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Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice explains how visitor information collected through websites is gathered, processed, and protected.

In this Privacy Notice, your information is occasionally referred to as “personal data.” Additionally, the term “processing” may be used on our website regarding the collection, protection, and storage of your personal data.

The terms “this website” or “our website” exclusively refer to the soforlu.com website. This Privacy Notice does not apply to other websites with a “soforlu” extension. Therefore, we recommend that visitors browsing other websites with a “soforlu” extension read the privacy notices on those sites before sharing their personal data.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of your information as described in this Privacy Notice.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice, please use the Contact section on this website or the email address [email protected].

Data Collection

You are not required to share any personal data when using this website. This website only collects information voluntarily and consciously shared by visitors. The shared information includes, but is not limited to, First Name, Last Name, and Phone numbers, along with information gathered via social media and chat tools.

Your personal data may be collected for the purposes stated above, in accordance with the fundamental principles stipulated in the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (the “Law”), based on the legal grounds specified in Article 5 of the Law: if it is expressly provided for by the laws, if it is necessary for the performance of a contract, if it is mandatory for the data controller to fulfill its legal obligations, if it has been made public by the data subject themselves, and if data processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of soforlu.com, provided that this processing does not violate the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

Log Information, Cookies, and Web Beacons

This website collects standard log information such as IP address, browser type and language, access times, and website addresses. To properly manage this website and provide an advanced level of user convenience, we or our service providers may use cookies (short text files stored on the user’s browser) or web beacons (electronic images that allow this website to count visitors who have accessed certain pages or certain cookies) to collect aggregate data. Details on how we use these cookies and other tracking technologies, and information on how you can control them, can be found in our Cookie Notice section.

Data Use

From time to time, you may need to share your personal data through this website; for example, to access exclusive content, participate in an event or survey, or obtain detailed information about an area of interest. In such cases, the information you share may be processed to fulfill your request. We may also contact you within the scope of market research or general research. You may request us to stop sending emails and other communications at any time.

Sharing of Information with Third Parties

Your collected personal data may be transferred—limited to the purposes explained in this Privacy Notice, the reasons requiring transfer within the scope of the Law and related regulations, and the purposes of ensuring the continuity of data security—to the companies whose services we utilize and with whom we cooperate, as well as to soforlu.com, its affiliated companies, and the databases shared with them.

Blogs, Forums, Wikis, and Other Social Media Tools

This website may provide a platform for various blogs, forums, wikis, and other social media applications and services (“Social Media Application”) that allow you to share content with other users. Any personal or other data you share on a Social Media Application can be read, collected, and used by other users of that Social Media Application over whom we have little or no control. Therefore, we declare that we will not be held responsible for another user’s use, misuse, or misappropriation of any personal or other data you share on any Social Media Application.

Data Access

Visitors who wish to access their data, update its details, or submit a request to stop receiving informative messages or other communications should contact the network administrator by applying to the email address [email protected] using an electronic signature or mobile signature.

Data Security

As soforlu.com, we carefully process and securely store all data shared by visitors through this website in the best possible way, and we attach great importance to keeping it confidential.

Changes to Our Privacy Notice

Changes and corrections may be made to this Privacy Notice from time to time. In the event of any changes, the update date at the top of the page will be revised, and the Privacy Notice will be effective as of the date it is updated. Please check this Privacy Notice regularly to review the changes made and to stay informed about how they may affect you.

Protection for Children’s Safety

We are aware of the importance of protecting children’s privacy in the interactive online world. This website is not designed for, nor does it intentionally target, individuals under the age of 18. If it comes to our attention that information relating to a visitor under the age of 18 has been unintentionally collected through our website, such information will be immediately deleted from our records. It is not our policy to intentionally collect and store information from individuals under the age of 18.