Information Notice
This Disclosure Statement has been prepared in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("PDPL") regarding the processing of personal data of individuals who visit www.belsstudio.com, shop through the Site, or communicate with Bels Studio.
1. DATA CONTROLLER
Within the scope of the PDPL, your personal data is processed by the following person as the data controller:
Name Surname: Beliz Karaarslan
Brand: Bels Studio
Status: Craftsman Exempt from Tax under Article 9/6 of Income Tax Law No. 193
Address: Harmandere mah. Petek Cad. Mira Beş Yıldız B3 18
E-mail: belsknits@gmail.com
Phone: 0538 811 90 92
Website: www.belsstudio.com
2. PERSONAL DATA THAT MAY BE PROCESSED
Depending on your relationship with Bels Studio and the services you use, the following categories of personal data may be processed:
• Identity information: name and surname,
• Contact information: e-mail address, phone number, delivery and billing address,
• Customer transaction information: order information, purchased products, personalization preferences, order history, return and exchange records,
• Finance and transaction information: limited transaction and payment records related to the execution of the payment process,
• Request and complaint information: messages, requests, and feedback communicated within the scope of customer services,
• Transaction security and technical data: IP address, device and browser information, session and security records, and data obtainable through cookies or similar technologies,
• Legal process and compliance information: records that must be kept within the scope of fulfilling legal obligations.
3. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes, depending on the nature of the data:
• Receiving, preparing, personalizing, and delivering orders,
• carrying out payment transactions and order processes,
• managing customer requests, return and exchange processes,
• communicating within the scope of order, delivery, and customer services,
• operating the Site, ensuring its security, and resolving technical issues,
• preventing fraud and misuse,
• fulfilling consumer legislation, tax, and other legal obligations,
• establishing, exercising, or protecting a right,
• conducting campaign, product, and marketing communications, if the necessary permissions are available.
4. LEGAL GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data is processed based on the appropriate legal grounds stipulated in Article 5 of the PDPL. These may include, depending on the processing activity, especially the following reasons:
• Being directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract,
• being mandatory for the data controller to fulfill its legal obligation,
• processing of data being mandatory for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right,
• processing of data being mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject,
• explicit provision in laws,
• explicit consent of the data subject in activities where explicit consent is required as a legal basis.
For marketing and commercial electronic communication activities, the necessary approval and refusal mechanisms are also applied in accordance with the relevant electronic commerce legislation.
5. METHODS OF COLLECTING PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data may be collected through automatic or partially automatic methods via order and communication fields on www.belsstudio.com, e-mail, telephone, customer service communications, cookies and similar technologies, and through Shopify and related service provider systems used in the operation of the Site.
Since Bels Studio store operates on Shopify infrastructure, some data may be processed through Shopify infrastructure within the scope of operating the Site and providing e-commerce services.
6. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data may be transferred to the following recipient groups to the extent necessary for the provision of the service or the fulfillment of legal obligations, within the framework of the provisions of the PDPL regarding the transfer of personal data and other applicable legislation:
• Shopify and technical service providers used in the operation of the e-commerce infrastructure,
• payment service providers and banks,
• cargo and logistics service providers,
• hosting, security, technical support and similar service providers,
• consultants and service providers necessary for the fulfillment of legal and financial obligations,
• legally authorized public institutions, courts and other official authorities.
In case of international data transfer, current provisions of the PDPL regarding international data transfer and appropriate transfer mechanisms are taken into account.
7. STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data is stored for the period required by the processing purposes and taking into account the legal retention periods stipulated in the relevant legislation.
If the reasons requiring processing cease to exist and there is no other legal obligation requiring the data to be stored, personal data is deleted, destroyed or anonymized in accordance with the relevant legislation.
8. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE PDPL
Under Article 11 of the PDPL, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
• To learn whether your personal data is being processed,
• to request information if your personal data has been processed,
• to learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
• to know the third parties to whom your personal data are transferred domestically or abroad,
• to request correction of your personal data if they are incomplete or incorrectly processed,
• to request the deletion or destruction of your personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in the PDPL,
• to request that the correction, deletion or destruction operations be notified to third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
• to object to the occurrence of a result against you by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
• to demand compensation for damages if you suffer damage due to unlawful processing of your personal data.
9. APPLICATION METHOD
You can submit your requests under the PDPL to Bels Studio, including the necessary information to identify your request and your identity.
Contact channels for applications:
E-mail: belsknits@gmail.com
Address: [Full address on Tax Exemption Certificate]
Applications are evaluated according to the nature of the request and within the periods stipulated in the applicable legislation. If additional information or identity verification is required to finalize the application, the necessary information may be requested from the applicant.
10. CHANGES TO THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Bels Studio may update this Disclosure Statement in line with changes that may occur in personal data processing activities, services used, or relevant legislation. The updated text will be valid from the date of its publication on www.belsstudio.com.