PRIVACY POLICY
(Updated on September 06, 2008)
This is the Privacy Policy governing
your use of the Turkishexporter.net Site. By using this Site, you consent to our
Privacy Policy set out below. All terms not defined in this document have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Terms of Use Agreement between you and Turkishexporter.net
which by use of this Site you agree to accept.
The Information We Collect
Registration Information:
At the time you register to become a Registered User of the Site, you will be asked
to complete a registration form which requires you provide information such as your
name, address, phone/fax number, email address and other personal information as
well as information about your business ("Registration Information.")
Publishing Information:
If you submit any information to Turkishexporter.net to be published on the Site
through the publishing tools, including but not limited to Company Profile, Product
Catalog, Trade Leads, Message Board, then you are deemed to have given consent to
the publication of such information ("Publishing Information").
Payment Information:
If you purchase a service from Turkishexporter.net or an advertisement area available
through Turkishexporter.net, we may collect additional information, including billing
information, credit card numbers and expiration dates and tracking information from
cheques or money orders ("Payment Information").
Statistical Information:
In addition, we gather aggregate statistical information about our Site and Users,
such as IP addresses, browser software, operating system, pages viewed, number of
sessions, unique visitors and so forth. ("Statistical Information").
Registration Information:
Publishing Information, Payment Information, Statistical Information and any information
we may collect from you through the use of cookies (see Section 5 below), or any
other means, shall collectively be referred to as "Collected Information".
How We May Use Information
General: We use your
Collected Information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically
analyze site usage, to improve our content and product offerings and to customize
our Site's content, layout and service specifically for you. We may use your Collected
Information to service your Account with us, including but not limited to investigating
problems, resolving disputes and enforcing agreements with us. We do not sell, rent,
trade or exchange any personally-identifying information of our Users. We may share
certain aggregate information based on analysis of Collected Information with our
partners, customers, advertisers or potential Users. We may use your Collected Information
to execute marketing campaigns, promotions or advertising messages on behalf of
third parties; however, in these circumstances, your Collected Information will
not be disclosed to such third parties unless you respond to the marketing, promotion
or advertising message.
Registration Information:
We may use your Registration Information to provide services that you request or
to contact you regarding additional services about which Turkishexporter.net determines
that you might be interested. Specifically, we may use your email address, mailing
address, phone number or fax number to contact you regarding notices, surveys, product
alerts, new service or product offerings and communications relevant to your use
of our Site. We may generate reports and analysis based on the Registration Information
for internal analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions.
Publishing Information:
All of your Publishing Information will be publicly available on the Site and therefore
accessible by any internet user. Any Publishing Information that you disclose to
Turkishexporter.net becomes public information and you relinquish any proprietary
rights (including but not limited to the rights of confidentiality and copyrights)
in such information. You should exercise caution when deciding to include personal
or proprietary information in the Publishing Information that you submit to us.
Payment Information:
Turkishexporter.net will share your Payment Information with banks or vendors relevant
to the transaction in order to enable transactions to be completed. In addition,
Turkishexporter.net may use Payment Information to determine your credit-worthiness
and, in the process of such determination, Turkishexporter.net may make such Payment
Information available to banks or credit agencies. Any credit card information that
you provide through the Site is directly submitted to a payment server of the credit
card processing bank. Turkishexporter.net does not maintain electronic or physical
copies of your credit card information. While Turkishexporter.net has in place up-to-date
technology and internal procedures to guard your Payment Information against intruders,
there is no guarantee that such technology or procedure can eliminate all of the
risks of theft, loss or mis-use. Turkishexporter.net shall not be liable to you
or any other person for any damages that might result from unauthorized use, publication,
disclosure or any other mis-use of Payment Information, including credit card information.
Statistical Information:
We use Statistical Information to help diagnose problems with and maintain our computer
servers, to manage our Site, and to enhance our Site and services based on the usage
pattern data we receive. We may generate reports and analysis based on the Statistical
Information for internal analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions. We may provide
Statistical Information to third parties, but when we do so, we do not provide personally-identifying
information without your permission.
Disclosure of Information
We reserve the right to disclose
your Collected Information to relevant authorities where we have reason to believe
that such disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
someone who may be infringing or threatening to infringe, or who may otherwise be
causing injury to or interference with, the title, rights, interests or property
of Turkishexporter.net, our Users, customers, partners, other web site users or
anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.
We also reserve the right to disclose
Collected Information in response to a subpoena or other judicial order or when
we reasonably believe that such disclosure is required by law, regulation or administrative
order of any court, governmental or regulatory authority.
