This notice is provided under Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (the "Law") to inform visitors to turquant.com and people who contact us about how their personal data is processed. The Turkish version of this notice prevails.
1. Data controller
Your personal data is processed by TurQuant Finansal Araştırma ve Teknoloji Yatırımları A.Ş. ("TurQuant") as data controller. Our company details are below:
- Legal name
- TurQuant Finansal Araştırma ve Teknoloji Yatırımları A.Ş.
- [email protected]
2. Personal data we process
- Contact data: When you email us, your name, surname, email address, phone number if provided, organisation and title.
- Content of your request: The information you share with us in your correspondence.
- Security data: When you visit the site, the IP address, browser information and date and time of visit kept on our hosting provider's servers for security purposes.
Our site has no contact form, user accounts, analytics or advertising tracking.
3. Purposes of processing
- Assessing and responding to your requests, questions and partnership proposals,
- Conducting pre-contractual discussions and entering into contracts,
- Keeping the website secure and preventing misuse,
- Meeting our legal obligations and responding to requests from competent authorities.
4. Legal grounds and method of collection
Your personal data is collected electronically when you email us or visit the site, and is processed on the following legal grounds under Article 5(2) of the Law:
- It is directly related to the formation or performance of a contract (paragraph c),
- It is necessary for the data controller to comply with a legal obligation (paragraph ç),
- It is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that your fundamental rights and freedoms are not harmed (paragraph f).
5. Transfers
Your personal data may be transferred, only for the purposes above, to:
- Service providers: Google, which provides our corporate email service, and Cloudflare, which hosts our website. These providers' servers may be located abroad; in that case, the transfer is made in line with the procedures and safeguards set out in Article 9 of the Law.
- Competent authorities: Competent public institutions and bodies, on request, within the scope of our legal obligations.
6. Retention
Your personal data is kept for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it is processed and for the retention periods set by applicable law, after which it is erased, destroyed or anonymised.
7. Your rights
Under Article 11 of the Law, you may apply to the data controller to:
- Learn whether your personal data is processed and, if so, request information about it,
- Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in line with that purpose,
- Know the third parties in Turkey or abroad to whom it is transferred,
- Request correction if it is incomplete or inaccurate,
- Request erasure or destruction under the conditions in Article 7 of the Law,
- Request that correction, erasure and destruction be notified to third parties to whom the data was transferred,
- Object to a result against you arising solely from analysis by automated systems,
- Claim compensation if you suffer damage because of unlawful processing.
8. How to apply
You can send requests about your rights, in line with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, in writing to our company address, to our registered email (KEP) address, or signed with a secure electronic or mobile signature to [email protected]. Your application will be concluded free of charge within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request.