Cookie Policy
This text has been prepared by Denthekim Sağlık Hizmetleri Anonim Şirketi (“Denthekim”) in its capacity as the data controller pursuant to Article 10 of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (the “Law”) and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to be Followed in Fulfilment of the Disclosure Obligation.
As Denthekim, we use first-party and third-party cookies in certain areas of the website available at https://www.denthekim.com/ (the “Site”). This Cookie Disclosure Notice (the “Disclosure Notice”) applies to the Site managed by Denthekim, and cookies will be used as described in this Disclosure Notice.
The purpose of this Disclosure Notice is to inform you about the purposes for which and the types of cookies we use in relation to the processing of personal data obtained automatically through the placement of cookies on your device while using our website, as well as how you can manage these cookies. For cookies other than the mandatory cookies used on our website, users’ explicit consent is obtained, and users are provided with the opportunity to change their preferences regarding their explicit consent at any time.
Users can view the types of cookies used on our website through the cookie management panel and can determine their preferences for all cookies other than mandatory cookies by selecting the “active” or “passive” options. Users may also change their preferences at any time through this panel.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files created by a website on your device and containing data in name-value format. Cookies enable the website you visit to store information on your device and use this information during your subsequent visits. Cookies created by a website are stored by the internet browser you use to access the website, and cookies do not contain personal data such as visitors’ names, genders or explicit addresses. The information contained in cookies can only be accessed when you use the same internet browser and only by the website domain that created the relevant cookie, namely https://www.denthekim.com/.
Cookies have become an important part of internet technologies today. Their primary functions are to remember the preferences of online visitors and recognise the device during a connection, and cookies are used on almost every website.
Who Sends Cookies and How?
Cookies are sent through communication established between the internet browser on your device during your browsing activities (such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.) and the website servers operated by Denthekim.
Types of Cookies
- Based on ownership:
- First-Party Cookies
These are placed on the device directly by the website visited or by Denthekim.
- Third-Party Cookies
These are cookies placed on the device by a third party cooperating with Denthekim, such as an advertiser or an analytics system provider.
- Based on the period of activity:
- Session Cookies
These provide data that may be stored until the user closes the browser or the session ends. They are short-term cookies.
- Persistent Cookies
These are cookies stored on the drive until the cookie is deleted by the user or until the specific expiry date determined for the cookie. Persistent cookies have a written expiry date of varying durations in their codes.
- Based on purposes of use:
- Mandatory Cookies
These are cookies necessary for browsing the website and using features such as accessing secure areas of the website.
- Functional Cookies
These enable the website to remember the choices previously made on the website, such as username information, password information and preferred language. Preference cookies that enable automatic login to the website are also referred to as functional cookies.
- Statistical Cookies
Also known as performance cookies, statistical cookies provide anonymous and statistical data regarding the use of the website. Through statistical cookies, information regarding how the user uses the website, which pages the user visits and which links the user clicks may be stored. Statistical cookies that have been anonymised are not used to identify the website user. The purpose of these cookies is to make the website more functional.
- Advertising and Marketing Cookies
These are cookies that may be used by companies operating for the purpose of creating a profile of your interests and displaying relevant advertisements on other websites.
Purposes for Which Personal Data Will Be Processed and Legal Grounds
Mandatory cookies are used for the purpose of fulfilling an information society service requested by you, such as logging in, filling out a form and remembering privacy preferences. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed within the scope of subparagraph (c) of paragraph 2 of Article 5 of the Law, which provides that “it is necessary to process the personal data of the parties to a contract, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract”, or subparagraph (f), which provides that “data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that this does not violate the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.”
Advertising and marketing cookies are used by our business partners for the purposes of profiling you according to your interests and displaying relevant advertisements to you. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed with your explicit consent within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Law.
Statistical cookies are cookies that enable statistical measurement for analysing users’ behaviour on websites. These cookies are frequently used to improve the website, including measuring the impact of advertisements on data subjects. They are used by website owners to estimate the number of unique visitors, identify the most important search engine keywords leading to a web page or monitor navigation on the website. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed with your explicit consent within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Law.
Functional cookies are used for the purposes of making our web page more functional and personalising it, including ensuring that your preferences other than your privacy preferences are remembered when you revisit the website. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed with your explicit consent within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Law.
Information Regarding the Cookies Used on Our Website
The information regarding the cookies used on our website is provided in the table below:
|
Cookie Name |
Purpose of Use |
Cookie Type |
Duration |
|
amp-story-state |
This cookie remembers whether the user has selected the full-screen feature between page requests. |
Mandatory |
Throughout the session |
|
ga |
This cookie is used to record a unique ID used to generate statistical data regarding how the user uses the website. If you consent to the use of the cookie provided through the Google Analytics infrastructure, you will be deemed to have consented to the transfer of your personal data abroad. |
Statistical Cookies |
2 years |
|
gat |
This cookie is used by Google Analytics to reduce the request rate. If you consent to the use of the cookie provided through the Google Analytics infrastructure, you will be deemed to have consented to the transfer of your personal data abroad. |
Statistical Cookies |
1 day |
|
_gid |
This cookie is used to record a unique ID used to generate statistical data regarding how the user uses the website. If you consent to the use of the cookie provided through the Google Analytics infrastructure, you will be deemed to have consented to the transfer of your personal data abroad. |
Statistical Cookies |
1 day |
Transfer of Personal Data Processed Through Cookies
Within the scope of our activities carried out through cookies, your personal data are transferred to our suppliers for the purposes of customising and improving Denthekim services for you, carrying out marketing activities, conducting and auditing business activities, and carrying out the processes for purchasing goods and services.
In addition, if you consent to the advertising and marketing cookies and statistical cookies specified in the table above, your personal data will be processed on servers located abroad through third-party infrastructure providers established abroad, limited to the purpose of carrying out storage and archiving activities. Within this scope, your personal data will be processed by service providers whose servers are located abroad, based on your explicit consent and by taking the necessary technical and administrative measures.
Management of Cookies
It is not mandatory to use cookies in order to use our website. However, if you configure your browser not to accept cookies, the quality of your user experience may decrease and various functions of our websites may not operate properly. In particular, technical cookies enable the Site to perform its basic functions. Since technical cookies ensure the technical operation of the Site, disabling them may result in certain functions of the Site not operating properly.
You may switch the buttons in the cookie management panel on or off according to your preferences, click the “Save and Confirm” button, and refresh the page to activate your settings.
You may configure your browser to block cookies for all websites or specific websites, notify you when a cookie is created, block third-party cookies or treat all cookies as session cookies. In addition, you may delete cookies through your browser or view the list and values of cookies stored in your browser. For detailed information about your browser’s cookie management functions, please click on the relevant link below and obtain information from your browser’s website.
In addition:
- To disable Cookies managed by Google Analytics, click here.
- To manage the personalised advertising experience provided by Google, click here.
- Preferences regarding cookies used by many companies for advertising activities may be managed through Your Online Choices.
For more detailed information about cookies, you may visit https://www.aboutcookies.org or https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or use the “Privacy Badger” application (https://www.eff.org/tr/privacybadger).
Requests of Data Subjects
For detailed information regarding your rights under Article 11 of the Law and the processing of your personal data, please review the General Disclosure Notice. Denthekim reserves the right to change the terms of use relating to cookies and this Cookie Disclosure
