Personal Data Protection

At Indastrials, we attach great importance to the security of the personal data you provide to us while using our website or through various communication channels. Protecting the confidentiality of your personal data and ensuring that it is processed in accordance with applicable law is an important part of our corporate responsibilities.

In this context, pursuant to the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK” or the “Law”), we would like to inform you about the purposes for which your personal data is processed, the methods by which it is collected, the parties to whom it may be transferred, and the rights you have as a personal data subject.

1. Basic Definitions

Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Processing of Personal Data: Any operation performed on personal data, including obtaining, recording, storing, retaining, altering, reorganizing, disclosing, transferring, taking over, classifying, or preventing the use of such data, whether carried out wholly or partially by automated means or by non-automated means provided that it forms part of a data recording system.

Data Processor: A natural or legal person who processes personal data on behalf of the data controller based on the authority granted by the data controller.

Data Recording System: A recording system in which personal data is processed by being structured according to specific criteria.

Data Controller: A natural or legal person who determines the purposes and methods of processing personal data and is responsible for establishing and managing the data recording system.

2. Data Controller and Purpose of This Privacy Notice

Indastrials acts as the data controller under the KVKK with respect to personal data obtained through its website and company activities.

The purpose of this privacy notice is to provide information regarding the processing of personal data belonging to individuals who visit our website, request quotations, use contact forms, request information about our products and services, or contact our company through other communication channels.

Personal data may be processed in accordance with the personal data processing conditions set out under the KVKK and, where required, upon obtaining the explicit consent of the data subject.

3. Purposes of Processing Personal Data

Personal data obtained by Indastrials may be processed for different purposes depending on our company’s activities and the nature of the relationship established between the relevant individual and our company.

Your personal data may be processed primarily for the purposes of receiving and evaluating requests relating to our products and services, managing B2B quotation processes, evaluating product sourcing requests, communicating with you, managing customer and business relationships, carrying out commercial activities, planning procurement and logistics processes, ensuring the legal and commercial security of our company, and fulfilling obligations arising from applicable legislation.

Certain technical data and cookies may also be used to analyze the use of our website, improve the user experience, enhance the technical operation of the website, and generate visitor statistics.

Where the necessary conditions are met in accordance with the preferences of the relevant individual and applicable legislation, informational and commercial communication activities may also be carried out regarding our products, services, distribution activities, and B2B sourcing solutions.

4. Personal Data That May Be Processed

Depending on the nature of your communication with Indastrials, personal data such as your name and surname, telephone number, e-mail address, company name, position or title, information relating to quotation and product requests, specifications of requested products, delivery or destination country information, and other commercial communication information provided by you may be processed.

During the use of our website, technical data such as IP address, browser information, pages visited, visit time, and similar data may also be processed for the purposes of website security, performance measurement, and improving the user experience.

We recommend that you do not submit any special categories of personal data that are not specifically requested by us through contact or quotation forms.

5. Transfer of Personal Data

Your personal data may be shared, to the extent necessary for the fulfillment of processing purposes and in accordance with applicable legislation, with our company’s business partners, suppliers, logistics service providers, technical infrastructure and IT service providers, consultants, and, where necessary, authorized public institutions and authorities.

In particular, within the scope of international B2B sourcing, import, export, and logistics activities, certain information may need to be shared with manufacturers, suppliers, or operational business partners depending on the nature of the request.

Where the transfer of personal data abroad is necessary, such transfers are carried out in accordance with the conditions stipulated under the KVKK and other applicable legislation.

6. Method and Legal Basis for Collecting Personal Data

Your personal data may be obtained through contact and quotation forms available on our website, e-mail, telephone, WhatsApp, commercial meetings, and other electronic or physical channels through which you communicate with our company.

Personal data may be processed on the basis of legal grounds provided under applicable legislation, including the establishment or performance of a contract, fulfillment of legal obligations, establishment, exercise, or protection of a right, the legitimate interests of the data controller, and, where required, the explicit consent of the relevant individual.

7. Retention of Personal Data

Your personal data is retained for the periods prescribed under applicable legislation or for as long as necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed.

Once the purposes requiring processing cease to exist and the retention periods prescribed under applicable legislation expire, personal data is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized in accordance with applicable law.

In the event of a legal dispute or where it becomes necessary to assert, exercise, or defend a right relating to personal data, the relevant data may be retained solely for such purposes and for the necessary period.

8. Website and Use of Cookies

Cookies may be used on the Indastrials website for the purposes of improving the user experience, ensuring the secure and efficient operation of the website, generating visitor statistics, and analyzing website performance.

Details regarding the types of cookies used, their purposes, retention periods, and how visitors can manage their cookie preferences may be explained separately under a published Cookie Policy.

Where third-party analytics or advertising technologies are used, the processing of personal data and the use of cookies are carried out in accordance with applicable legislation.

9. Rights of the Personal Data Subject

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, personal data subjects have the right to:

• Learn whether their personal data has been processed,
• Request information if their personal data has been processed,
• Learn the purpose of processing their personal data and whether it is being used in accordance with that purpose,
• Learn the third parties to whom their personal data has been transferred within Türkiye or abroad,
• Request the correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data,
• Request the deletion or destruction of personal data where the conditions stipulated under the Law are met,
• Request that correction, deletion, or destruction operations be notified to third parties to whom the data has been transferred,
• Object to the occurrence of a result against the individual arising from the analysis of processed data exclusively through automated systems,
• Request compensation for damages suffered as a result of the unlawful processing of personal data.

10. Security of Your Personal Data

Indastrials attaches importance to implementing the necessary technical and administrative measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, unlawful processing, loss, alteration, or disclosure.

We consider the protection of personal data not only a legal obligation, but also an integral part of the relationship of trust we build with our customers, business partners, and everyone who communicates with our company.

You may submit your requests regarding your rights under the KVKK to us through the official communication channels announced by Indastrials.