Cookie Policy

COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) is valid for the platforms and websites operated by Meplast Plastik Teknolojileri San. ve Tic.Ltd. Şti. / "Meplast" and accessed and used over the internet, and the use of these cookies is carried out in accordance with the legislation we are subject to, especially the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (PDPL). The purpose of this Instruction is to explain the types of cookies used on our website, the reasons for their use and to explain the user rights under the PPDL.

1. COOKIES (IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION)

Identification information, or in other words‘ Cookies‘, are small pieces of text placed on devices such as computers, tablets or telephones to ensure the proper functioning of the website, to improve the user experience, to improve and optimize the site, to provide more relevant, tailored content and advertising, to provide an attractive and personalized website/application and advertising portfolio for visitors and customers, and to generate traffic statistics.

2. COOKIES AND THEIR USE

The content of cookies is determined on the server side and cookies placed on users' devices when the site is visited can be used by the server. Cookies can be considered as the identity card of the internet user who states that the user has visited the website again. Cookies do not contain personal data such as name, age, address, gender of people visiting the site.

Cookies are classified into two groups as ‘session’ cookies and ’persistent’ cookies. Session cookies are temporary cookies that are kept until you leave the website and contain information that is remembered and used by the website while the user is browsing between pages. Persistent cookies are cookies that are stored on the user's device even after leaving the user's website. Such cookies allow the user to be remembered by the web server if the website is visited again by the user and do not contain information that identifies the user.

In addition, cookies can be classified as analytical third-party cookies, mandatory cookies, commercial cookies according to their functions. As "Meplast", we use cookies, which are generally anonymous in nature, in order for the website to function properly and to enable users to navigate the site and benefit from the features, as well as analytical cookies that may also contain user personal information due to their nature.

Our websites do not use Advertising Cookies that transmit certain advertisements to users.

3. EDITING COOKIE SETTINGS IN THE INTERNET BROWSER

Although many browsers automatically accept cookies, you do not have to accept them. Users can remove cookies from their web browser settings. The location of these settings varies depending on the web browser you are using. You can find the location of the corresponding settings by using the "Help" commands in your web browser.

By using the "Meplast" website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the Policy. If you do not want to accept our Cookie applications on your electronic device, you can reject the Cookie application. If you refuse cookies, our website may not function properly or may cause disruptions in the provision of the services you have requested.

4. THIRD PARTY COOKIES FOR ANALYTICAL PURPOSES

In order to provide better service to our visitors, we measure the number of pageviews, the number of visits, the different actions performed by visitors on our site, the geographical location of visitors and the number of visitors returning to the site. For this purpose, we use three web analytics software tools:

5. GOOGLE ANALYTICS INFORMATION

Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"), is used. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to analyze the usage habits of users of the website. The information generated about the use of the website through cookies is transmitted by Google to servers in the USA and stored there.

In case IP anonymization is enabled on this website, your IP address will be truncated in the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the entire IP address is first sent to the Google server in the USA and interrupted there. IP anonymization is active on this website.

Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to prepare reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet use.

The IP address that your browser transmits under Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the relevant settings of your browser, but in this case, you should also remember that you may not be able to benefit from all the features of this website. You can also download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to your current web browser and choose not to be tracked by Google Analytics to be active after this point:    

6. PERSONAL DATA CONTAINED IN COOKIES

As a company, we process your personal data obtained through cookies automatically based on the following legal reasons in accordance with Article 5 of the PPDL.

• It is mandatory for the institution to fulfill its legal obligation
• Data processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right,
• In the event that processing is required for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data owner are not damaged.

As a company, we may share your personal data that may be included in cookies with third parties, our subsidiaries, business partners and our group companies, limited to the fulfillment of the above-mentioned purposes and in accordance with the legislation. We would like to point out that the parties to whom the data is transferred store your personal data in cloud infrastructure systems and ensure its security, and confidentiality agreements have been made with the parties.

7. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT?

Data subjects have the following rights within the scope of their personal data in accordance with the relevant articles of PDPL;

• Learning the status of personal data processing,
• Requesting information regarding the personal data if they are processed,
• Learning the purpose for the processing of personal data and whether those have been used in accordance with the purpose or not,
• Being informed of the third persons to whom the personal data is transferred within and out of the country,
• If the personal data is processed incompletely or incorrectly, requesting correction thereof and, in this extent, requesting notification of the transaction performed to the third persons to whom the personal data have been transferred,
• Requesting deletion or disposal of personal data in case the reasons that require processing have been eliminated despite the fact that it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the PDPL and other law and requesting notification of the transaction performed to the third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
• To object to any adverse consequences arising as a result of processed data being analyzed exclusively by automatic systems,
• To claim compensation in case of suffering loss due to illegal processing of the personal data

As the data owner, you accept that you may not fully benefit from the operation of the site if you make a request that will result in any of your personal data not being used by the Company, and you declare that any responsibility that may arise in this context will belong to you.

Meplast may change this Cookie Notice if necessary. In cases where the notification is changed, the update date at the top of the page will be changed by us, and the updated or changed Cookie Notice will be valid from the specified date. We recommend that you review the Cookie Notice at certain times to learn about the use of cookies.