PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION LAW (KVKK) PRIVACY NOTICE
As İstanbul Üniversitesi Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi A.Ş. (“İstanbul TTO” or the “Company”), in our capacity as the data controller within the scope of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”), we attach great importance to processing, storing, and sharing your personal data in compliance with the law. This clarification text has been prepared to inform you about the processing of your personal data.
1. Veri Sorumlusu
Pursuant to the KVKK, your personal data may be processed by İstanbul Üniversitesi Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi A.Ş., acting as the data controller, within the scope explained below.
2. Purpose of Processing Personal Data
Your personal data may be processed by İstanbul TTO for the following purposes, in accordance with the personal data processing conditions set forth in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK:
- Carrying out the necessary work by our relevant business units to enable you to benefit from the services provided by our Company,
- Recommending the services provided by our Company to you by customizing them according to your preferences, usage habits, and needs,
- Ensuring the legal and commercial security of our Company and the persons who have a business relationship with our Company,
- Determining and implementing the commercial and business strategies of our Company,
- Carrying out the human resources policies of our Company,
- Conducting technology transfer activities, intellectual property rights management, and entrepreneurship support programs,
- Coordinating and monitoring university–industry collaboration projects,
- Managing and evaluating application processes,
- Fulfilling legal obligations as required or mandated by applicable legislation.
3. Method and Legal Basis for Collecting Personal Data
Your personal data are collected by our Company through different channels and based on different legal grounds, in both physical and electronic environments. Your personal data may be collected through channels such as our website, e-mail, application forms, our social media accounts, telephone calls, and face-to-face meetings, by automated or non-automated methods, verbally, in writing, or electronically.
Your personal data collected on these legal grounds may be processed and transferred for the purposes specified in this Clarification Text within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes set forth in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK.
4. Transfer of Personal Data
Your collected personal data may be transferred, limited to the purposes of fulfilling the services provided by our Company, performing our legal obligations, establishing and executing contracts, and achieving the purposes stated above, to our business partners, suppliers, shareholders, legally authorized public institutions, and private persons within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK.
5. Retention Period of Personal Data
Your personal data are stored for the period required by the purpose of processing and for the legal retention periods stipulated in the relevant legislation. Upon the expiration of the retention period, your personal data are deleted, destroyed, or anonymized in accordance with our Company’s Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy.
6. Rights of the Personal Data Subject under Article 11 of the KVKK
Pursuant to Article 11 of the KVKK, as a personal data subject, you have the following rights:
- – Kişisel verilerinizin işlenip işlenmediğini öğrenme,
- To request information if your personal data have been processed,
- To learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
- To know the third parties to whom your personal data are transferred domestically or abroad,
- To request correction of your personal data if they are processed incompletely or inaccurately,
- To request the deletion or destruction of your personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the KVKK,
- To request that the correction, deletion, or destruction processes be notified to third parties to whom your personal data have been transferred,
- To object to the occurrence of a result against you through the analysis of processed data exclusively by automated systems,
- To request compensation for damages if you suffer damage due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.
7. Application Method
To exercise your rights stated above, you may submit your request including the necessary information to identify your identity and your explanations regarding the right you request to exercise under Article 11 of the KVKK by filling out the form available at www.ttoistanbul.com , through a notary public, or by other methods stipulated by the KVKK.
Your applications will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty (30) days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. However, if the process requires an additional cost, a fee may be charged according to the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.
İstanbul Üniversitesi Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi A.Ş.
Address: İstanbul University, Beyazıt Campus, İstanbul
E-posta: bilgi@ttoistanbul.com
Web: www.ttoistanbul.com