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Privacy Policy

This notice explains, in line with applicable data protection law (including Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, “KVKK”), what personal data is collected via faruktoprak.com, for what purposes and on what legal basis it is processed, whom it is shared with, and your rights. We process only the data you provide, only for the stated purposes.

Last updated: 9 July 2026

1. Data controller

Your personal data is processed by Faruk Toprak as the data controller.

Contact: faruk@joykek.com · Address: Suadiye Mah. Bağdat Cad. No:399 B Blok 1/1 Kadıköy / İstanbul

2. Categories of personal data

Identity & contact data: your name and email address submitted via the Contact, Get-a-Quote and Newsletter forms and the comments area.

Message/content data: the message text, subject and (if any) budget range you submit through forms and comments.

Security data: IP address, browser/device information and security verification data (for bot protection).

Analytics & marketing data: if you consent, anonymized usage statistics (Google Analytics 4) and ad measurement data (Meta).

3. How we collect data

We collect your data electronically, by automated or partly automated means, when you visit the Site, submit a form, leave a comment or subscribe to the newsletter.

4. Purposes of processing

Responding to your requests and messages and running consulting/collaboration processes.

Sending the newsletter and updates (only if you subscribed).

Publishing and moderating comments.

Keeping the Site secure and preventing abuse and spam.

With your consent, improving the Site and measuring ad performance.

5. Legal bases

Directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract and your request (form/quote submissions).

Our legitimate interests (site security, abuse prevention).

Your explicit consent (newsletter, analytics/marketing cookies, international transfers).

Establishing, exercising or defending a right and complying with legal obligations.

6. Cookies

The Site uses necessary, analytics and marketing cookies. Non-essential cookies run only with your consent. See the Cookie Policy for details and management.

7. International transfers

We use processors for email delivery (Resend), analytics (Google/GA4), ad measurement (Meta), form security (Google reCAPTCHA), AI-assisted content/translation (Anthropic and/or Google Gemini), and hosting/infrastructure.

Some of these providers may process data outside your country (e.g. the US or EU). Such transfers rely on your consent and/or appropriate safeguards, solely for the stated purposes and only as necessary.

8. Retention

Form/contact records: for a reasonable period to resolve your request and defend potential claims; deleted/anonymized once the purpose ends.

Newsletter subscription: for as long as you remain subscribed; unsubscribe anytime via the link in each email.

Comments: remain published until you or we remove them.

Analytics/marketing data: subject to the relevant provider’s retention policy and your consent period.

9. Data security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, loss and misuse (encryption/HTTPS in transit, access controls, data minimization). No system is 100% secure, but we take due care to protect your data.

10. Your rights

To learn whether your data is processed and to request information about it.

To learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly, and the parties to whom it is transferred at home or abroad.

To request correction of incomplete/inaccurate data and, where conditions are met, deletion/destruction, and notification of these to third parties.

To object to results arising solely from automated analysis, and to seek compensation for damages.

11. How to exercise your rights

Send requests to faruk@joykek.com. Under KVKK, requests are answered within 30 days at the latest. You also have the right to complain to the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK).

12. Children’s privacy

The Site is not directed to individuals under 18 and we do not knowingly collect their data. If we learn we hold a child’s data, we delete it.

13. Automated decisions & profiling

We do not carry out decision-making based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects on you.

14. Changes & contact

We may update this notice from time to time; the current version is always here. Questions and requests: faruk@joykek.com.