LAST UPDATE 02.05.2019 Sotaş A.Ş., hereinafter referred to as Sotaş, respects the privacy of each person who visits our website. Now we would like to inform you of the type of data collected by Sotaş and how they are used. You will also learn how you can exercise your data subjects’ rights. Any changes to this Data Protection Statement will be published on this page. This enables you to inform yourself at any time about which data we are collecting and how we use such data.

This Data Protection Statement does not apply to websites accessible via hyperlinks on Sotaş websites.

Name of the responsible entity: Sotaş A.Ş.

Address of the responsible entity: Egemenlik Mah. 6130 Sokak. No:12 Işıkkent / İzmir - Türkiye

Sotaş el uses personal data primarily to provide this website to the users. Any further processing of the data only occurs on the basis of other statutory duties or permissions or if the respective user has consented towards Sotaş. Sotaş stores and processes data specifically for the following purposes:

When users visit the website, Sotaş automatically collects and stores certain data. This includes: the IP address or device ID allocated to the respective end-device which we need for transmitting requested content (e.g. especially content, texts, images, and product information as well as data files provided for downloading, etc.), the activity of users in the context of the website, the type of respective end-device, the used type of browser as well as the date and time of use.

Sotaş stores this information for a maximum of 7 days for the purpose of recognizing and pursuing misuse.

Sotaş uses this information also for improvements to the service’s presentation, features and functionalities as well as general administration tasks.

Aside from this, Sotaş deletes or anonymizes the data on use, including the IP addresses, without undue delay as soon as they are no longer needed for the above mentioned purposes.

The processing and use of the data is based on statutory provisions which justify those operations on the grounds that (1) the processing is necessary for the provision of the website; or (2) Sotaş has an overriding legitimate interest in ensuring and enhancing the functionality and error-free operation of the website and that it is tailored to the users’ needs.

You may have provided your contact data via our contact form. We will use your data for the purpose of replying to your request.

The processing and use of your data is based on statutory provisions which justify those operations on the grounds that the processing is necessary for processing your request.

If you have not given consent to a longer storage duration e.g. in the course of our customer relationship management we will store the data no longer than needed in order to fulfill the aforementioned purpose or as long as required in case any statutory retention obligation applies.