PRIVACY NOTICE

1. Controller
For the processing of personal data carried out via this website, the controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, where applicable, Turkish data protection law, in particular Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK), is:

Doğramacı Biesel Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Hukuk Bürosu PartG mbB
Brückenstraße 2, 50667 Köln
info@dogramacibiesel.com
+49 1512 8818534

2. General Information
We are pleased that you are visiting our website. The protection of your personal data is important to us. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Personal data is processed only in accordance with the applicable legal provisions, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, where applicable, Turkish data protection law, in particular Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK).

This notice informs you in particular about:

• which personal data we process
• for which purposes we process it
• on which legal bases the processing is carried out
• to whom data may be transferred
• how long data is stored, and
• which rights you have

3. Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

3.1 Server Log Files
When you use our website for informational purposes only, meaning that you do not actively provide us with information, your browser automatically transmits certain information to our website server. This includes in particular:

• visited page
• date and time of access
• amount of data transferred
• referrer URL
• browser type and browser version
• operating system used
• IP address

This data is processed in order to technically provide the website, ensure its stability and security, and detect misuse.

Legal basis under GDPR:
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

Legitimate interest:
secure and functional provision of the website

3.2 SSL/TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect confidential content, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by “https://” in your browser’s address bar.

4. Hosting
Our website is hosted by an external hosting service provider. Personal data collected in connection with the use of this website may be processed on the servers of the hosting provider.

Where required, we have concluded the necessary data processing agreement or other legally required data protection agreement with the hosting provider.

Hosting provider:
IONOS SE
Elgendorfer Str. 57 56410 Montabaur

5. Contacting Us
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or, where available, via a contact form, we process the personal data you provide in order to handle your inquiry and communicate with you.

This may include in particular:

• name
• e-mail address
• telephone number
• content of the message
• any other information voluntarily provided by you

Legal bases under GDPR:
• Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, insofar as your inquiry is aimed at the conclusion or performance of a contract
• Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, insofar as the processing is necessary to respond to other inquiries

Where Turkish data protection law applies, the processing is carried out on the basis of the applicable statutory legal grounds, in particular insofar as the processing is necessary for the establishment or performance of a lawyer-client relationship, the assessment of legal requests, or the protection of legitimate interests.

6. Purposes of Processing
We process personal data in particular for the following purposes:

• provision and technical administration of the website
• ensuring the security and stability of the website
• responding to contact requests
• communication regarding the establishment and handling of mandates
• compliance with legal and professional obligations
• establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

7. Recipients of Personal Data
Personal data is transferred only where legally permitted. Recipients may in particular include:

• IT and hosting service providers
• telecommunications and e-mail service providers
• external advisors, where required
• courts, authorities or bar associations, where there is a legal obligation
• other recipients, where you have given consent or where there is another legal basis

8. Transfers to Third Countries
If service providers located outside the European Union / European Economic Area or outside the Republic of Türkiye are used in connection with our website or our communications, personal data will be transferred only in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

Where transfers to third countries take place, we will implement the legally required appropriate safeguards where necessary.

9. Storage Periods
We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purposes or as long as statutory retention obligations apply.

Data arising from contact inquiries will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully dealt with and provided that no statutory retention obligations or overriding legitimate interests prevent deletion.

10. Social Media Buttons and Links
Our website may contain buttons or links to our profiles on social networks, in particular:

• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• WhatsApp
• Google

If you click on these buttons, you will be redirected to the relevant platform. A connection to the servers of the respective provider is established only when you click the relevant button.

Merely visiting our website does not automatically result in personal data being transmitted to Instagram or LinkedIn, provided that the buttons are implemented merely as normal links and no plugins or embedded content are used.

Please note that once you click on the relevant button, data processing is carried out by the respective platform provider.

The platform providers are in particular:

Instagram / Meta
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2
Ireland

LinkedIn
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
Wilton Plaza
Wilton Place
Dublin 2
Ireland

WhatsApp
WhatsApp Ireland Limited
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2
Ireland

Google
Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland

11. Legal Bases under Turkish Data Protection Law (KVKK)
Where Turkish data protection law applies, personal data is processed in accordance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data.

Depending on the specific case, processing may in particular be based on the following legal grounds:

• where expressly provided by law
• where necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract
• where necessary for compliance with a legal obligation of the controller
• where necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right
• where necessary for the legitimate interests of the controller, provided that the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject are not harmed
• where explicit consent exists, if required

12. Information Obligation under Turkish Data Protection Law (KVKK)
Where Turkish data protection law applies, data subjects are informed pursuant to Art. 10 KVKK in particular about:

• the identity of the controller
• the purposes for which personal data is processed
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom personal data may be transferred
• the method and legal basis of data collection
• the rights of the data subject

13. Rights of Data Subjects

Rights under GDPR
Subject to the statutory requirements, you have in particular the following rights:

• right of access
• right to rectification
• right to erasure
• right to restriction of processing
• right to data portability
• right to object
• right to withdraw consent with effect for the future
• right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Rights under KVKK
Where Turkish data protection law applies, data subjects have in particular the following rights pursuant to Art. 11 KVKK:

• to learn whether personal data is being processed
• to request information if personal data has been processed
• to learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used in accordance with that purpose
• to know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or abroad
• to request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data
• to request deletion or destruction of personal data under the statutory conditions
• to request notification of correction, deletion or destruction to third parties to whom the data has been transferred
• to object to a result arising to their detriment by means of analysis of processed data exclusively through automated systems
• to claim compensation if they suffer damage due to unlawful processing of personal data

14. Google Ads and Conversion Tracking

We may use Google Ads, a service provided by Google to advertise our legal services and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

Google Ads may use cookies or similar technologies to determine whether users reach our website through an advertisement and whether certain actions are carried out on our website.

Google Ads and related conversion tracking technologies are used only with your consent, where required.

Legal bases:
• § 25 para. 1 TDDDG
• Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR
• where applicable, explicit consent under Turkish data protection law

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