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Privacy Notice

This notice is provided under Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) to inform visitors of tolgatandogan.com and subscribers of its email newsletter. The Turkish version is the binding one; this English version is provided for convenience.

1. Data controller

Tolga Tandoğan (individual). Contact: [email protected]

2. What data we process

  • Newsletter subscribers: email address, date and time of subscription and confirmation, the IP address used to confirm, subscription status (active/unsubscribed), and email open and click statistics.
  • Site visitors: technical logs such as IP address, browser and device information, pages visited and time of visit; cookies needed for the site to work.
  • People who contact us: name, email address and message content when you email us.

3. Purposes and legal bases

  • Sending the newsletter (new posts, guides, app and content announcements): your explicit consent (KVKK Art. 5/1) and the commercial electronic message consent you give under Law No. 6563.
  • Proving consent and handling opt-outs: compliance with a legal obligation (KVKK Art. 5/2-ç) and the establishment, exercise or protection of a right (KVKK Art. 5/2-e).
  • Keeping the site secure and running, preventing abuse: legitimate interest (KVKK Art. 5/2-f).
  • Replying to your messages: legitimate interest, provided it doesn’t harm your fundamental rights and freedoms (KVKK Art. 5/2-f).

4. How data is collected

Data is collected electronically, by automated or partly automated means, through the newsletter signup form, server logs, cookies and email correspondence. The newsletter uses double opt-in: your subscription only starts after you click the link in the confirmation email.

5. Who receives it

Your personal data is never sold or shared for advertising. It is shared only as far as needed to run the service, with these providers:

  • Hosting: Güzel Hosting (servers in Türkiye). The subscriber list is stored in the database on this server.
  • Email delivery: MailPoet Sending Service (Automattic Inc.). Your email address is passed to this service to deliver newsletters; the service is located outside Türkiye.
  • Security and content delivery: Cloudflare Inc. Requests to the site (including your IP address) pass through this network; the service is located outside Türkiye. The site’s fonts are loaded from Google Fonts (Google LLC), which receives your IP address and browser information.
  • Public authorities legally entitled to request it, if they do.

Transfers abroad are carried out in line with the procedures in Article 9 of KVKK.

6. Retention

Newsletter data is processed until you unsubscribe. After that, consent and opt-out records are kept only as proof for the period required by law, then deleted or anonymized. Server logs are kept for a limited time for security.

7. Your rights (KVKK Art. 11)

You have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed and to request information about it; to learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly; to know the third parties it is transferred to; to have it corrected if incomplete or inaccurate; to have it deleted or destroyed where the conditions are met; to have these actions notified to third parties; to object to an outcome against you produced solely by automated systems; and to claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.

To unsubscribe, use the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email; you can withdraw your consent at any time.

8. Requests

Send your requests to [email protected] with enough information to verify your identity. Requests are handled free of charge within 30 days at the latest.

Last updated: November 14, 2026. See also the Privacy & Cookie Policy.