Privacy and Cookie Policy

Privacy and Cookie Policy

HAREM ÇİKOLATA SANAYİ A.Ş. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) wishes to state that it uses various cookies on its website https://www.haremchocolate.com (the “Site”). As the Company, we exercise the utmost care to ensure that the personal data of our Site’s members/visitors/users is processed in accordance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data and other relevant legislation (the “PDP Legislation”).

The purpose of this Cookie Policy is to inform the site members/visitors/users (the “Data Subject”) of the website https://www.haremchocolate.com (the “Site”), which is operated by us, about the types and purposes of use of the cookies obtained when the Site is visited.

What Is a Cookie?  

Cookies are small text files, mostly made up of letters or numbers, that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website and that make it possible to identify the device in question.  

What Personal Data Is Processed Through Cookies?

Through cookies, your usage and visit habits on the Site, your session information, your past transactions and your browsing information are processed.

As the Company, we process your personal data consisting of cookies that we collect through log files, empty gif files and/or third-party sources, in accordance with the PDP Legislation and limited to the purposes stated below:

• In order to provide better service to our Site visitors, your browsing information on the Site is processed, shared with third parties limited to this purpose, and stored securely.
• Your past transactions are stored in order to create a summary of your preferences.
• Functional and analytical cookies are used to analyze how the Site is used and to improve your experience of using the Site.

The Company may match information collected through different methods online and offline, or information collected from you on the Site at different times, and may use this information together with information obtained from other sources such as third parties.

Which Types of Cookies Are Used?

We process cookies relating to the visitors and users of the website mentioned above. In addition, both first-party cookies (placed directly by us) and third-party cookies (placed by servers other than ours) are used on our website. The types of first-party cookies that we use and take responsibility for are as follows:  

Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies: These are cookies whose use is mandatory so that the functions on the Site can work properly and the service offered at the address can be fully provided. For example, authentication cookies that come into play when you log in to the address allow your active session to continue as you move from one page to another. Disabling these cookies may make the functions unusable.  

Persistent Cookies: These are cookies used to improve the functionality of the Site and to offer our visitors a faster and better service, and which remain valid until you delete them through your browser or until their expiry date. This type of cookie is used to remember the choices you have made and to personalize your use. These cookies include cookies that save your password and keep your session permanently open, thus sparing you the trouble of entering your password several times on each visit, and that remember and recognize you on your later visits to the address. 

Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are used during your visit to the Site and are deleted after the browser is closed. This type of cookie does not contain personal data and helps reduce the need to transfer personal data over the internet. You can delete these cookies or prevent their use; however, disabling these cookies may reduce the performance of the Site and limit your user experience.

Performance/Analytics Cookies: Performance and analytics cookies are used to improve the site. They are used by the website to estimate the number of unique visitors, to identify the most important search engine keywords leading to a web page, or to monitor browsing on the website.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to build your profile and to serve advertisements relevant to your interests. They are also used to help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign and to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. They are usually placed on advertising networks with the permission of the website owner (for example, social media sites). Information about your visit to the website is shared with advertisers and other organizations. If these cookies are not permitted, our targeted advertisements cannot be experienced on different websites.

Functionality and Preference Cookies: These make it possible to personalize the site content for users who visit the website, based on their preferences. It is possible to block the use of these cookies.

How Can You Control the Use of Cookies?  

Processing cookies is not mandatory in order to visit and use our website https://www.haremchocolate.com; you can personalize your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings.

If you set your browser to block all cookies, you can continue to use our website; however, in this case you may not be able to access all functions of our website, or your access may be limited, and the quality of your user experience may decrease. 

What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Personal Data Protection Law (“PDPL”), we would like to inform you that you have the right to: 

• Learn whether your personal data is processed,
• Request information if it has been processed,
• Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with its purpose,
• Know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred, within the country or abroad,
• Request the correction of personal data if it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately, and request that the action taken in this scope be notified to the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
• Request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring its processing no longer exist, even though it has been processed in accordance with the PDPL and other relevant provisions of law, and request that the action taken in this scope be notified to the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
• Object to the emergence of a result against the person themselves by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
• Request compensation for damages if you suffer harm due to the unlawful processing of personal data. 

Your rights under Article 11 of the PDPL are reserved; you may submit your requests regarding these rights, preferably by filling in all the information specified in the Data Subject Application Form on our website,

• by coming in person to our Company at the address ŞERİFALİ MH. BURHAN SK. NO.5 ÜMRANİYE - İSTANBUL,
• in writing through a notary public or by registered letter with return receipt, in order to verify your identity and avoid giving information to the wrong persons,
• by using a secure electronic signature, a mobile signature, or (if any) the e-mail address that you have previously notified and that is registered in the systems of https://www.haremchocolate.com, by sending an e-mail to  hello@haremchocolate.com or through other methods to be determined by the Board in the future.