This text has been prepared to inform you, within the framework of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK"), about the personal-data processing activities carried out by Kandıra Yatırım as the data controller. Below you can find for what reasons your data is processed, with whom it may be shared, for how long it is kept, and the rights the law grants you.

1. Data Controller

The personal data you share within the scope of our consultancy activities for plot and field investments in and around Kandıra is processed by Kandıra Yatırım (referred to hereafter as the "Company") as the data controller. For any matter relating to this disclosure statement or to your data, you can reach us through the following contact channels:

2. Personal Data Processed

Depending on the type of relationship you establish with our Company, the main groups of personal data that may be subject to processing are:

  • Identity information: your name and surname.
  • Contact information: your phone, your e-mail address and, where needed, your full address.
  • Request and transaction information: the enquiries you submit, the plot and field listings you examine, records of meetings, and notes regarding your investment expectations.
  • Marketing information: the contact preferences recorded in line with your consent, and data regarding the sharing of opportunities and information.
  • Transaction-security information: the IP address generated during connection, browser details, on-site navigation records, and data obtained through cookies.

3. Purposes of Processing Personal Data

We process your personal data for the purposes listed below:

  • Carrying out and providing you with our services for plots and fields for sale and investment consultancy.
  • Handling and concluding the requests, questions and complaints you submit.
  • Maintaining communication with you and matching you with the consultant most suited to your needs.
  • Completing sale and title deed procedures carried out by power of attorney.
  • Meeting our obligations arising from contracts and legislation.
  • Ensuring the smooth operation and security of the website.
  • Carrying out promotional and marketing activities in cases where your approval exists.

4. Transfer of Personal Data

Your data is shared with third parties only to the extent necessary for the purposes listed above to be realised. Within this scope, the relevant institutions in title deed and notary procedures, the authorised public authorities and judicial bodies when requested, and the solution partners from whom we procure services may be the recipients of a transfer, in compliance with the conditions in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK.

5. Method of Collection and Legal Grounds

We obtain your personal data through different channels such as the contact and listing-request forms on our site, telephone conversations, e-mail correspondence, WhatsApp messages and face-to-face meetings, in automated or non-automated form. This processing is carried out on the basis of one of the grounds in Article 5 of the KVKK: the establishment or performance of a contract, the meeting of a legal obligation, our legitimate interest, and explicit consent.

6. Retention of Personal Data

Your data is kept securely for as long as the purpose of processing continues and throughout the mandatory retention periods foreseen by the legislation. When these periods expire or the purpose of processing loses its validity, your personal data is deleted, destroyed or anonymised in a way that cannot be reversed.

7. Your Rights as a Data Subject

Article 11 of the KVKK grants you the following rights:

  • You can learn whether your personal data is being processed.
  • If processing has taken place, you can request detailed information about it.
  • You can query the purpose for which your data is processed and whether it is used in line with that purpose.
  • You can learn the third parties to whom your data is shared, domestically or abroad.
  • You can request the correction of your data recorded incorrectly or incompletely.
  • You can request the deletion or destruction of your data.
  • You can request that the correction, deletion and destruction procedures also be notified to the third parties to whom your data was transferred.
  • You can object if a result against you arises solely from the analysis of your data by automated systems, and if you suffer damage you can request that this damage be compensated.

8. Application Method

When you wish to exercise the rights above, you can send your request in writing, together with information confirming your identity, to our address in Kandıra / Kocaeli or to the e-mail address [email protected]. Your applications are answered within a maximum of thirty days, depending on the scope of the matter.