Cookies Policy

BVA Advertising and Consulting Services Inc. (briefly referred to as "BVA Reklam" or ‘ADVERTCITY’) hereby clarifies the types of cookies used on our website (www.advertcity.com), why cookies are used and how to manage these cookies in order to comply with the obligations under the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (briefly ‘KVKK’).

In this cookie policy, the cookies that are used to provide a better service and a functional online environment for the website visitors are explained and the processing of personal data obtained in line with KVKK and the legal rights and authorities of the users are specified.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a text file stored on a hard drive or in the browser folder when a website is visited. The services offered to website visitors through cookies are aimed to be faster and more functional. Cookies make it possible to provide a personalized online environment for the website visitor. Our visitors can determine and change their cookie preferences. Likewise, the visitor has the right to request cookies to be deleted.

Types of Cookies

Cookies can be classified in accordance with the purpose they serve, how long they endure and their provenance.

Cookies by Purpose

In this classification made in accordance with the purpose of the use of the cookies; strictly necessary cookies, preference cookies, statistic cookies and marketing cookies are explained.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Cookies that allow web shops to hold your items in the cart while shopping online are an example of strictly necessary cookies. These cookies will generally be first-party session cookies. While it is not required to obtain consent for these cookies, what they do and why they are necessary should be explained to the user.

Preference Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices the user has made in the past (username information, password information, which language was preferred, etc.). Preference cookies that provide automatic access to the website are also called functional cookies.

Statistics Cookies

Also known as performance cookies, statistics cookies provide anonymous, statistical data regarding the use of the website. These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, like which pages they visited, and which links they clicked on. Statistical cookies are anonymized, so they are not used to identify the website user. The purpose of these cookies is to make the website more functional.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are cookies that help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising based on users’ interest. Statistical data of advertisements encountered by the website user, data obtained through marketing cookies, can be shared with other organizations or advertisers. These are cookies that can be stored permanently.

Cookies by Storage Time

Cookies are divided into session cookies and persistent cookies in accordance with the period data are stored. The difference of session cookies from persistent cookies is that they provide temporary, instant data information.

Session Cookies

Session cookies provide data that can be stored until the time the user closes the browser or ends the session. These are short-term cookies.

Persistent Cookies

This category encompasses all cookies that remain on your hard drive until you erase them, or your browser does, depending on the cookie’s expiration date. All persistent cookies have an expiration date written into their code, but their duration can vary. According to the E-Privacy Directive, persistent cookies should not last longer than 12 months.

Cookies by Provenance

First Party Cookies

As the name implies, first-party cookies are put on your device directly by the website you are visiting.

Third Party Cookies

These are the cookies that are placed on your device, not by the website you are visiting, but by a third party like an advertiser or an analytic system.

Cookies Used on Our Website

Privacy and Cookies Management

When our website users enter the site, we can process the data regarding the sections that they visit within the scope of KVKK and their legal rights, in order to improve the quality of use, to make a site easier to use, to avoid the possibility of security holes and reasons alike. Starting from the moment they log into the site, including using the contact form, until the process ends with their departure, the users acknowledge and declare that they have been informed that the data mentioned so far is being processed and that they consent to the data processing to be carried out by BVA Reklam. Users can prevent websites from processing / storing their personal data via cookies. In addition, they can delete cookies previously stored in their internet browser.

Users can block the use of cookies in various ways. As a user, if you want to prevent the use of cookies;

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More   Settings.
3. Under "Privacy and security," click Cookies and other site data.
4. Select an option:
   "Allow all cookies"
   "Block all cookies (not recommended)".
   "Block third party cookies in Incognito"
   "Block third-party cookies."

1. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, and then select Internet options.
2. Select the Privacy tab, and under Settings, select Advanced and choose whether you want to accept, block, or be prompted for first-party and third-party cookies.

1. Click the menu button and select Preferences.
2. Select the Privacy & Security panel.
3. Cookie settings are under Enhanced Tracking Protection and Cookies and Site Data.
4. Open the Settings app.
5. Scroll down and tap "Safari."
6. Turn on Block All Cookies by sliding the button to the right, and then tap "Block All" to confirm.

User's Requests and Right to Access Data

Within the framework of the rights and powers granted to them by KVKK, users hold the right to demand information from BVA Reklam to;

• Learn whether personal data is processed,
• If processed, request information regarding personal data,
• Learn the purpose of processing personal data, and to learn whether the data has been used appropriately for their purpose,
• Be informed about third parties to whom personal data has been transferred domestically or abroad,
• Request correction if personal data is incomplete or inaccurately processed,
• Request deletion or destruction of their personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in the relevant legislation,
• Request data controller to inform third parties, to whom personal data is transferred, of the corrections, deletion and destruction processes,
• Object to the emergence of a result against themselves, exclusively by analysing them through automated systems,
• In the case of damage caused due to unlawful processing of personal data, to demand compensation for damage.

In accordance with KVKK, users with personal data can apply to BVA Reklam via the Application Form regarding their requests above. In accordance with article 13/2 of KVKK, depending on the request, applications are answered within thirty days from the date BVA Reklam receives the request. However, if the transaction requires an additional cost, the fee determined in the tariff can be collected from the data owner by BVA Reklam.

In accordance with KVKK, BVA Advertising can accept or reject the request by explaining the reason and notify the request owner in writing or electronically. If the request in the application is accepted, BVA Reklam will fulfil it accordingly. In accordance with the KVKK, if the application is caused by an error of the data controller, the fee received is refunded.

In accordance with the KVKK, the user undertakes that the information provided to BVA Reklam is complete, accurate and up to date. In the presence of a situation that would constitute a breach of this commitment all responsibility belongs to the user / visitor and BVA Reklam will not take any responsibility.