Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice (KVKK Clarification Text)

epa-tur.com website — provided in accordance with Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures to be Followed in Fulfilment of the Obligation to Inform.

 

1. Data Controller

Your personal data is processed by EPA Ticaret Makina Sanayi ve Turizm İşletmeleri A.Ş. (“the Company”, “we”), acting as data controller within the meaning of the KVKK.

Registered address: Nish Residence Sitesi B Blok No:44B İç Kapı No:53, Bahçelievler – İstanbul, Türkiye

E-mail: info@epa-tur.com  |  Telephone: +90 212 245 98 71-72

 

2. Personal Data We Process

This website contains no contact form or membership system and does not actively collect data through the site itself. Nevertheless, the following personal data may be processed:

  • When you contact us by e-mail or telephone: your name and surname, e-mail address, telephone number, and the content of your message;
  • Automatically, when you visit this website: IP address, access (log) records, browser and device information, and cookie data (see our Cookie Policy for details).

Please do not include special categories of personal data (such as health, religious or biometric data) in your messages; such data is not requested by us.

 

3. Purposes of Processing
  • Receiving, evaluating and responding to your inquiries, requests and applications;
  • Conducting communication activities and managing commercial relationships;
  • Operating, securing and improving the website;
  • Complying with our legal obligations;
  • Establishing, exercising or protecting legal rights.

Your personal data is not processed through this website for marketing or advertising purposes.

 

4. Method of Collection and Legal Basis

Your personal data is collected by automated and partly automated means through e-mail, telephone and website access records, on the following legal bases under Article 5(2) of the KVKK:

  • Art. 5(2)(c): processing is necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract, including taking steps at your request prior to a contract (e.g. responding to quotation or business inquiries);
  • Art. 5(2)(ç): processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation of the data controller (e.g. access records required to be retained under applicable legislation);
  • Art. 5(2)(f): processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller (e.g. conducting and keeping a record of correspondence you initiate), provided that your fundamental rights and freedoms are not harmed.

As processing relies on these legal bases, your separate explicit consent is not required for us to respond to your inquiries.

 

5. Transfer of Personal Data

Your personal data is not sold or shared with third parties for their own purposes. It may be transferred only:

  • To our IT, hosting and e-mail service providers, strictly to the extent necessary to operate the website and our e-mail infrastructure;
  • To competent public authorities and judicial bodies, where required by law;
  • To our legal and financial advisors, where necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a legal right.

Your personal data is not transferred outside Türkiye; the servers for our website hosting and e-mail services are located in Türkiye.

 

6. Retention Period

Your personal data is retained for as long as required by the purposes of processing and, in any event, subject to the maximum periods prescribed by applicable legislation; at the end of these periods it is deleted, destroyed or anonymised in accordance with the KVKK and the Regulation on Deletion, Destruction or Anonymisation of Personal Data.

Accordingly, records of correspondence conducted through our communication channels are retained for two (2) years from the date of the last correspondence, without prejudice to any longer periods prescribed by applicable legislation or necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a legal right.

 

7. Your Rights Under Article 11 of the KVKK

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, by applying to the Company you have the right to:

  • Learn whether your personal data is being processed;
  • Request information regarding such processing;
  • Learn the purpose of processing and whether your data is used in accordance with that purpose;
  • Know the third parties to whom your data is transferred, in Türkiye or abroad;
  • Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data;
  • Request deletion or destruction of your data under the conditions set out in Article 7 of the KVKK;
  • Request that correction, deletion or destruction be notified to third parties to whom your data has been transferred;
  • Object to a result arising against you from the analysis of your data exclusively by automated systems;
  • Claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing of your data.

 

8. How to Exercise Your Rights

You may submit your requests, in accordance with the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures of Application to the Data Controller:

  • In writing, delivered by hand or via notary to: Nish Residence Sitesi B Blok No:44B İç Kapı No:53, Bahçelievler – İstanbul, Türkiye;
  • By e-mail sent from an e-mail address previously notified to us and registered in our systems, to info@epa-tur.com.

Your application will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and at the latest within thirty (30) days, in accordance with Article 13 of the KVKK. If the response requires an additional cost, a fee may be charged according to the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board. If your application is rejected, the response is found insufficient, or no response is provided in time, you may lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board under Article 14 of the KVKK.

Last updated: 28 July 2026. This notice may be updated from time to time; the current version is the one published on this page.

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