COOKIE INFORMATION AND PRIVACY POLICY FOR WEBSITE USE
As MEFA ENDÜSTRİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ (Tax-ID: 6130854885) (“MEFA” or “Company”), we take the utmost care to ensure that the personal data of visitors to mefaendustri.com (“Site”) is processed and protected in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 and its secondary regulations (“Personal Data Protection Legislation”). In accordance with our company’s obligation to provide information under data protection legislation, we are informing you about this “Cookie Information and Privacy Policy for Website Use,” the general principles that must be followed in the operation of our website, the cookies used, and the personal data processed.
Privacy and Information Safety
The information provided on the mefaendustri.com URL is provided “as is” and “as available”. MEFA does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of this information and expressly disclaims any liability for errors or omissions in this information. No warranties, whether implied, express, or statutory, are made regarding this information, including but not limited to warranties regarding the non-infringement of third-party rights, title, fitness for a particular purpose, and/or the absence of computer viruses.
MEFA takes all necessary technical and administrative measures, along with the required security measures for its information systems, to prevent any unauthorized access to this information. In the event that personal data is accessed by malicious or unauthorized individuals, or in the event of any technical or administrative breach, MEFA will notify the relevant users and the competent administrative authorities in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Some of our online services occasionally provide links to third-party websites and other online platforms. The commitments and principles set forth in this document apply solely to MEFA’s electronic service channels and do not extend to other third-party platforms. Other electronic platforms accessed via links may have different and distinct privacy policies and terms of use, and these terms may correspond to a lower level of security than those provided by MEFA. MEFA cannot be held responsible for this. MEFA has not investigated or verified the accuracy of the information provided on these websites or the content of the other links provided on these websites.
Therefore, MEFA cannot be held liable for the use of information on third-party electronic platforms via advertisements, banners, content, or any other means on mefaendustri.com, nor for any material or immaterial damages or losses that may arise from such platforms, including issues related to ethical principles, privacy policies, quality, and service standards.
Except for defects and liability arising from the use of the Site, MEFA cannot be held liable for any performance failure, errors, omissions, interruptions, defects, delays in operation and/or transmission, computer viruses, and/or line and/or system failures, and for any damages, losses, or expenses arising directly or indirectly therefrom, including but not limited to such damages, losses, and expenses.
You hereby agree in advance that you will not create or share any content in your activities on the Site or in any section of the Site that is contrary to public morality, decency, or the law; infringes upon the rights of third parties; is misleading, offensive, obscene, or pornographic; violates personal rights; infringes upon copyrights; or encourages illegal activities. Otherwise, you will be solely liable for any resulting damages, and the Site administrators reserve the right to suspend, terminate, and/or initiate legal proceedings against such accounts. For this reason, if judicial authorities request information regarding events or user accounts, the Company reserves the right to share such information.
In the event of any dispute arising from the use of the Site, MEFA’s books, records, documents, and digital records shall be accepted as evidence in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure No. 6100, and you hereby agree in advance not to object to such records.
What Types of Cookies Do We Use?
Cookies are small text files created by a website on your device that contain data in a name-value format. Therefore, the cookies we use during your visit to our Site enable us to store information on your device regarding your visit and to use this information during your subsequent visits.
Cookies created by our website and readable only by our website are first-party cookies. The content available on our website is accessible not only via the domain name in the URL but also through other domain names. In this case, each domain creates its own third-party cookies. The types of cookies we use on our website and the purposes for which we use them are as follows:
Session Cookies: These are cookies that are active while you are using the website and remain active until you close your web browser.
Permanent Cookies: These are cookies stored in your browser that remain valid until you delete them or until their expiration date. The information collected by these cookies cannot be used for marketing purposes. If you do not allow the use of these types of cookies, certain parts of the Site may not function properly.
Essential Cookies: These are cookies that are required for the website to function properly and for you to be able to use the site’s features and the services offered. The information collected by these cookies cannot be used for marketing purposes. If you do not allow the use of these types of cookies, certain parts of the Site may not function properly.
We use third-party cookies on our website to provide you with a more efficient and functional web experience. In accordance with data protection legislation, a confidentiality agreement has been entered into between our Company and these third-party service providers, and the security of your personal data collected by these service providers on behalf of our Company is guaranteed.
Purposes and Legal Grounds for the Use of Cookies
Cookies are used to perform essential functions necessary for the Site to operate (for example, so that logged-in members do not have to re-enter their passwords when visiting different pages of the Site), analyze the Site and improve its performance (for example, integrating the Site across different servers, determining the number of visitors to the Site and making performance adjustments accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for), enhance the Site’s functionality and ensure ease of use (for example, sharing content via third-party social media platforms through the Site, remembering a visitor’s user name or search queries during subsequent visits), and also to conduct personalization, targeting, and advertising activities (for example, displaying ads related to visitors’ interests based on the pages and products they view).
Technical cookies are used to perform the basic functions necessary for the Site to operate. These cookies are processed based on the legal grounds specified in Article 5/2/c of the Law of the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“Law”), which states that “the processing of personal data belonging to the parties to a contract is necessary provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or performance of the contract,” in order to ensure that the Site is presented to you in a functional manner; other cookies are processed based on the legal grounds specified in Article 5/2/f of the Law, namely “the necessity of processing personal data for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that such processing does not infringe upon the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject,” and in accordance with Article 5/1, which outlines how this information is managed within this disclosure, based on the explicit consent you have provided through the cookie panel.
Storage and Access of Cookies
Cookies created by the Site are stored on your computer by the web browser you use to access the Site. Only the Site operated under the mefaendustri.com domain name, which creates these cookies, can remotely access the information contained in these cookies if you use the same browser.
Cookie Management and Use
Web browsers automatically accept cookies used on the websites you visit. The use of cookies is not required to use the Site; however, if you configure your browser to block all cookies, the quality of your user experience may be reduced, and this may limit your ability to access the Site or use its various features. Technical cookies ensure that the Site can perform its basic functions. If you disable the technical cookies that enable the Site to function properly, some of the Site’s features may not work as intended. You can configure your browser to block cookies for all or specific sites, receive a warning when a cookie is created, block third-party cookies, or treat all cookies as session cookies. On the other hand, you can delete cookies stored on your device via your browser, or view and track the list and values of these cookies. You can click on the browsers listed below—the ones you are currently using—to find detailed information about cookie management.
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In addition to them:
Click here to disable cookies managed by Google Analytics.
Click here to manage the personalized ad experience provided by Google.
You can manage your cookie preferences—which many companies use for their advertising activities—through the “Your Online Choices” menu.
You can manage cookies on mobile devices through the device’s settings menu.
For more detailed information about cookies, visit aboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.eu, or use the “Privacy Badger” app (privacybadger.org).
In addition to the Policy, MEFA uses cookies in accordance with its Privacy Notice and reserves the right to modify the terms of use regarding cookies and its Cookie Policy.
The Security of Your Personal Data
Cookies are not used for any purposes other than those specified here; all cookie-related activities are conducted in accordance with data protection laws. Your personal data collected through cookies is processed, stored, and secured by MEFA in compliance with data protection regulations. Process-specific privacy notices regarding personal data processing activities other than cookies will be provided to you for your review where applicable.
Your Right to Access Information
You may submit your requests under Article 11 of the Law, which “regulates the rights of data subjects,” to MEFA in accordance with the “Communication on the Procedures and Principles for Applications to the Data Controller”. You can review the Application Form for the Law of the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK) prepared for this purpose and available on the website.
“Cookie Notice and Privacy Policy for Website Use” will be updated by us from time to time due to changes in laws, regulations, or operational requirements.
This text was updated in 2024.
