Website Privacy Policy

The principles followed by Menemen Municipality (“Municipality”) when collecting and using personal data obtained from users on the Municipality’s corporate website and the websites established within the scope of the International Menemen Pottery Festival, as well as through the Municipality's corporate Instagram, Facebook, and other social media and mobile applications within the scope of the Pottery Festival, are regulated in this Privacy Policy.

1. What Personal Data Do We Collect Through Our Websites?

Depending on the user’s access to and activities on the aforementioned websites, we may collect the user’s personal data, including but not limited to identity information, transaction security information, IP information, contact information, request/complaint management information, financial information, user information, event management information, and user transaction information necessary for the performance of services subject to the websites and considered personal data under the Personal Data Protection Law and all relevant legislation.
The user explicitly consents to the processing of the data they may voluntarily share with our Municipality within the scope and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information About Cookies Used on Our Websites

During users' navigation on the aforementioned websites, data such as visited sections and clicked areas are automatically collected by our Municipality. You can access our cookie policy through the websites established for the Menemen Pottery Festival.

3. Purpose of Using Personal Data Obtained Through Our Websites

Your personal data collected by our Municipality are processed in accordance with the fundamental principles determined by the legislation and the Personal Data Protection Authority for the following purposes:

• • To carry out the necessary work by our relevant business units so that real and/or legal third parties, institutions, and organizations (employees, visitors, suppliers, business partners, etc.) related to the Municipality can benefit from the products and services of our Municipality,
• • To manage the corporate website and the websites established within the scope of the International Menemen Pottery Festival, as well as the corporate Instagram, Facebook, and other social media accounts and mobile applications of both Menemen Municipality and the Pottery Festival,
• • To verify the identity information of those who transact through our corporate website, the websites established within the scope of the International Menemen Pottery Festival, and mobile applications,
• • To fulfill the legal and regulatory requirements arising from all relevant laws and secondary regulations and to take necessary measures in this regard,
• • To carry out auditing or regulatory duties by authorized and competent public institutions and organizations,
• • To fulfill requests for information and documents from judicial authorities or administrative bodies,
• • To conduct listing, reporting, verification, and analysis work related to the usage of the services provided in all centers and units affiliated with the Municipality, to produce statistical and scientific information in this regard, to improve our products and services accordingly, to increase satisfaction regarding our products and services, and to make personalizations related to the user within this scope,
• • To conduct market research, promotion, and necessary information related to our services, to evaluate complaints and suggestions, and to contact you directly through the communication channels shared with the Municipality,
• • To fulfill obligations related to risk management and quality improvement activities.
• • Our Municipality may process personal data without the user’s explicit consent and share it with third parties in the presence of exceptions stipulated in Articles 5 and 8 of the Personal Data Protection Law and/or the relevant legislation.

4. Sharing of Personal Data Obtained Through Our Websites

Our Municipality may transfer the personal data obtained through the websites and the new data obtained by using these personal data to legally authorized public institutions and organizations within the framework of their requests and limited to the purpose of such requests, to banks for the purpose of carrying out invoice payment activities through the website, to our domestic suppliers and business partners for the preparation and implementation of strategies related to our public services and commercial activities, and to domestic organizations with which we have contractual relationships and/or to which we provide or receive services for the execution of municipal activities.

5. Access to and Requests for Correction of Personal Data Obtained Through Our Websites

The user can apply to our Municipality to:

• • Learn whether their personal data is processed,
• • Request information if their personal data has been processed,
• • Learn the purpose of processing their personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
• • Know the third parties to whom their personal data is transferred within the country or abroad,
• • Request the correction of their personal data if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed,
• • Request the deletion or destruction of their personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in the relevant legislation,
• • Request the notification of the correction, deletion, or destruction operations carried out to the third parties to whom their personal data is transferred,
• • Object to the emergence of a result against the person himself/herself by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
• • Demand the compensation of the damage in case of damage due to the unlawful processing of personal data.

The user can submit their requests regarding their rights listed above through the contact channels provided on the website www.menemen.bel.tr. The reasoned response of our Municipality to the requests will be communicated to the user in writing or electronically. The principle is not to charge fees for the necessary actions regarding the requests; however, if the transactions require a cost, a fee may be charged based on the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board in accordance with Article 13 of the Personal Data Protection Law.
The user undertakes that the information subject to this Privacy Policy, provided by them to our Municipality, is complete, accurate, and up-to-date, and that they will immediately update this information in case of any changes. Our Municipality shall not be held liable for any issues arising from the user not providing updated information.

6. Retention Period of Personal Data Obtained Through Our Websites

Your personal data are processed within the limits specified for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with the data processing and statute of limitations periods stipulated in all relevant laws and other legal regulations to which our Municipality and its affiliated centers and units are subject. If there is no period stipulated in the legislation regarding how long personal data should be retained, personal data are processed for the duration required by the activity carried out by our Municipality while processing that data. In case of changes in the data processing periods in the laws, the new periods determined will be taken as the basis.
Your personal data are processed within the framework of the principle of limitation by purpose and for the duration required to fulfill the purposes explained in this Privacy Policy, and in accordance with the State Archive Services Legislation, and are destroyed, deleted, or anonymized at the end of these periods in accordance with the Municipality’s practices and commercial life customs.

7. Measures Taken by Our Municipality Regarding Data Security

Our Municipality undertakes to take the necessary technical and administrative measures to ensure the appropriate level of security to prevent the unlawful processing of personal data, prevent unlawful access to personal data, and ensure the preservation of personal data in accordance with the conditions determined in the relevant legislation or expressed in this Privacy Policy, and to conduct necessary audits. If you want to get detailed information about the technical and administrative measures taken by our Municipality, you can contact us through the addresses provided in the rights of the relevant person section or access the data security measures through the Data Controllers Registry to which our Municipality is registered.
If links to other applications are provided on the website, our Municipality does not bear any responsibility for the privacy policies and content of these applications and does not accept any responsibility for damages that may arise from the use of personal data within the framework of the above conditions.

8. Changes to the Privacy Policy

Those who benefit from the services offered on the website are deemed to have read and accepted all these terms. Our Municipality reserves the right to change the provisions of the Privacy Policy without prior notice. The current Privacy Policy becomes effective on the date it is presented to the user by any method.

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