Disclosure Text

In accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data, No.6698 (“Law”) published in the Official Gazette dated 07.04.2016 and numbered 29677, Depot Konaklama Hizmetleri A.S (“Company”) presents the following matters for the information and review of its members, users and customers with this Disclosure Text to fulfill its obligation of illumination arising from Article 10 of the Law.
This Disclosure Text shall apply all users (“User”) who visit thestayline.com website (“Site”) and/or purchase products of the Company, Site members, and/or any person who request to but a product of the Company by approving the Distance Sales Agreement and Preliminary Information Form (“Customer”).
In addition to this Disclosure Text, you can access the Company’s Personal Data Protection and Privacy Policy from our website page for detailed information on the subject.
1. Disclosure by Data Controller
Name, surname, date of birth, Turkish Identity Number (Passport No for non-Turkish citizens), mobile phone number, e-mail address, address, password that you have shared by our company during the membership and/or ordering/shopping process on the Website. In cases where identification is required, your personal data included in identification documents such as ID, passport, driver’s license are stored and processed by the Company as a data controller.
The Company attaches importance to the privacy and protection of your personal data while providing its services and in accordance with the Law, your personal data obtained/to be obtained by the Company as the Data Controller or shared or to be shared with the Company by you will only be processed by the Company within the scope described below and, in the manner, stipulated in the Law.
2. The method of collecting and processing your Personal Data
Your personal data can be collected verbally or in writing or electronically in accordance with the Law through channels such as the Company’s website, social media accounts, mobile applications, sales and marketing units, customer forms, digital marketing, contracts, applications, forms, offers, cookies used in “website” visits. Your personal data collected by the Company, as the Data Controller, affiliated companies or through websites, in written or verbally or electronic environment under the law and other legislation can be recorded, stored, retained, preserved, changed in the ways stipulated in the Law and can be shared, transferred and processed with other persons deemed appropriate by the company based on legal grounds or in line with the actual requirements of the service provided by the Company and/or the relevant third party real /natural persons in Turkey or abroad with other persons

3. The purpose and legal grounds for processing your personal data
Our company, as the Data Controller, stores and processes your personal data based on the legal grounds that “explicitly stipulated in the Laws” pursuant to Article 5/2.a of the Law and “processing of personal data belonging to the parties of a contract, is necessary provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or fulfilment of that contract” pursuant to Article 5/2c. In this context, to carry out membership and distance sales transactions; your personal data is processed by our Company in accordance with
Law No.6502 on the Protection of Consumers, the Regulation on the Implementation Principles and Procedures of Distance Contracts and Subscription Agreements to carry out the invoice process and accounting transactions within the framework of the consumer relationship between the parties based on the legal grounds that “explicitly stipulated in the Laws” pursuant to the Tax Procedure Law, No.213 which our company is subject to and Turkish Commercial Code, No.6102 and data is stored until notified by you and the legal period and reasons expire.
However, since your personal data is directly related to the establishment of the membership and distance sales contract, the collection transactions to be made within this scope, and to ensure the continuity of the membership relationship, to ensure its efficiency, to inform the member about the changes, renewals and similar issues that will occur in the membership conditions, and/or to create a member account member via the Site and to regulate and manage the subscribers transactions, based on the legal grounds that “processing of personal data belonging to the parties of a contract, is necessary provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or fulfilment of that contract” pursuant to Article 5/2c or if consent is given pursuant to the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce,No.6563 to inform the members and customers about the campaigns and opportunities within the scope of this law, or to provide the price, marketing, other opportunities, offers and information regarding the service, to provide effective communication with the members and customers or to control and develop the systems on which services are provided, and to prevent the unlawful use of services, your personal data is stored and processed by our Company in the capacity of Data Controller, until you notify to us and the legal period and reasons expire.
You can find detailed information concerning the legal grounds that “explicitly stipulated in the Laws” pursuant to Article 5/2.a of the Law and “processing of personal data belonging to the parties of a contract, is necessary provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or fulfilment of that contract” pursuant to Article 5/2c from the Personal Data Protection and Privacy Policy at the Site.
4. Persons and/or Organizations to which your Personal Data can be transferred
Within the scope of the Law for the purposes specified in the Law and this Disclosure Text; persons/organizations to whom your personal data that you share with the Company can be transferred are;
All kinds of official authorities and institutions, the Company’s shareholders and direct/indirect domestic/foreign affiliates, software program-service partner individuals and organizations that the Company receives services from/cooperates with to carry out its activities, banks for collection purposes and/or authorized institutions thereof and domestic/foreign organizations and other relevant third parties to carry out the activities related to these purposes.
5. Use of Cookies
Cookies are text files containing small pieces of information that are loaded by your internet browser and stored on your computer, mobile phone or tablet when you visit thestayline.com website. The Company will collect your browsing information and store them securely to provide better service to the Site Users, to inform the Users, Members and customers about the campaigns and advantages within the framework of its legal obligations, provided that they are not used outside of the purpose and scope specified in this Disclosure Text regarding your personal data and other regulations and may share them with third parties if necessary.
thestayline.com website uses session cookies that expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies that stay on your hard disk for a long time. You can delete all cookies or website data or reject all cookies from the settings section of your internet browser. If you refuse cookies, you can continue to use the site, but you may not have full or limited access to all functions of the site.
6. Circumstances where the Company may process Your Personal Data without your explicit consent under the Law
Pursuant to Article 5 of the Law, the Company may process the above-mentioned personal data that it has received in accordance with the law, without your explicit consent, in the following cases:
-Where expressly provided for by law,
-If you, as the data subject, are unable to express your consent due to actual impossibility, or in cases where your consent is not legally valid, it is necessary to process your personal data for the protection of your or someone else’s life or physical integrity,
-Provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract, it is necessary to process the personal data of the parties to the contract,
-If it is necessary for the Company to fulfill a legal obligation,
-If your personal data has been made public by you,
-If data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right,
-In the event that data processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the Company, provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms.
7. What are your rights under the Law?
Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law, you can apply to our company and you have the right
-to learn whether your personal data are processed or not,
-to request information if your personal data are processed,
-to learn the purpose of your data processing and whether this data is used for intended purposes,
-to know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred at home or abroad,
-to request the rectification of the incomplete or inaccurate data, if any,
-to request the erasure or destruction of your personal data under the conditions laid down in Article 7,
-to request notification of the operations carried out in compliance with subparagraphs (d) and (e) to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
-to object to the processing, exclusively by automatic means, of your personal data, which leads -to an unfavorable consequence for the data subject,
-to request compensation for the damage arising from the unlawful processing of your personal data.
It is possible to exercise your rights under this article and your requests for updating and changing your personal data, through a notary public and/or by personally applying to the Company’s headquarters, provided that the identity verification has been made, as of 07.10.2016, the effective date of the regulation. In addition, after the other methods to be determined by the Personal Data Protection Board are announced, the Company will announce how the applications are received through these methods. The Company will conclude your request 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 requested transaction requires an additional cost, the fee in the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board will be charged by us within the scope of Article 13 of the Law.
DEPOT KONAKLAMA HİZMETLERİ A.Ş.