Cookie Policy

Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice has been prepared in accordance with Article 10 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“DPL”) and the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures for Fulfilling the Duty to Inform.

At Early Birds Consulting, led by Regina Kruse Özçelik (“Data Controller”), we place great importance on the security and protection of your personal data. With this in mind, we handle the processing and storage of all types of personal data collected in accordance with the DPA and relevant regulations with the utmost care.

As stated in the DPL, we are aware that, as a “controller,” we are responsible for personal data processed by the controller or on the controller’s instructions. We process your personal data as described below and within the limits permitted by law.

The purpose of this cookie notice is to inform you about the processing of personal data that is automatically collected through the placement of cookies on your device via our website. This includes the types of cookies we use, their respective purposes, and how you can manage these cookies.

On our website, we obtain users’ explicit consent for cookies other than strictly necessary cookies, and we give them the option to change their consent at any time. Users can view the types of cookies used on our website via the cookie management panel and set their preferences for all cookies except strictly necessary cookies. Users can also change their preferences at any time via this panel.

Types of Cookies

Types of cookies based on duration: Our website uses session cookies and persistent cookies based on their duration. Session cookies are used to maintain the continuity of the session and are deleted when the user closes their browser. Persistent cookies are not deleted when the web browser is closed and expire automatically on a specific date or after a specific period of time.

First-party and third-party cookies: Whether a cookie is a first-party or third-party cookie depends on the website or domain that placed the cookie. First-party cookies are placed directly by the website the user is visiting—that is, by the web address displayed in the browser’s address bar. Third-party cookies are placed by a domain other than the one the user is visiting.

Types of cookies based on their purpose: Our website uses the following cookies based on their purpose:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for our website to function. They are first-party cookies that process personal data during the session (with the exception of cookies related to your privacy settings, as these have a longer lifespan than the session) and are automatically deleted once the session ends. These cookies are required to provide the information society service you have requested (logging in, filling out forms, and saving your privacy settings). In addition, performance and analytics cookies are also first-party cookies that allow us to count visitors to our website and measure traffic. This enables us to evaluate and improve the performance of our website. These cookies help us understand which pages on our website are most popular and which are least popular.
  • Advertising/Marketing Cookies: These are third-party cookies placed on our website by our advertising partners. Our business partners use these cookies to create a profile based on your interests and to show you relevant advertisements.
  • Functional cookies: These cookies are used to make our website more functional and for personalization purposes (e.g., to save your preferences when you return to the website, with the exception of your privacy settings).

Purposes of processing personal data and legal bases

Strictly necessary cookies are used to provide a requested information society service (logging in, filling out forms, saving privacy settings, counting visitors, and measuring traffic). Your personal data collected via these cookies is processed in accordance with Article 5(2)(c) of the DPL (“Provided that it is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract, the processing of personal data of the contracting parties is necessary”) or subparagraph (f) (“The processing of data is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller, provided that the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject are not compromised”)

Advertising and marketing cookies are used by our business partners to create a profile based on your interests and to show you relevant advertisements. Your personal data collected through these cookies is processed with your explicit consent in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 1 of the DPL.

Functional cookies are used to make our website more functional and personalized (e.g., by saving your preferences when you return to the website, with the exception of your privacy settings). Your personal data collected through these cookies is processed with your explicit consent in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 1 of the DPL.

Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the icon on our website. You can make changes by setting the buttons in the cookie management panel to the open or closed position, depending on your preference. Refresh the page to apply your settings. Additionally, you can control some cookie settings through your browser settings.

Rights of the Data Subject

As the data subject, if you submit requests regarding your rights to the Data Controller using the Application Form provided below or by any other method specified in the Notice on the Principles and Procedures for Submitting Requests to the Data Controller, the Data Controller will respond to your request as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest, without charging any fee, depending on the nature of your request. However, a fee may be charged if deemed necessary by the Personal Data Protection Authority.

According to Article 11 of the DPA, your rights as a data subject are as follows:

  • To find out whether your personal data has been processed,
  • To request information regarding the processing of your personal data, if it has been processed,
  • To find out the purpose of the processing of your personal data and whether it is being used in accordance with that purpose,
  • To find out which third parties your personal data has been transferred to within or outside the country,
  • To request the correction of your personal data if it has been processed incompletely or incorrectly, and to request that this information be communicated to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,
  • To request the deletion or destruction of your personal data if the grounds for processing it no longer exist, even if it has been processed in accordance with the DPL and other relevant laws, and to request that this action be communicated to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred, To object to a decision made solely through the automated processing of your personal data that adversely affects you,
  • To request compensation for any damages you may suffer as a result of the unlawful processing of your personal data.

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy notice in response to possible amendments to the DPL and decisions made by the Personal Data Protection Authority.

If you have any questions, please contact the Data Controller.