Privacy Notice
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This notice explains, in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK"), how your personal data is processed when you visit ephesuscity.com and use its contact form. In case of any discrepancy, the Turkish version prevails.
Data controller
Selçuk District Governorship (T.C. Selçuk Kaymakamlığı) Address: Atatürk Mah. Atatürk Cd. No: 151, 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye Email: hello@ephesuscity.com
What personal data do we process?
- Contact form: your name, email address, optionally your phone number, and the content of your message.
- Technical data: your IP address, date and time, and browser details, recorded automatically by the server when you access the site.
- Visit statistics: only if you give consent in the cookie banner, online identifiers and page-view data collected through Google Analytics. See the Cookie Policy for details.
Purposes and legal bases
| Data | Purpose | Legal basis (KVKK art. 5) |
|---|---|---|
| Contact form data | Answering your questions, suggestions and requests | Your explicit consent (the checkbox on the form) |
| Technical data | Keeping the site secure, preventing abuse, meeting legal obligations | Expressly provided for by law; compliance with a legal obligation |
| Visit statistics | Understanding how the site is used and improving its content | Your explicit consent (the cookie banner) |
Storage and transfers
What you write in the contact form is not stored on the site or in a database. It is only forwarded by email to the Governorship's mailbox and kept in the email system for as long as needed to answer your request.
The site's hosting and email services are provided by service providers whose servers may be located outside Türkiye. If you consent to Google Analytics, statistics are transferred to Google LLC (USA). Transfers abroad are based on your explicit consent under article 9 of the KVKK. Your personal data is not otherwise shared with third parties, except with competent public authorities where legally required.
Retention
- Requests received by email are kept until they are resolved and for the periods required by law.
- Server logs are kept for the period required by law and then deleted.
- Google Analytics data is deleted at the end of the retention period set in the Google Analytics account.
Your rights
Under article 11 of the KVKK you have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed and to request information about it; to learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly; to know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom it is transferred; to request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data and its erasure or destruction under the conditions of the KVKK, and to have these actions notified to third parties; to object to a result against you arising from automated analysis; and to claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.
You can withdraw your consent at any time. You can change your Google Analytics consent through the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page.
How to apply
You can send requests concerning your rights in writing to the address above or by email to hello@ephesuscity.com, in line with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller. Requests are answered free of charge within 30 days at the latest.