This information text is prepared in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”), and explains:
- What types of data Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti. collects via its kikkaclothing.com website (“Site”), how the collected data is used, and with whom Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti. may share your data;
- What rights you have over the data processed by Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti., and how you may exercise these rights;
- How you may change your preferences regarding the receipt of electronic commercial communications, whether positive or negative.
Why Do We Process Your Personal Data? What Personal Data Do We Process?
In order to provide better service to our Members, manage and complete your order processes, facilitate communication regarding your orders, provide information about products, services, campaigns, and promotions, understand your shopping preferences, perform trend analyses and statistical evaluations, and strengthen the security of the Site, we process some of your personal data. Additionally, in order to fulfill our legal obligations as stipulated by various laws, including the Law on the Regulation of Broadcasts on the Internet No. 5651, the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce No. 6563, the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237, and the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, we collect and process data such as your name, surname, email address, phone number, gender, date of birth, Turkish ID number, tax ID number, personal interests, billing and delivery addresses, and information shared through your social media accounts if you connect via those channels.
Apart from this data, we also collect and process aggregate statistical data that does not contain personal information, such as site visit frequency and times, order times, IP addresses at the time of ordering, and statistics on visited product pages and ordered products, to analyze and understand visitor movements and preferences.
These personal data are processed and stored with appropriate data security measures, exclusively for the purposes outlined in this KVKK Information Notice and not used for purposes beyond those specified. We process this data with your explicit consent or where directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract with you, or in cases where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that this does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms.
We use some of the data collected in our database for periodic campaign efforts, special promotional activities aimed at customer profiles, and customer segmentation work to prevent unsolicited emails, in a manner compliant with legal regulations.
When you use a credit card to pay for a product, you consent to the sharing of information, such as your card number, expiration date, and CVV2 code, with banks. However, credit card or debit card information used during order creation is not stored in our systems.
If you choose to create a customer account by providing your contact information in our stores, personal data may be collected verbally during your interactions with store employees. Personal data collected as part of the customer account creation process may be used to verify contact information and, with your explicit consent, for direct marketing purposes, such as creating special campaigns and promotions based on consumer behavior and providing updates about our products and services, and for facilitating return and exchange processes by creating and tracking the necessary records in our systems.
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti. reserves the right to retain all records related to a terminated membership account in an anonymized form. Once data is anonymized, it no longer identifies an individual and, as such, is no longer considered personal data. Members cannot make claims or demands related to records that have been anonymized.
We may share your personal data with third parties (such as companies providing cargo, delivery, call center, or database services) with whom we cooperate to offer our services, and with government authorities as required by law. Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti. may also share your personal and browsing information, such as traffic data, related to your Site visit or membership, with public institutions and authorities authorized to request this information for the sake of your security and to fulfill Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti.’s legal obligations. However, we will not use or share your personal data with third parties for any commercial purposes beyond the activities mentioned above and as required by the relevant legislation.
What Are Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data, and How Can You Exercise These Rights?
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti is legally required to retain Member information that it must store by law. Additionally, the Member always has the right to be informed about their personal data, to access this data, to request its correction or deletion, and to inquire whether it is being used for its intended purpose.
You may exercise these rights under Article 11 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK), in cases where Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti processes your personal data as a data controller. You can submit a written application to the company address at Ayazağa Mahallesi Ayazağa Yolu No:3 A-B Blok Çelik İş Merkezi Maslak-Sarıyer/Istanbul, or by sending an email to info@kikkaclothing.com via registered electronic mail (KEP) address, secure electronic signature, mobile signature, or by using the email address shared with us during membership registration, recorded in our systems. You have the right to request:
- To know whether any of your personal data has been processed;
- To receive information regarding the processing of your personal data;
- To learn the purposes of processing your personal data;
- To know any third parties to whom your data is transferred domestically or internationally;
- To request the correction of any incomplete or inaccurate data;
- To request the deletion or destruction of your data when the reasons for processing are no longer applicable, or if the company has no legal basis or legitimate interest to continue processing the data;
- To ask the company to ensure that third parties, authorized by the company and processing personal data, respect your rights as outlined in this section;
- To object to adverse outcomes that may result from the processing of your personal data through automated systems; and
- To demand compensation if you incur damages due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.
