This Cookie Policy, regarding the cookies used on the websites by BTM Bitumlu Tecrit Malzemeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, has been prepared for the purpose of informing the visitors of the website within the scope of the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to be Complied with in Fulfilling the Clarification Obligation with Article 10 of the 6698 numbered Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL).

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is saved on your computer or mobile device via your browser when you visit the website. Cookies are placed on devices (computer, phone, tablet) in order to make a website work properly, improve the user experience, improve the website and provide an interesting and personalized website for visitors. Cookies only contain information about your visit history on the internet and do not collect any information about files stored on your computer or mobile device.

2. Types of Cookies

Types of Cookies by Duration of Use: Session cookies and permanent cookies are used on our website according to their duration of use. Session cookies are used to ensure the continuity of the session, and these cookies are also deleted when the user closes his browser. Permanent cookie, on the other hand, is not deleted when the internet browser is closed and is automatically deleted on a certain date or after a certain period of time.

First-Party and Third-Party Cookies: Whether the cookie is first-party or third-party varies according to the cookie placed by the website or domain. First-party cookies are placed directly by the website visited by the user, i.e. the URL shown in the address bar of the browser (example.com.tr). Third-party cookies are placed by a different domain than the domain the user is visiting.

Types of Cookies According to Purposes of Use: The following cookies are used on our website according to the purpose of use:

 a) Mandatory Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. These cookies are first-party cookies and process personal data during the session (except for cookies regarding your privacy preferences, since these cookies last longer than the session duration) and are automatically deleted when the session ends.

These cookies are used as mandatory to fulfil an information society service you have requested (logging in, filling out forms and remembering privacy preferences).

 b) Performance and Analytics Cookies

The cookie for performance and analytical purposes allows counting the visitors on our website and measuring the traffic and is third party. In this way, we can measure and improve the performance of our site. These cookies help us understand which pages on our website are the most popular and which are the least popular.

 c) Functional Cookies

These types of cookies are used to make our website more functional and personalize it (with the exception of your privacy preferences, to ensure that your other preferences are remembered when you re-enter the site).

 d) Advertising/Marketing Cookies:

These cookies are cookies placed by our advertising partners through our website and are third party cookies. These cookies are used by our business partners to profile your interests and to show you relevant advertisements.

3. For What Purposes Your Personal Data Will Be Processed and The Legal Reason

Mandatory cookies are used to fulfil an information society service (log-in and form filling) you have requested. Your personal data collected through these cookies in accordance with the 5/2. Article, sub-paragraph (c ) of the PDPL "Provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract, it is necessary to process the personal data of the parties to the contract" or sub-paragraph (f) "It is mandatory to process data for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject."

Performance and analysis cookies are used to fulfil an information society service you have requested (counting visitors on our website and measuring traffic). Your personal data collected through these cookies in accordance with the 5/2. Article, sub-paragraph (c ) of the PDPL "Provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract, it is necessary to process the personal data of the parties to the contract" or sub-paragraph (f) "It is mandatory to process data for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data owner."

Functional cookies are used to make our website more functional and personalize it (except for your privacy preferences, to ensure that your other preferences are remembered when you re-enter the site). Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of article 5/1 of the PDPL.

Advertising and marketing cookies are used by our business partners to profile your interests and show you relevant advertisements. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of article 5/1 of the PDPL

4. Exercising the Rights of the Related Person

The persons whose personal data are processed through the cookies used on our website may submit their requests within the scope of Article 11 of the PDPL in writing to the address “Kemalpaşa OSB Mahallesi Gazi Bulvarı No: 152 Kemalpaşa / Izmir” in accordance with the “Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller” or e-mail. If the e-mail is registered in our system, it can be forwarded to the KVKK@btm.co  e-mail address via the said e-mail address.

5. Management of Cookies

Generally, browsers work to automatically accept cookies. Depending on the browser you are using, you can make changes about the cookies used when you visit the websites, warning them before they are accepted, blocking all cookies, and other issues. If you are visiting our website from different devices, you need to change the browser settings for each device. We inform you that if you block the cookies used on our website, the efficiency of our website will decrease and our website may not work properly.

For more detailed information about cookie settings in internet browsers, you can review the links below.

For Google Chrome:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=tr

For Mozilla Firefox:

https://support.mozilla.org/tr/kb/cerezleri-silme-web-sitelerinin-bilgilerini-kaldirma

For Microsoft Internet Explorer:

https://support.microsoft.com/tr-tr/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

For Opera:

https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/

For Safari:

https://support.apple.com/tr-tr/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Your privacy is important to us and your privacy and security rights are our basic principle. Our system and infrastructure are kept at the most reliable level in order to protect the privacy of the personal information of our website visitors.  Therefore, you can access the Clarification Text prepared in accordance with the PDPL on our website. BTM Bitümlü Tecrit Malzemeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi reserves the right to make changes in this text without notifying its users or website visitors.