for data processing. Tantimber periodically checks whether the data needs to be anonymized and anonymizes the data where it is deemed necessary.
The purposes of processing your personal data include providing services to you, saving the identification, address, and other necessary information of the data owner for the identification of his/her information, issuing all hard or soft copies of records and documents, and to comply with information storage, reporting, informing obligations stipulated by national and international legislation and all the relevant authorities.
Tantimber will only disclose your personal data in accordance with the explicit consent of the customers or the legislation we are subject to, and in other circumstances specified in Article 5/f.2 of KVKK, including but not limited to our group companies, major shareholders, direct/indirect domestic/overseas subsidiaries, our contracted agencies as required by our activities, call centers, attorneys, auditors, consultants and outsourced third parties, contracted advertising agencies, our partners, audit companies or public institutions or organizations that are authorized to request data as required by a legal obligation, and other relevant authorities in order to carry on the Company’s activities; offering services, offers, and opportunities to our customers; and to improve the quality of service.
Tantimber will not use your personal data other than the purpose of processing and transfer and/or disclose them to the third parties without your consent or any other reason provided for in the relevant legislation. As per the legislation, our Company reserves the right to disclose information to public institutions and organizations and/or judicial authorities.
YOUR RIGHTS AS PER ARTICLE 11 OF THE RELEVANT LAW:
You have the right to waive in whole or in part in any form of consent for the processing of your personal data. In addition, you may exercise your right to; a) Learn whether or not your personal data have been processed; b) Request information as to processing if your data have been processed; c) Learn the purpose of processing of the personal data and whether data have been used in accordance with their purpose; d) Know the third parties in the country or abroad to whom your personal data have been transferred; e) Request rectification in case personal data have been processed incompletely or inaccurately; f) Request deletion or destruction of personal data; g) Request notification of the rectification, deletion or destruction of personal data to third parties to whom your personal data have been transferred; h) Object to occurrence of any result that is to your detriment by means of analysis of personal data exclusively through automated systems; i) Request compensation for the damages in case you incur damages due to unlawful processing of personal data. Tantimber reserves the right arising from this form and legislation. Please note that we have the right to refuse the unreasonably challenging requests and claim the expenses to be incurred by our Company from you in accordance with the tariff stated in Article 13 of KVKK.
In accordance with the legislation, there is a legal requirement that our Company keeps the records and documents related to the transactions with its customers for a period of 10 years. If you request your personal data to be deleted and destroyed, your request will be fulfilled at the end of that 10-year period. During this period, your personal data will not be processed by our Company and will not be disclosed to third parties except for national and international laws, regulations, and contracts, and you will not be contacted for any product overview or marketing.
The requests you make in this context must be in writing under Law on Protection of Personal Data No.6698. Therefore, you can deliver the application form available on our website (www.tantimber.com) with your identification documents, including your explanations about the right you request to exercise, personally to the address Tanwood Orman Ürünleri San. Tic. A.Ş. – Barbaros Mah. Begonya Sok. Nida Kule Kuzey 3/87 34746 Atasehir, Istanbul or send it via notary public or other methods specified in the KVKK or send the related electronically signed form to tanwood@hs01.kep.tr. Up-to-date information of Tantimber, the Data Controller, can be obtained at any time through the Data Controller Registry Information System (VERBIS).
Best Regards,
Management of Tanwood Orman Ürünleri San. Tic. A.Ş.