Privacy and Cookie Policy
ARICANLI IT/OT and its affiliated companies ("we", "us" or "ARICANLI IT/OT") are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of any person who makes use of the ARICANLI IT/OT Website ("you"). The Website is owned and operated by ARICANLI IT/OT. All the information you provide us through this website will be held in a database maintained by ARICANLI IT/OT. We have registered its data processing with the Turkish Data Protection Authority ("TDPA").
This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to in it) sets out what (kind of) personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us, for which purposes it is used, how it is handled, with whom it may be shared and what your rights are regarding the use of your personal data.
1. What personal data we collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- Personal data that you provide to us by filling in forms on any of the ARICANLI IT/OT websites including information provided at the time of registering to use the Website, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further services. Such information includes contact details such as your e-mail address and telephone number, title(s), gender, information about your employment or business (e.g. name company, position, branch) and IP-address;
- Information you provide to us when you participate in a competition or promotion sponsored by ARICANLI IT/OT. Such information includes contact details such as your e-mail address and telephone number;
- Information you provide to us when reporting a problem with the Website. Such information includes contact details such as your e-mail address and telephone number;
- Information to keep record of our correspondence with you. Such information includes contact details such as your e-mail address and telephone number;
- Information you provide to us when completing surveys that we use for research purposes. Such information includes contact details such as your e-mail address and telephone number; and
- Details of your visits to the Website and the resources that you access. Such information includes information gathered by cookies, such as your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration (please see paragraph 3. for more information about cookies).
2. For which purposes do we process personal data from you
We use personal data for the following purposes:
- To ensure that content from the Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
- To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you and where, as applicable you have consented to be contacted for such purposes or did not opt out;
- To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so; and
- To notify you about changes to our service;
3. Cookies
The Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Website. A cookie is a small file that is sent together with pages of the Website and that is stored by your web browser on the hard disk of your computer. If a cookie has been stored, the information contained therein will be sent back to our servers during your next visit to the Website.
ARICANLI IT/OT uses the following cookies for the following purposes:
| > Permanent cookies |
| By using permanent cookies we enhance the functionality and user friendliness of our website. For example we can recognize you at your next visit to the Website, show the correct navigation bar, present the website in your preferred language, show or hide survey pop-ups, remember whether you have given your approval for the use of tracking cookies. As a consequence, you don't have to re-enter your preferences during each visit resulting in a more comfortable and easier use of the Website. Permanent cookies can be deleted via the settings of your web browser. |
| > Session cookies |
| By using session cookies we can monitor which parts of the Website you have viewed during a visit. This helps us to adjust our services as much as possible for the benefit of the visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted after each visit. |
| > Tracking cookies |
| We make use of tracking cookies in order to enable us to enhance and tailor your experience on our Website and to tailor the content of the Website based on your interests and to be able to distinguish you from other visitors of our website. The use of these cookies also enables us to gather information about your activity and behavior on our Website. On our Website we also use cookies to record your digital behavior. We will use the information gathered to improve our service to you and to tailor the content of our communication to you –including offers and promotion- reflecting the interest you have shown in ARICANLI IT/OT. We will only do this if after you have given your consent for the placement of the tracking cookies processing your personal data and if needed for marketing purposes. Tracking cookies are automatically deleted after 2 years. |
| > Google analytics |
| Through the Website a cookie is placed by Google as part of its 'Analytics' service. We use this service to monitor how visitors use the Website. Google might provide such information to third parties to comply with statutory legal obligations or to third parties who process such information on behalf of Google. |
| The information gathered by Google will be made anonymous as much as possible. Your IP address will not be provided. The information will be transferred to the United States and saved on servers in the United States. Google has indicated to comply with the Safe Harbor principles and joined the Safe Harbor Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that an adequate standard for privacy protection of any possible processing of personal data under EU law should exist. These cookies will be deleted after 2 years. |
| > Social media buttons |
| On the Website buttons are included to promote ("like") or share ("tweet") websites on social networks. These buttons function by means of programming code of these social networks. If these buttons are used, cookies are stored on your computer. This is not within our control. Please read the privacy statements of such social networks, which may be updated frequently, to understand how they process your data acquired via these cookies. |
More information with regard to activation, deactivation and deletion of cookies can be found in the instructions via the help-functionality of your web browser.
4. Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and against all other unlawful forms of processing.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use the abovementioned strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
5. Disclosure of your information
Your personal data may be disclosed to our affiliated companies for the purposes of sending you promotional information about our products or services. We may disclose your personal data to any member of the ARICANLI group, including, but not limited to, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries.
Furthermore, we may disclose your personal data to third parties:
- in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
- if ARICANLI IT/OT or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets;
- that provide database-, server-, maintenance-, security-, or other similar services to us; and
- in the event disclosure is required by law.
6. Retention period
Your personal data will be stored no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data were collected unless otherwise required by law.
7. Your rights
If you wish to know, correct and supplement or delete or block your personal data, including the data collected through the use of cookies, that ARICANLI IT/OT holds about you or if you wish to register an objection in connection with your particular personal circumstances or if you would like to unsubscribe from any ARICANLI IT/OT mailing list, please contact us by email using the contact details at the bottom of this privacy and cookie policy. If you request access to personal data linked to a cookie, we ask you to send us a copy of the relevant cookie, which can be found via your web browser preferences.
ARICANLI IT/OT will use reasonable efforts to honor your request, or objection, or inform you as to whether and, if so, to what extent it is complying therewith within 4 weeks after we receive such request or objection. To prevent misuse we might ask you to adequately identify yourself.
8. Third Party websites
The Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, other members of the ARICANLI Group and other third party website. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies and websites. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
9. Changes to our privacy and cookie policy
ARICANLI IT/OT may revise this privacy and cookie policy at any time at its own discretion and without notice by updating this posting. You should check the Website from time to time to review the then current privacy and cookie policy. Certain provisions of this privacy and cookie policy notice may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at the Website.
10. Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy and cookie policy are welcomed and should be addressed by e-mail to: info@aricanli.com.tr.
Issue date: November 2025