Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) applies to the https://www.demes.com/ website operated by Demes Kablo Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (“Demes”), and cookies will be used during your visit to these sites in the manner described in this Policy.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files created on your device by a website and containing data in a name-value format. Cookies enable the website you visit to store information on your device and use this information during your subsequent visits. While some types of cookies are strictly necessary for the functioning of the website you are visiting, other types may be used to store information about website visitors. Cookies enable our websites to recognise a specific device or browser. There are many different types of cookies:

1) Types of Cookies:

1.1) Types of cookies based on the owner or the party placing the cookie:

On the https://www.demes.com/ website managed by Demes, “first-party cookies” and “third-party cookies” are used, depending on the party placing them.

• First-party cookies: These are cookies created by Demes’s https://www.demes.com/ website and can only be read by Demes; they contain information used to preserve your settings. These cookies may be session cookies or persistent cookies.
  Third-party cookies: Where content provided via Demes’s https://www.demes.com/ website is also made available via other websites, applications or domains outside of the website (for example, content hosted on a video platform or containing social media buttons being viewed via Demes’s https://www.demes.com/ website); these are cookies created specifically by each third-party application or domain. Such cookies generally consist of persistent cookies.

1.2) Types of cookies based on their purpose and duration:

Session Cookies: These cookies are active whilst you are using the website and remain valid until you close your web browser.

Persistent Cookies: These cookies are stored in your browser and remain valid until you delete them or until their expiry date.

Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and for you to be able to use the site’s features and the services provided. If essential cookies are blocked, certain parts of the website will not work.

Performance Cookies: These cookies are used to improve the way the website works. They do not collect information that identifies the visitor. They contain information about how visitors use the website (for example, whether they receive error messages on web pages).

Functional and Analytical Cookies: These cookies enable the website to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language or region) and provide enhanced, more personalised features. Functional cookies allow us to personalise the site content for members visiting our websites based on their preferences. They may also be used to remember changes you can customise, such as text size, fonts and other sections of the site. The information collected by these cookies is kept private and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these features may not work properly. It is possible to block the use of these cookies. However, doing so may reduce the quality of your user experience and cause various functions of our websites to malfunction.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies: Advertising cookies are used to create your profile and to serve you content and advertisements tailored to your interests. By matching the information obtained via these cookies with other data belonging to the same individual, we can offer you more relevant content, personalised campaigns and products; we will not re-present content or offers that you have previously indicated you do not wish to receive. It is possible to block the use of these cookies. If you do not consent to these cookies, our targeted advertisements will not be displayed on various websites. Information regarding your visit to the website may be shared with advertisers and other organisations if you give your explicit consent via the cookie management tools.

What Are Cookies Used For?

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• To remember your browsing and usage preferences during your visit to our website (e.g. display language, location-specific site display, etc.), to make our websites easier to use, and to personalise our websites according to your preferences;

• To ensure that the various features and functions of our websites work properly (e.g. keeping your session active, displaying dynamic content, protecting the website against spam queries in contact forms);

• To collect non-personal information, such as the most clicked links and the most visited pages, regarding how our website is used by visitors; and to analyse this information in order to resolve issues, improve our websites, and remove or enhance underperforming pages;

• To target advertising and marketing activities more broadly by analysing your usage habits, and to limit the display of irrelevant adverts.

• To identify the information we are required to share with law enforcement agencies, courts, public prosecutors and public authorities in order to comply with the obligations imposed on Demes by the relevant legislation,

Parties to Whom Your Personal Data Is Disclosed and the Purposes of Such Disclosure

We may disclose your personal data to Company employees, public authorities authorised by law, and private individuals, strictly limited to the fulfilment of the purposes set out above and in compliance with the relevant legislation.

Some cookies used on the website are provided by third-party service providers other than Demes. If you give your explicit consent, your personal data may be transferred to relevant private individuals for the purpose of personalising the advertisements displayed on our websites and provided by third-party service providers.

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyse how users use the website by compiling statistical information and reports. For further information on the use of Google Analytics (including opt-out options), please visit the following link:

https://www.google.com/intl/tr/policies/privacy/#infocollect

We would like to point out that we also use third-party applications and services to enhance the experience of our website visitors. These include social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter (via the use of share buttons) or embedded content from sources such as YouTube and Vimeo. Consequently, these cookies may be placed by third parties and used by them to track your online activity. Demes has no direct control over the information collected by these cookies.

Method and Legal Basis for the Collection of Your Personal Data

Your personal data is collected by Demes via cookies in electronic and digital environments for the purposes set out above. The legal basis on which we process your personal data via cookies is as follows:

• As expressly provided for by law
• Provided that it does not infringe upon the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, the processing of data is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller
• Provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract, the processing of personal data belonging to the parties to the contract is necessary
• It is essential for the data controller to be able to fulfil its legal obligations
• The fact that the information has been made public by the individual concerned
• Where data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims
• Explicit consent, except in cases falling under the exceptions to the processing conditions set out in the Data Protection Act

Cookie Management

Depending on the type of web browser you use, you can follow the steps below to find out more about cookies and exercise your right to consent or refuse them; however, please note that if you refuse persistent or session cookies, you will still be able to continue using the website, but you may not be able to access all of its features, or your access may be limited.

Google Chrome: You can allow or block cookies via the ‘Cookies’ tab by clicking the ‘padlock icon’ or the letter ‘i’ in your browser’s address bar.

Internet Explorer : Click the “Tools” or “Araçlar” menu in the top-right corner of your browser, then select the “Security” tab and manage cookies by choosing “allow” or “block”.

Mozilla Firefox : Click the “Open menu” tab in the top-right corner of your browser. Click the “Options” icon and use the “Privacy and Security” button to manage your cookies.

Safari : Select the “Safari” tab from your phone’s “Settings” section, then manage all your cookies via the “Privacy and Security” section.

In addition to the options above; to find out more about all cookies and manage them:

https://www.allaboutcookies.org, https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ adresini ziyaret edebilirsiniz veya “Privacy Badger” uygulamasını kullanabilirsiniz (https://www.eff.org/tr/privacybadger)

DETAILED TABLE OF THE COOKIES WE USE

This policy comes into effect on the date it is published on the website. Demes Kablo Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. reserves the right to update this “Cookie Policy” at any time in line with changes to the applicable legislation.