If we have reason to believe that
a User is in breach of the Terms of User Agreement or any other agreement with us,
then we reserve the right to make public or otherwise disclose such User's Collected
Information in order to pursue our claim or prevent further injury to KOBI A.S.or
others.
Co-Branded Relationships
We have established relationships
with other parties to offer you the benefit of other products and services which
we ourselves do not offer. We offer you access to these other parties either through
the use of hyperlinks to their sites from our Site, or through offering "co-branded"
sites in which both ourselves and these other parties share the same uniform resource
locator, domain name or pages within a domain name on the Internet. In some cases
you may be required to submit information for purposes of registering or applying
for products or services provided by such third parties or co-branded partners.
The privacy policy of such other parties may differ from ours, and we may not have
any control over the information that you submit to such third parties or co-branded
sites. We therefore encourage you to read that policy before responding to any offers,
products or services provided by such other parties.
Cookies
We use "cookies" to store specific
information about you and track your visits to our Site. It is not uncommon for
websites to use cookies to enhance identification of their users. A "cookie" is
a small amount of data that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer's
hard drive. A cookie can be sent to your computer's hard drive only if you access
our Site using the computer. If you do not de-activate or erase the cookie, each
time you use the same computer to access our Site, our web servers will be notified
of your visit to our Site and in turn we may have knowledge of your visit and the
pattern of your usage. Generally, we use cookies to identify you and enable us to
access your Registration Information, Publishing Information or Payment Information
so you do not have to re-enter it; gather statistical information about usage by
Users; research visiting patters and help target advertisements based on User interests;
assist our partners to track User visits to the Site and process orders; and track
progress and participation in promotions.
You can determine if and how a cookie
will be accepted by configuring your browser's which is installed in the computer
you are using to access the Site. If you desire, you can change those configurations
in your browser. By setting your preferences in the browser, you can accept all
cookies, you can be notified when a cookie is sent, or you can reject all cookies.
If you reject all cookies by choosing the cookie-disabling function in your browser,
you may be required to re-enter your information on our Site more often and certain
features of our Site may be unavailable.
Minors
The Site and its contents are not
intended to be targeted to minors under applicable law and we do not intend to sell
any of our products or services to minors. However, we have no way of distinguishing
the age of individuals who access our Site and so we carry out the same Privacy
Policy for individuals of all ages. If a minor has provided us with personal information
without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact us to
remove the information.
Security Measures
We employ commercially reasonable
security methods to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure
correct use of information.
As a Registered User, your Registration
Information and Publishing Information can be viewed and edited through your Account
which is protected by Password. We recommend that you do not divulge your Password
to anyone. Our personnel will never ask you for your Password in an unsolicited
phone call or in an unsolicited e-mail. If you share a computer with others, you
should not choose to save your log-in information (e.g., User ID and Password) on
the computer. Remember to sign out of your Account and close your browser window
when you have finished your session.
No data transmission over the Internet
or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secured. As a result,
while we try to protect your information, no web site or company, including ourselves,
can absolutely ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit
to us and you do so at your own risk.
Changes to Privacy Policy
Any changes to this Privacy Policy
will be communicated through our posting an amended and restated Privacy Policy
on our Site. Our posting the amended and restated Privacy Policy will make such
new Privacy Policy immediately effective. You agree that all Collected Information
(whether or not collected prior to or after the new policy became effective) will
be governed by the newest Privacy Policy then in effect. If you do not agree to
the new changes in our Privacy Policy, you should contact Turkishexporter.net in
writing (at the address set out in the Notice provision of the Terms of Use Agreement)
and specifically request that Turkishexporter.net return and/or destroy all copies
of all or part of your Collected Information in Turkishexporter.net's possession.
This Privacy Policy was last amended on April 10, 2003.
Correcting Your Information
You can access, view and edit your
Registration Information and Publishing Information through your Account with Turkishexporter.net.
Your feedback
Turkishexporter.net welcomes your
continuous input regarding our Privacy Policy or our services provided to you. You
may send us your comments and responses to info@turkishexporter.net.
You can opt out of email communications
from Turkishexporter.net at any time from within each email or by contacting our
service team by email at info@turkishexporter.net or by phone at (+90) 332 238 0
777.
You can also contact us by post
at the following address: Turkishexporter.net KOBI A.S., Feritpasa District Kule
Street KulePlaza Floor: 29 No: 48 Selcuklu 42040
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