Cookie Information Notice

When you visit the website “https://arpon.com.tr/” owned by ARPON Industrial Equipment Industry and Trade Ltd. Co. (“Company”), the Company automatically collects certain personal data belonging to you through cookies operating on the website. The Company is in the position of “Data Controller” regarding these personal data processed in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“Law”) and aims to inform you about cookies through this document.

According to Article 3 of the Law, “all kinds of information related to an identified or identifiable natural person” is considered personal data, and cookies are low-volume rich text format files that enable the storage of certain information about the visitor on the visitor’s terminal devices when an online medium is visited. When you visit the Company’s website, the aforementioned cookies will be stored on your device through which you connect to the website.

All cookies on the website, except those that are essential for the website’s operation, will begin processing based on your explicit consent obtained through the control panel presented to you during your first visit to the website and which you can access at any time under the “Cookie Preferences” heading on the website. You can activate consent-based cookies at any time by turning them on/off through the control panel.

1. COOKIE TYPES

1.1. Cookie Types by Usage Duration: Session cookies are used to ensure session continuity and are deleted when the visitor closes the browser. Persistent cookies are not deleted when the internet browser is closed and are automatically deleted on a specific date or after a specific period. In this context, session and persistent cookies are used on the Company website according to their usage durations.

1.2. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies: First-party cookies are placed directly by the website that the visitor accesses, i.e., the address shown in the browser’s address bar. Third-party cookies are placed by a different domain other than the address that the visitor accesses. Only first-party cookies are used on the Company website.

1.3. Cookie Types by Usage Purposes: Cookies on the Company website are divided into three categories according to their usage purposes: “strictly necessary cookies,” “performance and analytics cookies (functional cookies),” and “advertising and targeting cookies.”

1.3.1. Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website. These cookies are first-party cookies and process personal data during the session unless you prefer otherwise for a longer period, and are automatically deleted when the session ends. They are mandatorily used for the purposes of “conducting communication activities, conducting and supervising business activities, providing post-sale support services for goods/services, obtaining and evaluating suggestions for improving business processes, and tracking requests and complaints,” especially for using forms on the website and fulfilling your preferences.

1.3.2. Performance and analytics cookies: These cookies are used to increase the functionality of the website for the visitor (such as remembering the visitor’s preferences) and for the purposes of “conducting communication activities, conducting customer satisfaction activities, conducting marketing analysis studies.” The performance and analytics cookies operating on the Company website are as follows:

1.3.3. Advertising and targeting cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use the website, which sections you visit, and which links you click. With this data, content relevant to your interests is aimed to be shown to you, and this data is used for the purposes of “conducting communication activities, conducting customer satisfaction activities, conducting marketing analysis studies, conducting advertising/campaign/promotion processes.”

2. LEGAL GROUNDS FOR COLLECTING PERSONAL DATA THROUGH COOKIE USAGE

The legal grounds for collecting personal data through cookies operating on the website are as follows:

2.1. The collection of personal data through strictly necessary cookies is based on the legal grounds of “the necessity of processing personal data of the parties to a contract, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract” and “the necessity of data processing for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.”

2.2. The collection of personal data through performance and analytics cookies is based on the legal ground of “explicit consent” that can be obtained through the control panel on the website.

2.3. The collection of personal data through advertising and targeting cookies is based on the legal ground of “explicit consent” that can be obtained through the control panel on the website.

3. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES

Personal data collected through cookies is not transferred to any third parties. However, “Google Analytics,” an analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), operates on the website. This service is used to analyze how the website is used by visitors and to create site analytics reports. Google is an independent company from the Company, and you can access more information about the Google Analytics service from Google’s website at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=tr#infocollect.

4. OTHER OPTIONS FOR CONTROLLING COOKIE USAGE

In addition to the control panel that you can access at any time under the “Cookie Preferences” heading on the website, you can also set cookies through the browser you are using on your device.

• If you are using Google Chrome, through the “lock” icon in the website address section

• If you are using Microsoft Edge, from the settings section in the upper right part of the website

• If you are using Firefox, from the “privacy and security” section in the upper right part of the website

• If you are using Safari, from the “privacy and security” section in your browser’s settings

you can adjust cookie usage.

5. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

You can submit your applications regarding your rights under Article 11 of the Law in writing and with wet signature in accordance with the “Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller” by delivering them personally to the Company address at “İçerenköy Mahallesi Mahirbey Sokak No:1/10 Ataşehir / İstanbul,” sending them through a notary, sending them via KEP to the Company’s [email protected] address, or sending them to the [email protected] email address through your email address registered in the Company records.