Cookie Policy

INFORMATION NOTE ON THE USE OF COOKIES

This text is hereby made available by Altınova Yat İnşaacılar San.ve Tic. A.Ş in the capacity of data controller within the scope of Article 10 of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to be Followed in Fulfillment of the Disclosure Obligation.

Altınova Yat İnşaacılar San.ve Tic. A.Ş, we use cookies, pixel tags, and local storage technologies to facilitate and personalize the use of our website. This Cookie Clarification Text aims to inform you about the purposes and types of cookies we use and how you can manage these cookies regarding the processing of personal data obtained automatically through the cookies placed on your device.

WHAT IS A COOKIE?

Almost all companies that offer products or services to their customers through their websites use cookies on their websites. We also use cookies to provide you with a better, faster, and safer shopping experience and improve our products and services in line with your requests and needs. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device (e.g. computer or mobile phone) when you visit a website. Cookies can be stored on your device through your browser during your first visit to a website. When you revisit the same website with the same device, your browser automatically checks your device for a cookie stored by the website. If there is a record, it transmits the data in the record to the website you visit. This allows the website to recognize that you have visited the site before and determine the content to be delivered accordingly.

For cookies other than the required cookies we use on our website, users' explicit consent is obtained, and they are provided with the ability to change their consent at any time. Users can see the types of cookies used on our website through the cookie management panel and can set their preferences with the "on" or "off" options for all cookies other than Required Cookies. Users can always change their preferences through this panel.

TYPES OF COOKIES

  • Types of cookies by duration of use: Our website uses session cookies and persistent cookies according to the duration of use. The session cookie is used to ensure the continuity of the session, and these cookies are also deleted when the user closes the browser. Persistent cookies are not deleted when the internet browser is closed but are automatically deleted on a predefined date or after a certain period of time.
  • First-party and third-party cookies: The status of the cookie being first-party or third-party varies depending on the cookie placed by the website or domain. First-party cookies are placed directly on the device by the website visited or Altınova. Third-party cookies are placed on the device by a third party, such as an advertiser or analytics system, in cooperation with Altınova.
  • Types of cookies by intended use: The following cookies are used on our website based on the intended use:
    • a) Required Identification (Strictly Required) Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and cannot be turned off by our systems. Required cookies are used compulsorily to fulfill an information society service requested by the user (e.g., logging in, filling in forms, remembering privacy preferences). You can set your browser to block or warn you about required cookies. However, some parts of our website may not function properly.
    • b) Advertising/Marketing Cookies: These cookies are placed by our advertising partners in our website and are third-party cookies. These cookies are used to profile you regarding your interests and to show you relevant advertisements by our business partners. The list of advertising/marketing cookies we use is given below.
    • c) Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how our visitors use the website. For example, it allows us to know which pages visitors access most frequently and whether they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor but collect anonymous information. A list of the performance cookies we use is provided below.
    • d) Functional cookies are used to provide more functionality and personalization of our website (to ensure that your preferences, other than your privacy preferences, are remembered when you re-enter the site). Functionality cookies are not used on our website.

The list of Cookies we use is provided below.

LEGAL REASONS FOR THE USE OF COOKIES AND METHODS OF COLLECTING COOKIES

Your personal data is collected automatically through cookies on our website. Your personal data collected through cookies are processed in accordance with the legal reasons for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right under Article 5 of Law No. 6698 and the requirement of data processing for our legitimate interests. In addition, in order to use some cookies, your explicit consent is also requested. In the event that you authorize the use of the relevant cookies, your personal data is processed based on the legal ground of the explicit consent of the person concerned.

PURPOSE OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA THROUGH THE USE OF COOKIES

When you visit our YachtFactory website, your information is processed utilizing the cookies explained in detail above in order to provide the fundamental functions of the shopping service carried out on the website, to increase its performance, to determine where and from which devices you connect to the website, to determine the duration of the visit, to analyse the use of our services and to increase their performance, to perform personalization, targeting, and advertising activities, to better understand your shopping preferences and to conduct analysis and research in order to provide appropriate marketing offers, discounts, and campaigns, and to increase the security of our website. Moreover, log records of Internet accesses are recorded and shared with judicial and/or administrative authorities/institutions/organizations upon request in accordance with Law No. 5651 on "Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed Through Such Publications" and related legislation.

