PRIVACY POLICY

Protecting the privacy of visitors to the https://www.sameasbefore.co/ website operated by Same as Before (“Same as Before” or “Company”) is one of the leading principles of our Company.

In this Disclosure Text, the principles regarding the processing of your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“Law”) and the relevant legislation, by the data controller Company located at “Arap Cami Mah. Tersane Cad. Kürekçiler Kapısı Sok. No:47/30 Beyoğlu / İstanbul” are stated below.

1. Purpose of Processing Personal Data

Your personal data obtained through your visit to our website may be processed by Same as Before in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the Personal Data Protection Law for the purposes listed below:

– In case of a request through the communication portal, our business units will carry out the necessary work to enable the relevant persons to benefit from the services offered by the Company and carry out the relevant business processes,
– Subscribing to our newsletters announcing our services and campaigns,
– Providing service in cases where a product is purchased or a purchased product is cancelled through the site and applications,
– Ability to use the website,
– Planning and executing the activities required to recommend and introduce the services offered by the Company to the relevant people by customizing them according to their tastes, usage habits and needs,
– Personal data collected at the stores of the Company, execution and completion of order processes, ensuring communication with customers and customer satisfaction, informing customers about campaigns and providing requested or authorized services or carrying out transactions,
– Carrying out the necessary work by our relevant business units and carrying out the related business processes in order to carry out the commercial activities carried out by the Company,
– Ensuring the legal, technical and commercial-occupational security of the Company and the relevant persons who have business relations with the Company.

2. Places to Which Processed Personal Data Are Transferred and Purpose of Transfer

Your personal data obtained may be transferred to our business partners (such as outsourcing service providers, hosting service providers, research companies, call centers), legally authorized public institutions and private individuals in line with the purposes for which your personal data is processed, in accordance with the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Personal Data Protection Law.

3. Method of Collection of Personal Data and Legal Reason

Your personal data is collected automatically by Same as Before through cookies, which are technical communication files, when you visit our website, and through the forms you fill out for the purposes specified in this Information Text. For detailed information about cookies, please review the Cookie Policy.

Your personal data is processed for the legal reason that data processing is mandatory for the Company’s legitimate interests, provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms.

4. Ways to Apply to the Data Controller and Your Rights

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law, by applying to our Company, you have the right to; a) learn whether your personal data has been processed, b) request information if processed, c) learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with its purpose, d) learn the parties to whom it has been transferred domestically / abroad, e) request correction if it has been processed incompletely / incorrectly, f) request deletion / destruction within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the Law, g) request notification of the transactions made pursuant to clauses (e) and (f) above to third parties to whom it has been transferred, h) object to the emergence of a result against you due to analysis by exclusively automated systems, and i) request compensation for the damages in case you suffer damages due to processing in violation of the law. In addition, you can use your right to be removed from the e-mail list free of charge by clicking on the link in the e-mail content.

You can forward your requests regarding your rights specified above to us in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller. You can also direct your information and application requests to us by sending them to “info@sameasbefore.co”.

Our company will finalize your requests as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request, with the first request being free of charge. However, a fee may be charged for subsequent requests on the same subject or if the initial request requires an additional cost. Our company may accept and process the request or reject the request in writing, explaining the reason.

In cases where the application made by following the procedure specified above is rejected, the response is found insufficient or the application is not responded to in a timely manner; there is a right to file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board“) within thirty days following the notification of the response and in any case within sixty days from the date of application. However, a complaint cannot be filed before exhausting the application method.

The Board conducts the necessary investigation on the issues within its scope of duty upon complaint or upon learning of the alleged violation. Upon complaint, the Board examines the request and provides a response to the relevant parties. If no response is given within sixty days from the date of the complaint, the request is deemed to have been rejected. If the existence of a violation is understood as a result of the investigation conducted upon complaint or ex officio, the Board decides that the illegalities it has identified should be remedied by the data controller and notifies the relevant parties. This decision shall be implemented without delay and within thirty days at the latest from the notification. The Board may decide to suspend data processing or transfer of data abroad in cases where irreparable or impossible damages arise and where there is a clear illegality.

We would like to state that your data is protected with utmost care by our Company; we thank you for your trust in us.