Privacy

As Özel & Özel Attorneys at Law (“Özel & Özel”), we show the necessary sensitivity regarding the security of your personal data. With this awareness, we are committed to the processing and protection of all kinds of personal data of our clients and client candidates in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law, Law No. 6698 (“PDPL“), the General Data Protection Regulation of European Union, and relevant legislation.

Within the scope of PDPL, we as Özel & Özel are the data controller. Data processing within the scope of PDPL means any operation performed on data, such as collecting, recording, storing, updating, classifying, sharing with, or transferring to, third parties as permitted by the legislation, your personal data by any means wholly or partially automated, or non-automated provided that it is a part of any data recording system.

As Özel & Özel, we process your personal data as described below within the framework of legal legislation. In this regard, we would like to inform you about (i) for what purpose your personal data shall be processed, (ii) to whom and for what purpose your personal data shall be transferred, (iii) collection method and legal reason, and (iv) what your legal rights are.

1. Purposes of Processing Your Personal Data
   Within the framework of the principles specified in Article 4 of the PDPL and the personal data processing conditions specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the PDPL, for the purposes of performing the necessary transactions by Özel & Özel to protect your rights and interests, and benefiting from our services, your personal data will be processed to: (i) fullfil our obligations arising from the legislation to which Özel & Özel is subject, such as the Attorneys Act, Law No. 1136, (ii) comply with the information obligations if requested by official and administrative authorities, (iii) ensure that the legal activities are carried out in accordance with the relevant legislation, (iv) ensure that the obligations under the contractual relationship are duly performed, (v) provide you with legal consultancy services and to represent you before various judicial bodies, institutions and organizations, and to carry out litigation and enforcement proceedings, (vi) perform additional or complementary services (internal and external auditing, accounting, tax consultancy, information technologies, translation, etc.), (vii) inform you about various legal developments and to write scientific articles, and (viii) store the previously obtained data so that it can be used in future processes.
   
   
2. To Whom the Processed Personal Data Can Be Transferred and for Which Purpose
   Your collected personal data can be transferred, within the framework of the transfer conditions of personal data specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the PDPL, to our local and foreign colleagues or other professional group members (lawyers, accounting experts, financial advisors, etc.) with whom we will work with you in your case, to legally authorized public institutions and legal persons, to our colleagues or other professional group members abroad, if the subject of the service you have received from our law office is related to abroad:  (i) to provide you with various rights and benefits, (ii) to protect and enforce your rights, (iii) to verify and update the information provided by you, (iv) to fulfill our legal obligations, and (v) if needed, to provide in integrity the services offered to you.
   
   
3. Processing Period of Personal Data and Criteria for Determining the Period
   Your personal data will be processed for the period required by the above-mentioned data processing and transfer purposes, and at the latest until these purposes cease to exist.
   
   
4. Method and Legal Reason for Personal Data Collection
   Your personal data may be collected from you, third parties and legal authorities, verbally, in writing or electronically, by automated or non-automated methods.
   
   Your personal data shall be obtained, in all kinds of verbal, written or electronic media, in line with the above-mentioned purposes, to be able to provide the services offered by Özel & Özel within the determined legal framework, and in this context, for Özel & Özel to fulfill its contractual and legal responsibilities completely and accurately. Your personal data collected for these reasons can also be processed and transferred for the purposes specified in this text within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the PDPL.
   
   
5. Rights of Personal Data Owner
   As a personal data owner, if you submit your requests regarding your rights to Özel & Özel by the methods set out below in this Clarification Text, your request will be examined and finalized as soon as possible and in any case within thirty days at the latest.
   
   You have the following rights within the scope of Article 11 of the PDPL and the relevant legislation:
   
   • To learn whether your personal data is processed,
     
   • If your personal data has been processed, to request information about it,
     
   • To learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are used in accordance with the purpose,
     
   • To know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred in the country or abroad,
     
   • To request correction of personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and notification of the correction process to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
     
   • To request deletion or destruction of your personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the PDPL, excluding legal limits, and notification of the deletion or destruction to the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
     
   • To object to occurrence of a result against you by analyzing your processed data solely through automated systems, and
     
   • To claim compensation for the damage you suffered due to unlawful processing of your personal data.

In addition, you have the following rights:

• Always withdraw your explicit consent that you have given or will give,
  
• Complaint to the authorized body (to the Personal Data Protection Board in Turkey, to the authorized body defined in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation dated 27 April 2016 in European Union member countries).

You can use your rights specified above by sending an original signed letter together with documents proving your identity, by hand, through a notary public, by registered letter with return receipt to Büyükdere Cad. 151 C Blok D: 44 Kat 6 34394 Zincirlikuyu/Istanbul, or by sending e-mail to info@ozel.av.tr e-mail address by using the e-mail address previously reported to Özel & Özel by the data owner.

In the applications of the data owners, it is obligatory to include the name-surname, T.C. identity number (for foreigners: nationality, passport number or identity number, if any), the place of residence or workplace address available for notification, the e-mail address, if any, the basis for notification, telephone and fax number. In order for a person other than the personal data owner to make a request, there must be a special power of attorney issued on behalf of a person who is competent to do this job within the framework of the relevant legal regulations to be applied by the personal data owner.

In the event that the conclusion of the aforementioned requests requires additional time, the fee to be collected from the applicant for the time to be spent will be calculated as the fee determined for the work done subject of the Engagement Agreement. Özel & Özel may request additional information from the person concerned in order to determine whether the person making the application is the owner of personal data, and may ask questions about the application to the personal data owner in order to clarify the issues specified in the application.