INFORMATION OBTAINED ON THE INTERNET, TO WHOM AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE IT IS TRANSFERRED

The above-mentioned cookies recorded in the digital environment can be shared with legally authorized public institutions and organizations, our business partners, affiliates, service providers, group companies, and shareholders, provided that adequate and effective measures are taken in accordance with the security and confidentiality principles specified in the legislation in order to ensure the realization of the above-mentioned purposes with the data transfer and processing conditions specified in Articles 8 and 9 of Law No. 6698. Certain companies that provide services for cookies are based abroad, and some of your personal data may be transferred abroad in case of the use of the relevant cookies. For this reason, your explicit consent is requested for the use of the relevant cookies and the transfer of your data abroad in this regard.

HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIE USAGE?

You can manage your cookie preferences by turning the buttons in the cookie management panel on or off according to your preference from the "Cookie Tracking Preferences" section you find when you press the "Settings" button on the cookie wall that appears on the YacthFactory website. It is recommended to refresh the page to activate your settings.

You can always check your cookie preferences via the "Cookie Tracking Preferences" button at the bottom of the main page of the website www.yachtfactory.com and the cookie management tool and modify your cookie preferences.

Since the use of required cookies is essential for the operation of our site, you cannot manage this type of cookie.

You can also manage your cookie preferences using the methods below:

  • Google Chrome: You can allow or block cookies from the "cookies" tab by clicking on the "lock sign" in the address section of your browser.
  • Internet Explorer: You can manage cookies as "allow" or "do not allow" by clicking the security tab in the "Tools" section at the top right of your browser.
  • Mozilla Firefox:Click on the "open menu" tab in the upper right corner of your browser. You can manage cookies using the "Privacy and Security" button by clicking on the "Options" image.
  • Opera: You can manage cookies from the "cookies" section by selecting "Advanced" in the "Preferences" section of your browser.
  • Safari: You can manage all your cookies by selecting the "Safari" tab in the "Settings" section of your phone and selecting the "Privacy and Security" section.

ENSURING THE SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA OBTAINED ON THE INTERNET AND THE RETENTION PERIOD

Altınova Yat İnşaacılar San.ve Tic. A.S, we recognize the value of your trust in us. That is why we take the utmost care and use the highest security standards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access. The personal information you provide during an order or within the framework of other services we provide is protected by technical security systems and additional authorization processes. This applies both during the transmission of your information and its storage on our servers.

Altınova Yat İnşaacılar San.ve Tic. A.Ş. undertakes to take the necessary technical and administrative measures and to carry out the necessary audits to ensure the appropriate level of security for the following in accordance with Article 12 of Law No. 6698:

  • ensuring that personal data is not processed unlawfully,
  • ensuring that personal data is not unlawfully accessed and
  • providing the preservation of personal data.

 Personal data obtained through our website are stored by Altınova Yat İnşaacılar San.ve Tic. A.Ş for the durations specified in Article 2.

You can find detailed information about the processing of your personal data from the Information Note On Processing Of Personal Datalink.

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PERSONAL DATA OWNER

As relevant parties whose personal data are processed through the cookies used on our website, you can submit your requests within the scope of Article 11 of the Law regulating the rights of the data subject in accordance with the "Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller" to Altınova Yat İnşaacılar San.ve Tic. A.Ş, Hersek Mh. Ipekyolu 1.Sok. No:2/1 Altinova-Yalova address in person, send it through a notary public, or send a copy of the form to info@altinovayat.com e-mail address via your e-mail address registered in the system or send it to altinovayat@hs01.kep.tr e-mail address from your registered e-mail address with a secure electronic signature.