AKBAL LAW FIRM

CLARIFICATION TEXT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE LAW ON THE

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

 

In accordance with Article 10 of the Personal Data ProtectionLaw No. 6698 (“PDPL”), which aims to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, especially the privacy of private life in the processing of personal data, and the Notice on the Procedures and Principles to be Followed in the Fulfilment of the Clarification Obligation, with this Clarification Text, we aim to inform you about your personal data duly processed and securely protected by AKBAL LAW FIRM.

 

The personal data you have shared with AKBAL LAW FIRM may be processed and stored in accordance with the PDPL; in connection with and in proportion to all kinds of services and activities we have fulfilled within the scope of the Attorneyship Law No. 1136. Your personal data processed and stored may be transferred to third parties before the courts and competent authorities in the country as permitted by the PDPL and other legislation and may be stored for the periods specified in the PDPL and the legislation. All transactions are carried out due to the requirements of the attorneyship profession. It cannot be used for any other purpose.

 

The founder of our firm is Attorney Ayşegül Akbal. You can reach her via contact information during working days and working hours.

 

Address: HalaskargaziMahallesiHalaskargazicaddesi No 38/66 Lotus NişantaşıA Blok K:2 D:14 34371 Şişli /İstanbul

Telephone: 0(212)2962110

E-mail: aakbal@akbalhukuk.com

 

Your personal data may be collected by AKBAL LAW FIRM in verbal, written or electronic platforms, whether you are involved or not. Your personal data, e-mail address, job application forms, contact forms, contracts, notices, warrants, petitions, documentation related to corporate law, interviews, powers of attorney, authorisation documents that you have sent to AKBAL LAW FIRM are collected and processed for the continuity of the transactions that may be in the legal process.

 

These data (such as identity information, contact information, tax identification number, date of birth, gender, mother and father's name, spouse and child information, institution and title information, trade registry information, judicial registry information, workplace address, home address, e-mail, telephone, mobile phone, bank and account information) may be obtained by e-mail, text message, electronic mail, internet, disc, memory card, telephone, flashdisk, cloud and similar electronic methods, as well as information such as evidence, forms, contracts, notifications, court decisions, court file information transmitted by hand by you.

 

Your personal data may be processed for purposes such as the execution of your legal disputes, preparation of contracts, execution of legal proceedings, execution of financial and accounting transactions arising from the legal consultancy and service provided, evaluation of candidates in recruitment processes, archiving obligation arising from the legislation and the obligation to record your personal information for the performance of our obligations to share information with the competent authoritieswithin the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the PDPL, in accordance with the law, morality and good faith, accurately and up-to-date, for legitimate purposes, in connection with and limited to the purposes for which it is processed and in accordance with the periods specified in the legislation within these purposes.

 

In case you have personal data obtained and processed by AKBAL LAW FIRM in accordance with the law and the purposes specified in this Clarification Text; It is stored securely in accordance with Article 12 of the PDPL.

 

Your personal data will be securely stored by AKBAL LAW FIRM for the periods specified in the Laws as long as the purpose of obtaining this information is valid. AKBAL LAW FIRM will delete, destroy or anonymise your personal data that it keeps securely upon the expiration of the periods specified in the relevant Laws, ex officio or upon the request of the Data Owner, if the situations requiring the processing of your personal data disappear.

 

In accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the PDPL, you have the following rights regarding your personal data.

  • To learn whether your personal data is being processed,
  • Request information regarding your processed personal data,
  • To learn the purpose of processing your personal data by AKBAL LAW FIRM and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
  • To know whether your personal data has been transferred domestically or abroad and, if so, the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
  • In case your personal data is incomplete or incorrectly processed by AKBAL LAW FIRM, to request correction of inaccuracies in the data,
  • To request the deletion, anonymisation or destruction of your personal data in the event that the field of use ends and the purpose of processing personal data disappears,
  • In the event that your personal data is corrected, deleted, anonymised or destroyed, to request notification of these transactions to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
  • Object to the occurrence of a result to your detriment by analysing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
  • In case you suffer damage due to unlawful processing of personal data, to demand compensation for the damage.

 

WAYS OF APPLICATION TO THE DATA PROCESSOR AND DATA CONTROLLER

 

In accordance with Article 13/1 of the PDPL and your legal rights stipulated in other legislation, you can submit your requests with a signed petition to our address above by hand, or you can send it by registered mail or notary public. In addition to these options, you can also send it to aakbal@akbalhukuk.come-mail address.

 

In accordance with the provision of Article 5 of the Notice on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller; ‘In the application; Name, surname and signature if the application is in writing, T.R. identification number for citizens of the Republic of Turkey, nationality, passport number or identification number, if any, for foreigners, residential or workplace address for notification, e-mail address, telephone and fax number, if any, for notification, and the subject of the request must be included., your application must be made in accordance with the aforementioned principles and in a clear and understandable manner.

 

Our Law Firm finalises your requests free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. However, if the finalisation of such requests requires an additional cost, the applicant may be charged a fee in the tariff determined by the Board. In the event that your application is rejected, you find the answer insufficient or your application is not answered in due time, you may file a complaint to the Personal Data Protection Board within thirty days from the date you learn the answer of the data controller and in any case within sixty days from the date of application.

 

This Clarification Text has been prepared in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law and submitted to your information.

 

Best Regards,

Att. Ayşegül Akbal