Solvonet (the “Company”) processes personal data and uses internet cookies on our Solvonet website (the “Website”) in order to provide our visitors with a better user experience while respecting their rights to privacy and the protection of their personal data. This Cookie Usage Policy (the “Policy”) explains to all our Website visitors and users which types of cookies are used and under which conditions. If you complete the membership process and become a member of the Website, you can access detailed information about the processing of your personal data through the Privacy Notice, Privacy Policy and User Agreement. This Policy applies regardless of the technologies, methods or manner by which you connect to the Website. We therefore recommend that you read this Policy carefully and keep a copy for your future reference.

Minors

If you are under the age of 18, you must visit the Website under the supervision of your parents. You must not use this Website or share any of your personal data without the supervision of your parents.

What Is a Cookie and for What Purposes Is It Used?

A cookie is a small data storage file saved by websites to your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other mobile devices that you use for access. Information about your browsing of the Website is stored in this file. In this way, the devices you use will remember this data when you use the Website again. Cookies are therefore necessary and important for you to use the Website effectively and more easily. Cookies are also used so that we can offer you more relevant services, products or offers on the Website and on third-party websites.

The main purposes of using cookies are;

• The need for certain technical data so that the Website can be used more effectively
• The collection of information about your preferences and habits regarding browsing and using the Website by the Company
• The Company’s need for your personal data such as your IP address in order to fulfil its legal and contractual obligations, in particular those arising from Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publications and the related Regulation on the Principles and Procedures for the Regulation of Publications Made on the Internet

Which Types of Your Data Do We Process with Cookies?

Cookies, depending on their type, generally collect data related to your browsing and usage preferences on the device you use to access the Website. This data covers the pages you access, the services and products you review, and all information about your browsing on the Website.

Which Types of Cookies Do We Use and How?

We use different types of cookies on the Website. These are cookies that are strictly necessary to ensure the operation of the Website, functionality cookies, analytics/performance cookies and targeting/advertising cookies.

TYPES OF COOKIES BY USAGE

Strictly Necessary Cookies:

These cookies are strictly necessary for the Website to function properly. They are needed to manage the system and prevent fraudulent transactions, and if they are blocked, the Website will not be able to function.

Functionality Cookies:

These cookies are used to provide you with a more advanced and easier user experience. For example, they perform functions such as remembering your previous preferences and enabling you to easily access certain content on the Website. You can block the use of these cookies as explained in detail below.

Analytics/Performance Cookies:

These cookies allow us to analyse and understand how you use the Website and to improve the Website by interacting with you. You can block the use of these cookies as explained in detail below.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies:

These cookies are used to identify and present content that may interest you, including advertising content. You can block the use of these cookies as explained in detail below. However, blocking these cookies will not completely block advertising content; instead of ads that may interest you, generic ads will be shown.

TYPES OF COOKIES BY STORAGE DURATION

Persistent Cookies:

These are cookies that remain on the person’s computer until a certain date or until they are deleted by the user. These cookies are mostly used to measure users’ site activity and preferences.

Session Cookies:

These cookies are used to divide the user’s visit into sessions and do not collect data from the user. The cookie is deleted when the user closes the web page they are visiting or remains inactive for a certain period of time.

Targeting and tracking cookies are used on the Website to help third parties provide services, particularly advertising services, and to increase the effectiveness of these services. These cookies can remember the web pages and sites you visit and can collect personal data, particularly the IP address of the user’s device.

The Website uses both first-party and third-party cookies to collect information, remember your interests and demographic data, present you with targeted ads, improve ads, and determine the number of visits and ad impressions, other uses of advertising services, and the ratio between these ad impressions and interactions related to advertising services.

The Website uses social plugins that provide links to social networks such as Facebook and Google. When you visit the Website and use these plugins, the Website connects directly to the server of the selected social network. The content provided by the plugin is then transmitted directly from the social networks to your web browser and added to the website you are visiting. In this way, the relevant social network can access and process your data and combine it with the data belonging to your account on that social network.

Please note that we have no influence or control over the scope of the data processed by social networks through plugins. To obtain more information about for what purpose, by which methods and for how long social networks will process your personal data, please carefully review the personal data processing policies published by the relevant social networks.

The Website uses the following cookies:

Cookie Name: Google Analytics
Duration of Use: Persistent Cookies, Session Cookies
Purpose of Use: Google Analytics uses cookies to analyse how visitors use the Website. Information about your use of this Website (including your IP address) is transferred to Google and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the Website, to compile Website activity for the Company, and to provide other services related to Website activity and internet usage, but will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. For more information about the use of Google Analytics (including opt-out options), you can visit the following address: https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html

Cookie Name: Google Adwords
Duration of Use: Persistent Cookies, Session Cookies
Purpose of Use: It is a tool that enables the creation, publishing and monitoring of search, display network and YouTube ads via Google, using Google’s services and network

How Can You Block the Use of Cookies

While the use of cookies helps the Website provide better service, you can block the use of cookies if you wish. However, in this case, please note that the site may not function fully and you may not be able to benefit from all of its features. To block the use of cookies, you need to change the settings of the internet browser you use. These changes vary depending on the device and internet browser you use. Below is information on which steps should be followed to block the use of cookies through different internet browsers:

• Internet Explorer

1. Open the desktop and tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.
2. Tap or click the Tools button and then Internet options.
3. Tap or click the Privacy tab, then move the slider under Settings upward to block all cookies, and tap or click the OK button.

• Microsoft Edge

1. Click the three-dot menu in the upper right corner of your Microsoft Edge browser and go to the Settings section.
2. In the new window that appears, click Choose what to clear, then select the sections you want to clear from the window that appears.
3. There are many sections here. You can start the clearing process by selecting the one you want.

• Google Chrome

1. Open Chrome on your computer.
2. In the upper right, click More Settings.
3. At the bottom, click Advanced.
4. Under “Privacy and security”, click Content settings.
5. Click Cookies.
6. Under “All cookies and site data”, search for the name of the Website.
7. Click the Remove icon to the right of the site

• Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the Firefox Menu button and select Options.
2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the History section
3. Change the Firefox setting to use custom settings for history.
4. Click the Show Cookies… button. The Cookies window will appear.
5. In the Search field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to delete. Cookies matching your search will be displayed
6. Select the cookie(s) you want to delete and click the Remove Selected button.
7. Close the Cookies window by clicking the Close button. Then close the about:preferences page

• Safari

1. Choose Safari > Preferences
2. Click Privacy.
3. Click Manage Website Data
4. Select one or more websites and then click Remove or Remove All.

In addition to the above, you can block cookies manually or automatically within the application settings through the application at the URL privacybadger.org.

You can find more information about how to do this in other major web browsers at aboutcookies.org.

Get in Touch with Us

You can also delete all cookies left behind by the websites you visit through third-party software.

To send us all your questions and comments regarding the Policy, you can use one of the contact methods specified at the address below:
Solvonet Contact Us