This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) outlines our general policy and practices for protecting personal information that we collect through our website (“Site”) that we operate, and through other interactions with you, including those that occur through telephone, email, or in-person. This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we gather and how we use that information. By using our Site, you hereby accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Copyright

By submitting personal information to us, you are consenting to the use of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Any consent you provide is entirely voluntary. If you do not accept this Privacy Policy, then you should not use or submit any personal information to Ertuğ&Partners.

Personal Information Collection

You may voluntarily provide us with personal information, such as your name and contact information, by submitting requests through our “Contact Us” mailboxes. In addition, you may voluntarily provide us with personal information by registering for some of our publications or events (e.g. newsletters, seminars and conferences).

We do not seek sensitive personal information on our Site, except where we are required to do so as part of the recruitment process. Your decision to submit such information is entirely voluntary.

Personal Information Use

Automatically collected information and other personal information may be combined with other information that we collect directly from you or that we receive from other sources and is used for the purposes described below:

Basic information, such as your name, title, position;
Contact details;
Data necessary for processing invoices;
Metrics of your visit on our website, such as used device-type, IP Address and user agent;
Data relating to your attendance of events and interests,
Personal data that we need for compliance purposes;
Personal data provided to us in the course of rendering services which may include special categories of data;
Any other personal data relating to you that you provide to us.

We obtain the personal data when you provide us with your personal data, or when you interact with us directly (by e-mail, telephone or by mail).

For what purposes do we process your personal data?

To process and to respond to requests, enquiries or complaints received from you;
To comply with regulatory and policy requirements;
To provide services requested by you;
To identify services, you may be interested in;
To communicate with you about our services;
To provide and improve our Site by generating statistics regarding the use of the Site;
To monitor and analyze our business processes and systems;
To handle your job application or subscription to any of our recruitment services or events.

What rights do you have regarding your personal data?

You, as a data owner, specifically have the following rights:

Right to access your personal data;
Right to rectification or correction of your personal data;
Right to erasure of your personal data;
Right to object or to request restriction of processing of your personal data
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Job Applications

If you choose to apply for job openings through our Site, we may collect additional information such as your name, address, and other contact information, work and educational experience and other personal information and we may use this information to process and evaluate your application for employment and to communicate with you about employment opportunities. If we elect to make an offer of employment, this information may become part of the employee file and may be used for other employment and work-related purposes.

We do not use profiling or make any decisions based solely on the automated processing of your personal information. We retain personal information for only so long as necessary for the intended purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law or our document retention policies, which are based on professional standards and best practices.

Cookies

Ertuğ&Partners automatically collects certain information about users who access the Site, which may include user’s internet protocol address, location, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, operating system, as well as date and time stamps. To do this, we use “cookies,” which are small data files stored on a user’s computer to enhance your on-line experience when visiting our Site, and other tracking technologies. Most web browsers include settings that allow users to decline cookies.

We use the services of Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google offers the ability to opt out from tracking through Google Analytics cookies; for more information, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Email

You may unsubscribe from emails from us by clicking the unsubscribe at the bottom of any subscription-based emails from us. You may also contact us by email or postal address as noted below. Please include your current contact information and your requested changes.

Data Security

We use reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect the information we process. However, no method of transferring data over the Internet or storing electronic data is completely secure. Therefore, while we strive to use reasonable and appropriate means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Privacy Policy Changes

Ertuğ&Partners reserves the right to amend or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any revised Privacy Policy on this Site and by continuing to use our Site after we post any revised Privacy Policy, you agree that the terms of the revised Privacy Policy as of the effective date will apply to information previously collected or collected in the future, as permitted by law.

How to Contact Us

Questions, comments, or complaints about Privacy Policy or data collection and processing practices can be e-mailed to info@ertugpartners.com, or sent to us using the contact details below:

By Mail : Rumeli Cad. No:25/27 K:2 D:4 34371 Nişantaşı Şişli İstanbul Turkey

By E-mail : info@ertugpartners.com

Governing Law

According to the Decision No. 2018/32 dated 02/04/2018 of the Personal Data Protection Board, the Site is exempted from the obligation to register in the Data Controllers’ Registry.

This Privacy Policy and all issues arising from, relating to and/or in connection with this Site are governed by Turkish law and Union of the Turkish Bar Associations’ Professional Rules and any other related regulations.