You may update your membership and communication preferences at any time by logging into the system.
How Long Is Your Personal Data Retained?
Under the Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce, records of your withdrawal of consent will be kept for 1 year from the date of withdrawal, and any records related to the content of commercial electronic messages and other information related to the sending of such messages will be retained for 3 years for potential submission to the relevant ministry. After these periods, your personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or anonymized by our company or upon your request.
How Is Your Personal Data Protected?
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti places a high priority on the protection of personal data. The company takes necessary measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of personal data and taking all necessary physical, technical, and administrative measures to ensure its security. In the event that personal data is compromised or accessed by unauthorized parties due to attacks on the site or the system, Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti will promptly inform you and the Personal Data Protection Board and take necessary actions.
Modifications
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti reserves the right to make changes to this Information Notice on Personal Data Protection at any time. These changes will take effect immediately upon the publication of the amended provisions and/or policies on the Site. In the event of such a change, we will inform you accordingly.
Membership Agreement
This agreement is made between Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti, located at Acarkent 9th Street, Çarşı Building Block B, Apartment: 20, Floor: 4 Beykoz, Istanbul, and the member (“Member”) of the website www.kikkaclothing.com (“Site”), under the following terms and conditions.
A. Commencement of the Agreement
Upon completing the registration process and confirming their email address, the Member may begin using the Site by entering their email address and password in compliance with the conditions specified in this Agreement.
If this Agreement is concluded on behalf of a legal entity, the person entering into the Agreement warrants that they are authorized to act on behalf of that entity; otherwise, the individual personally assumes responsibility for any and all binding transactions they make.
By using the Site, the Member agrees to comply with all the terms of this Agreement, which shall be binding upon them.
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti reserves the right to amend the conditions specified herein as deemed necessary and to inform the Member of such changes.
B. Member’s Rights and Responsibilities
The Site is open for use by anyone who registers as a member. The services provided on the Site are free of charge.
By using the Site, the Member agrees to comply with all terms and rules specified in this Agreement and on relevant parts of the Site.
The Member agrees to use the services in accordance with applicable laws and Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti’s announcements and notifications.
For further assistance, you may contact Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti at the details below:
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti
Address: Yeşilbahar Sk. Kardeşler Apt. No:4-5/a8 Çiftehavular Kadıköy/Istanbul
Phone: +90 545 261 57 62
Customer Service: info@kikkaclothing.com
Cookie Policy
Cookies are files created by the websites you visit. They store browsing information such as your site preferences or profile information. Cookies are loaded by your internet browser when you visit the Site and are stored on the device you used to access the Site. Cookies are necessary to facilitate browsing during your visit and to make the Site user-friendly, and they do not harm your device.
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti tracks your browsing information on the Site and/or your membership usage history on the Site to provide personalized promotions, offers, and marketing, as well as to improve the content of the Site according to your preferences. Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti may match the information collected from you on the Site at different times or by various means, both online and offline, and may combine this information with data from other sources, such as third parties. Such matching and use will only occur within the purposes and scope set out in this Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti may also use cookies to show you advertisements it thinks may interest you when you visit search engines, the Site, and/or websites where Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti advertises. To provide these advertisements, Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti may place a third-party cookie on your browser to recognize you. Except for the “third-party cookies” used and managed by external organizations to provide the services requested by us to improve the user experience during visits to our Site, the information stored in cookies on the Site is used exclusively by Saymateks Tekstil Tic. Ltd. Şti. The main purposes of these “third-party cookies” are to obtain access statistics and ensure the security of payment transactions.
We do not store sensitive information in the cookies we use, such as your password or credit or debit card information.
Information about the cookies we use to collect your browsing information will be provided in a pop-up window when you first visit the Site.
If you wish to prevent the use of cookies on the Site, taking into account the above limitations, you must first disable the cookie feature in your browser and then delete the saved cookies associated with this Site. You may choose to prevent the use of cookies at any time. However, blocking cookies may result in an inability to benefit from certain services offered on the Site.