Cookie Policy

As the data controller, “Koşuyolu Mah.İbrahim Ağa Zaviyesi Sok.Murtazaoğlu İş Merk.No:10/5 Kadıköy- İstanbul – Türkiye” located at “Talos Denizcilik ve Uluslararası Taşımacılık Anonim Şirketi” (hereinafter referred to as “Talos” ), is responsible for determining the purposes and means of processing personal data and for establishing and managing the data filing system for the website with the domain name “https://www.talos.com.tr” (the “Website”).

In accordance with Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (the “Law”), we would like to inform you about the processing, within the scope of Article 3 of the Law titled “Definitions”, of your personal data obtained in connection with your use of the Website, including but not limited to its collection, storage and transfer,^[1] and about the procedures and principles of such processing.

1. Purposes for Which Personal Data Will Be Processed:

According to Article 3 of the Law titled “Definitions”, personal data means “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”. This data may include information such as your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number. In addition, information/data collected through cookies that does not directly allow you to be identified (for example, how you use the Website or which sections of the site you visit) may qualify as personal data if it is based on an identity assigned to the user/visitor and is therefore collected, stored and evaluated on an individual basis.

We process the personal data of internet users and visitors who use the Website through cookies in order to make the Website easier to use and to customise it according to the interests and needs of users and visitors. We also process it so that cookies help us compile anonymous and aggregate statistical data that allows us to understand how users and visitors use the Website, and to improve the structure and content of the Website. This data is not information that allows us to identify you.

1. To Whom and for What Purpose Personal Data May Be Transferred:

In accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the Law, your personal data collected may be shared, to the extent necessary, with legally authorised authorities upon their request, in order for Talos to fulfil its legal obligations.

1. Method of Collecting Personal Data and Legal Basis:

Personal data relating to current and potential internet users and visitors is collected by Talos by placing cookies on the Website, on the legal basis of Talos’s legitimate interest, so that Talos can carry out its activities and provide the products within its scope of activity, provided that this does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects.

Web Server Log Data:

When you access the Website, your web browser is set to automatically transmit the following data to our web server, which then records the following information/data in its logs.

• Date of access,
• Time of access,
• URL of the referring website,
• Files retrieved,
• Amount of data transferred,
• Browser type and version,
• Operating system,
• IP address,
• Domain name of your internet service provider.

1. Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your hard drive by the web page server. In this way, we automatically obtain certain data such as your IP address, the browser used, the operating system on your computer and your internet connection.

This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to Google and stored by Google on servers in the USA. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the Website, compile reports on Website activity and provide other services relating to Website activity and internet usage.

Strictly necessary, functional and analytical cookies used by our site:

• They are necessary for the website interface and features to be used as intended.
• They allow you to speed up your activities during future visits.
• By helping us understand how the website is used by visitors, they help us compile statistical data and develop content based on that data.
• Under no circumstances do they collect, store or allow us to process data that could identify you; they do not constitute personal data.

Managing Cookie Settings

We recommend that you accept cookies so that you can use the Website as efficiently as possible. You can also view the Website without cookies. Internet browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can stop the use of cookies at any time through your browser settings. To find out how to change your cookie management settings, please use your browser’s help function. Please note that if you stop the use of cookies or change your cookie settings, some functions of our website may not work properly.

You can configure your browser to block cookies for all sites or for specific sites, to warn you when a cookie is created, to block third-party cookies, or to treat all cookies as session cookies.

• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
• Mozilla Firefox:https://support.mozilla.org/tr/kb/cerezleri-silme-web-sitelerinin-bilgilerini-kaldirma
• Microsoft Edge: edge://settings/clearBrowserData
• Safari:https://support.apple.com/tr-tr/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
• Opera: https://www.operaturkiye.net/cerezleri-nasil-silebilirim/index.html

Rights of the Data Subject

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law titled “Rights of the Data Subject”, as a data subject, by applying to Talos in writing or by other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board,^[2] you have the right to: learn whether your personal data is processed; request information if your personal data has been processed; learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose; know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, in Türkiye or abroad; request the correction of your personal data if it has been processed incompletely or incorrectly, and request that the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred be notified of this; request the deletion or destruction of your personal data if the reasons requiring its processing no longer exist, even though it has been processed in accordance with the Law and other relevant laws, and request that the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred be notified of this; object to any outcome to your detriment arising from the analysis of the processed data exclusively through automated systems; and claim compensation for damages if you suffer loss due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.

Requests in your application will be concluded free of charge by Talos as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. However, if the process requires an additional cost for Talos, a fee may be charged in accordance with the tariff set by the Personal Data Protection Board.^[3]

1. Exercise of Rights, Application and Contact

You may submit your requests concerning your rights under the Law set out above by fully completing the Data Controller Application Form prepared for this purpose, signing it with a wet signature and delivering it by hand to “Koşuyolu Mah.İbrahim Ağa Zaviyesi Sok.Murtazaoğlu İş Merk.No:10/5 Kadıköy- İstanbul – Türkiye” ”, or by sending it through a notary public or by other methods specified in the Law.

1. Links to Other Websites

The Website contains links to other websites. We have no influence over whether the administrators of these sites comply with data protection provisions. Talos is not responsible for the content of the sites it links to (or of other sites linked from those sites) and has no authority to intervene in the content of the linked sites.

1. Changes

As the Website changes and develops in line with technological and legal developments, this Cookie Policy will also be updated from time to time, and the current version of the Cookie Policy will always be available to you at “https://www.talos.com.tr/”.

[1] According to Article 3.1(e) of the Law titled “Definitions”, “Processing of Personal Data” means any operation performed on personal data, such as obtaining, recording, storing, retaining, altering, reorganising, disclosing, transferring, taking over, making available, classifying or preventing the use of personal data, whether by fully or partially automated means or by non-automated means provided that it forms part of a data filing system.

[2] Pursuant to the “Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller” dated 10.03.2018 and numbered 30356, data subjects submit their requests regarding their rights under Article 11 of the Law to TALOS in writing, or by using a registered electronic mail (KEP) address, a secure electronic signature, a mobile signature or an e-mail address previously notified to TALOS by the data subject and registered in the TALOS system, or through software or an application developed for the purpose of application.

[3] Pursuant to the “Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller” dated 10.03.2018 and numbered 30356, if the data subject’s application is to be answered in writing, no fee is charged for up to ten pages. A processing fee of 1 Turkish Lira may be charged for each page above ten pages. If the response to the application is provided on a recording medium such as a CD or flash drive, the fee that may be charged by TALOS cannot exceed the cost of the recording medium.