Personal Data Protection Notice
Last Updated: 09 January 2026
This Personal Data Protection Notice has been prepared in accordance with the Turkish Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“KVKK”) to inform users about the purposes, legal grounds, methods, and scope of processing personal data through the COP website, as well as the rights of data subjects.
1. Data Controller
In accordance with KVKK, your personal data may be processed by Zero Waste Foundation, acting as the data controller. Contact Information Address: Kandilli, Hıdrellez St. No:3, 34684 Üsküdar / Istanbul, Türkiye Phone: +90 535 961 67 96 Email: info@sifiratikvakfi.org
2. Categories of Personal Data Processed
Depending on your interaction with the COP website, the following categories of personal data may be processed: a) Technical and Transaction Security Data IP address, access time, browser and device information, referral data, visited pages, and usage logs b) Contact Data (If Provided by the User) Name and surname (if provided), email address, and message content submitted via contact forms or email Users are kindly requested not to share any special categories of personal data (such as health, biometric, or similar sensitive data) through the website.
3. Purposes of Processing Personal Data
Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes: - Ensuring the secure and proper functioning of the website - Preventing misuse and maintaining information security - Improving website performance and user experience - Responding to inquiries and communication requests - Fulfilling legal obligations and responding to requests from authorized public authorities - Establishing, exercising, or protecting legal rights
4. Legal Grounds for Processing
Personal data is processed in accordance with Article 5 of KVKK, based on the following legal grounds: - Explicitly stipulated by law - Necessity for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right - Necessity for the data controller to fulfill its legal obligations - Legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects are not harmed (e.g. information security, service continuity, logging activities) - Necessity for the performance or establishment of a contract, directly related to the processing activity Where required by applicable legislation (e.g. for certain cookies or analytics tools), explicit consent may be obtained separately through cookie preference mechanisms or consent notices.
5. Transfer of Personal Data
Your personal data may be transferred, strictly for the purposes outlined above and in compliance with KVKK, to: - Authorized public institutions and authorities, where legally required - Domestic or international technical service providers (such as hosting, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and analytics services) to the extent necessary for website operations In cases of international data transfers, appropriate safeguards in line with KVKK and relevant regulations are implemented.
6. Methods of Data Collection
Personal data may be collected: - Automatically, through website access logs, cookies, and similar technologies - Directly from the user, via contact forms or email communications
7. Data Retention Period
Personal data is retained: - For the duration required by the purpose of processing - For periods stipulated under applicable legislation - For the duration necessary to protect legal rights and comply with limitation periods Upon expiry of these periods, personal data is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized in accordance with KVKK.
8. Rights of Data Subjects
Pursuant to Article 11 of KVKK, data subjects have the right to: - Learn whether their personal data is processed - Request information if personal data has been processed - Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose - Know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or internationally - Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data - Request deletion or destruction of personal data under the conditions stipulated by law - Request notification of correction or deletion to third parties to whom data has been transferred - Object to results against themselves arising from analysis by automated systems - Claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing of personal data
9. Application Method
Requests regarding the above rights may be submitted by sending an email to info@sifiratikvakfi.org, together with information necessary to verify your identity. Requests will be evaluated and finalized in accordance with KVKK and applicable legislation.