Privacy and Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

SMARTES TEKNOLOJİ YAZILIM DANIŞMANLIK SAN. TIC. LTD. ŞTİ. (“COMPANY” or “we”) on the www.mtconnectadapter.com website (“Site”), its extensions, our applications, or any similar online or offline platforms we make available to you in digital environments (all such platforms collectively referred to as the “Platform”) during your use or visit, we use cookies and certain technologies (“cookies”) to enhance your experience.

The use of these technologies is carried out in accordance with the legislation to which we are subject, primarily the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK” or “Law”).

The purpose of this Cookie Policy is to provide you with information about the personal data obtained through the processing of personal data using cookies used during the use of the Platforms.

In this document, we would like to explain to you what types of cookies we use on our website and applications, for what purposes, and how you can control them.

As a company, we may, if necessary, refrain from using the cookies we use on our website and applications, change their types or functions, or add new cookies to our website and applications. Therefore, we reserve the right to change the provisions of this Cookie Policy at any time. Any changes made to the current Cookie Policy will become effective upon publication on the website, application or any other public medium. You can find the date of the last update at the end of the text.

For detailed information about the purposes for which your personal data is processed by our company, please refer to the Company’s Personal Data Protection and Processing Policy.

Method and Legal Basis for Collecting Personal Data

Your personal data is collected electronically through cookies based on our company’s legitimate interest when you visit our website or use our applications. Promotional activities carried out through targeting and profiling are only carried out with your explicit consent. Your personal data collected may also be processed for the purposes specified in this Cookie Policy within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law.

To Whom and for What Purposes Personal Data May Be Transferred As a company, we may share your personal data covered by the Cookie Policy with legally authorised public institutions in accordance with the law and limited to the fulfilment of the purposes specified above.

Which Cookies Are Used for What Purposes?

As the COMPANY, we use cookies for various purposes on our website and applications and process your personal data through these cookies.

These purposes are primarily as follows:

• To perform the basic functions necessary for the operation of the website and applications. For example, so that members who log in do not have to re-enter their passwords when visiting different pages on the website.

• To analyse the website and applications and improve their performance. For example, integrating the website with different servers it operates on, determining the number of visitors to the website and adjusting performance settings accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.

• To increase the functionality of the Site and applications and to provide ease of use. For example, remembering the user name information or search queries of visitors to the Site during their subsequent visits.

• To carry out personalisation, targeting and advertising activities. For example, displaying advertisements related to the interests of visitors based on the pages and products they view.

Cookies Used on Our Website and Applications

Below you can find the different types of cookies we use on our website and applications. Both first-party cookies (placed by the site you are visiting) and third-party cookies (placed by servers other than the site you are visiting) are used on our website and applications.

Essential Cookies

Certain cookies are essential for our website and apps to function properly. For example, authentication cookies that are activated when you log in to our website ensure that your session remains active as you move from one page to another.

Preference Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences and choices on the website and application, enabling us to personalise the services we offer you. For example, they enable us to remember your language selection on our website or the font size you have chosen when reading a text.

Social Media Cookies

These cookies enable us to collect information about your use of social media. For example, cookies may be used to create personalised advertisements or conduct market research by using information from your Facebook/Twitter accounts.

Performance and Analysis Cookies

These cookies enable us to improve the services we provide to you by analysing your use of our website and applications and performing performance analysis. For example, these cookies allow us to see which pages our visitors view most, whether our website is working properly, and identify any potential problems.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies

We use cookies to promote products and services on our website or on other platforms. We may also collaborate with some of our business partners to advertise and promote our products and services on our website or elsewhere. For example, cookies may be used to track whether you clicked on an advertisement on our website and whether you used the service on the website to which the advertisement directed you after it caught your attention.

How can I control the use of cookies?

The preferences of our visitors and users regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies are essential to us. However, the use of cookies that are necessary for the functioning of the Platform is required. In addition, we would like to remind you that if certain cookies are disabled, some functions of the Platform may not work partially or completely.

The following information explains how you can manage your preferences regarding the cookies used on the Platform:

• Visitors have the option to personalise their cookie preferences by changing the settings of the browser they use to view the Platform. If the browser being used offers this option, it is possible to change cookie preferences through the browser settings. Thus, depending on the options offered by the browser, data subjects may have the option to prevent the use of cookies, choose to be warned before cookies are used, or disable or delete only certain cookies.

• Preferences in this regard may vary depending on the browser used, but a general explanation is available at https://www.aboutcookies.org/. Preferences regarding cookies may need to be set separately for each device used by the visitor to access the Platform.

• To disable cookies managed by Google Analytics, please click here.

• Click here to manage the personalised advertising experience provided by Google.

• Preferences regarding cookies used by many companies for advertising purposes can be managed through Your Online Choices.

• Cookies can be managed on mobile devices through the settings menu of the mobile device.

• You can personalise your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings.

Adobe Analytics http://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy/opt-out.html

AOL https://help.aol.com/articles/restore-security-settings-and-enable-cookie-settings-on-browser

Google Adwords https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en

Google Analytics https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Google Chrome http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Mozilla Firefox http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Safari https://support.apple.com/kb/ph19214?locale=tr_TR

What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?

Pursuant to Article 11 of the KVK Law, data subjects have the following rights:

• To learn whether personal data has been processed,

• To request information regarding the processing of personal data,

• To learn the purpose of the processing of personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,

• To know the third parties to whom personal data have been transferred within the country,

• To request the correction of personal data that have been processed incompletely or incorrectly and to request that the third parties to whom the personal data have been transferred be informed of the correction,

• Request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons for processing no longer exist, despite the data having been processed in accordance with the provisions of the KVK Law and other relevant laws, and request that the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred be informed of this action,

• Object to the analysis of processed data exclusively through automated systems resulting in a decision adverse to the individual,

• Request compensation for any damage suffered as a result of the unlawful processing of personal data

You have the following rights.

You may submit your requests regarding the above-mentioned rights to our Company using the Company Data Subject Request Form. Your request will be resolved and a response will be provided within 30 days. Requests are generally free of charge; however, if fulfilling the request entails expenses, the provisions of Article 7 of the ‘Regulation on the Procedures and Principles for Applications to the Data Controller’ shall apply: “If a written response is to be provided to the data subject’s request, no fee shall be charged for up to 10 pages. For each page exceeding 10 pages, a processing fee of 1 TL may be charged. If the response to the request is provided on a recording medium such as a CD or flash drive, the fee requested by the data controller shall not exceed the cost of the recording medium.” In accordance with this provision, the COMPANY may request a fee.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small data file that websites place on visitors’ computers or mobile devices. Websites use these data files, created when users first visit the site, to read them during subsequent visits, enabling more efficient operation and quick loading of user settings such as site language.

Contact Information

You may contact us in writing via email or call our central phone number for any questions or requests regarding the matters covered in this Privacy and Cookie Policy or how your personal data is processed by SMARTES TEKNOLOJİ YAZILIM DANIŞMANLIK SAN. TIC. LTD. ŞTİ.

Website Address

Ana Sayfa

Phone

+90 (216) 706 5262

Address

Sanayi Mahallesi Teknopark Bulvarı No: 1/2C 2201 34906 / Pendik / Istanbul / Turkey

Application Address

info@smartes.com.tr