Cookie Policy

KUMSEL Elektrik Pano Tablo İmalat Ticaret ve Sanayi Ltd. Şti. (“Company” or “Kumsel”) uses certain technologies such as cookies and your browser’s local storage (“Cookies”) to help you benefit from our websites most efficiently and to improve your user experience.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your devices (computer, tablet, phone, etc.) through your browser when you use our website (www.kumsel.com.tr). Through these files, our servers recognize your devices, remember your preferences on the site and help manage site traffic.

This disclosure text has been prepared to inform you about the processing of your personal data collected through www.kumsel.com.tr (“Platform”) in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”).

1. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

Cookies are used for different purposes on the Platform. The data processing purposes and legal bases we rely on according to the type of cookie are explained below:

A. Essential (Technical) Cookies

These are cookies that are mandatory for our website to function properly, to ensure security, and to fulfill the information society services you request (e.g., page transitions, form filling). On our website, only one session cookie is used for this purpose; it is created for form security when you use the contact, callback or quote forms. Browsing the pages does not set any cookies.

Legal Basis: “Directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract” or “Mandatory for the data controller to fulfill its legal obligation” under KVKK Article 5.

B. Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to analyze visitor numbers, viewed pages, and site traffic. Through this data, we measure site performance and improve user experience. Our website does not use cookies or a third-party analytics service such as Google Analytics for this purpose; visit statistics are kept anonymously on our own server, without storing raw IP addresses.

Legal Basis: Data collected through these cookies is processed in line with our Company’s legitimate interests, provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms. For third-party analytics cookies, your explicit consent may be requested.

C. Functionality Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences on our site, providing you with a more personalized user experience. On our website, your language is determined by the page address rather than by a cookie. When you dismiss the cookie banner, this choice is not stored as a cookie but in your browser’s local storage (localStorage, key kvkk_accepted) and is never sent to our server.

Legal Basis: Our Company’s legitimate interests or the requirement of the service you explicitly request.

D. Advertising or Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be used to show you content and advertisements tailored to your interests on our site or platforms we partner with. Our website currently does not use any advertising or targeting cookies.

Legal Basis: These types of cookies are only used when you have given your explicit consent under KVKK Article 5.

Cookies and Similar Technologies Used on Our Website

2. Transfer of Processed Personal Data

Your collected personal data may be transferred to our suppliers who provide technical infrastructure services (web hosting, technical support companies), legally authorized public institutions, and relevant authorities for the fulfillment of our legal obligations, in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK, for the realization of the purposes stated above.

Our website does not use third-party analytics or advertising services such as Google Analytics. Fonts and icons are served from our own server; no requests are sent to third-party servers such as Google Fonts or Font Awesome when pages load. Google Maps, LinkedIn and FlipHTML5 content loads only when you click the relevant button. In that case, the provider may use its own cookies, and your data (such as your IP address) may be transferred to servers located abroad, with your explicit consent or to the extent permitted by relevant legislation. Data processing related to this content is subject to the privacy policies of the respective providers.

3. Method of Personal Data Collection

Your personal data is collected through automatic means in electronic environment (via cookies and similar technologies) during your visit to our website. If you fill in the contact, callback or quote forms, the information you choose to share in the form (such as your name, email, phone, company and message) is also collected electronically in order to respond to your request.

4. Your Rights as Data Subject

In accordance with Article 11 of the KVKK, you can exercise the following rights by contacting our Company:

• Learning whether your personal data is being processed
• Requesting information about processing if it has been processed
• Learning the purpose of processing and whether they are used appropriately for their purpose
• Knowing the third parties to whom they have been transferred domestically or abroad
• Requesting correction if processed incompletely or incorrectly
• Requesting deletion or destruction in accordance with KVKK conditions
• Objecting to the occurrence of a result against you through analysis by automatic systems
• Requesting compensation for damage in case of damage due to unlawful processing

5. Cookie Management and Control

Most internet browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. However, you can reject or delete cookies by changing your browser settings. Please note that if you disable cookies, some functions of our website (e.g., quote forms) may not work properly.

Because your cookie banner choice is kept in your browser’s local storage, the banner will be shown again if you clear your browser’s site data.

You can use the following links to change cookie settings in your browser:

• Google Chrome
• Internet Explorer / Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari