Terms of Use

As our company Basefiks (“Basefiks”), we use cookies and certain other similar technologies and products (all together referred to as “Cookies”) so that you can make efficient use of our website and so that we can improve your user experience.

This text contains explanations of the Cookies that will be used when you visit the www.basefiks.com.tr website (referred to as the “Site”). If you prefer that Cookies not be used, you may delete or block Cookies in your browser settings. However, we would like to remind you that this may affect your use of the Site.

You can access, via the Site, the information notice on your personal data that we, as Arkaplan, process in the capacity of “Data Controller” within the scope of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK) (the “Law”).

1. What Are Cookies and Other Similar Technologies?

A cookie is a small text file that is saved to your computer or mobile device through your browser when you visit a website. In addition to enabling a site to work more efficiently, cookies make it possible to present personalised pages so as to provide a visit experience that is faster and better suited to your personal needs. Cookies only contain information about your browsing history on the internet and do not collect any information about the files stored on your computer or mobile device.

Apart from this, there are also certain technologies listed below that are used for purposes similar to Cookies (“Cookie-Like Technologies”).

• Google Analytics- Heat Map Plugin,Wp Fastest Cache Plugin

The term Cookie used in this text shall be used so as to also cover Cookie-Like Technologies.

2. Types of Cookies and Purposes of Use

Cookies by period of validity:

• Temporary Cookies: Session Cookies are temporary cookies that are used for the duration of visitors’ visits to the website and are deleted after the browser is closed. The main purpose of using this type of cookie is to ensure that the website works properly during your visit. For example; it is thanks to these cookies that you are able to fill in online forms consisting of more than one page.
• Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are types of cookies used to increase the functionality of the website and to provide a faster and better service. These cookies are used to remember visitors’ preferences and are stored on visitors’ devices by means of browsers. Certain types of persistent cookies; may be used to offer visitors personalised recommendations, taking into account matters such as the purpose for which the website is used. Thanks to persistent cookies, when the website is visited again with the same device, it is checked whether there is a cookie created by the website on the visitor’s device and, if so, it is understood that the website has been visited before and the content to be delivered to visitors is determined accordingly. Cookie-Like Technologies also fall within this scope.

Cookies by source:

• First-party cookies: These are placed on visitors’ devices directly by the website. First-party cookies are set by the website you are browsing and can only be read by that site.
• Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are set by other organisations used for different services. For example, the external data analysis services we use and the suppliers providing these services set cookies on our behalf in order to report what is popular and what is not.

Cookies by purpose of use:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: Strictly necessary cookies are cookies that are required for you to browse our website and to use its features, such as access to secure areas of the site. These cookies are used for purposes such as security and authentication, are not used for any marketing purpose and do not identify you. Remembering previous actions when returning to a page within the same session may be given as an example of this.
• Functionality cookies: Functionality cookies make it possible to remember choices you have made on our website in the past (your user name, the region you are in or the language you use) for a more personalised online experience. The information collected by these cookies may include confidential data that could identify you, such as your user name or profile picture. Not allowing the use of these cookies may result in a feature specific to you not being used and prevents your preferences from being remembered.
• Performance cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information such as how you use our website, which pages you visit and which links you click. These cookies do not identify you. All data is collected anonymously and aggregated.
• Marketing cookies: These cookies are used to present content that is close to you and your interests. They may also be used to deliver targeted advertisements or to limit the number of times an advertisement is shown to you. Many types of these cookies may collect identifying information by tracking consumers.

3. What Happens If Cookies Are Not Accepted?

If you decide not to accept cookies, certain features of this website may not be displayed or may not work correctly. This limits what you can do on our website and may have an effect on design and user experience.

The features likely to be affected include the following:

• Use of the My Favourites (My Content) function
• Inability to experience the website in a personalised way
• Watching videos
• Liking or sharing this page on social networks
• Viewing embedded content

4. How Can You Block the Use of Cookies?

Although the use of cookies enables the website or mobile device to provide a better service, you may block the use of cookies if you wish. However, please bear in mind that in that case the website or mobile application may not be able to function fully and you may not be able to benefit from all of its features. To block the use of cookies, you need to change the settings of the internet browser you use. These changes vary depending on the device and internet browser you use. Below is information on which steps should be followed to block the use of cookies in different internet browsers:

Internet Explorer

• Open the desktop and tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.
• Tap or click the Tools button and Internet Options.
• Tap or click the Privacy tab, then, to block all cookies, move the slider under Settings up and tap or click the OK button.

Google Chrome

• Open Chrome on your computer.
• At the top right, click More Settings.
• At the bottom, click Advanced.
• Under “Privacy and security”, click Content settings.
• Click Cookies.
• Under “All cookies and site data”, search for the name of the Website.
• Click the Remove icon to the right of the site.

Mozilla Firefox

• Click the Firefox Menu button and select Options.
• Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the History section.
• Change the Firefox setting to use custom settings for history.
• Click the “Show cookies” button. The Cookies window will appear.
• In the Search: field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to delete. The cookies matching your search will be displayed.
• Select the cookie(s) you want to delete and click the Remove Selected button.
• Close the Cookies window by clicking the Close button. Then close the about: preferences page.

Safari

• Choose Safari > Preferences.
• Click Privacy.
• Click Website Data.
• Select one or more websites and then click Remove or Remove All.

Microsoft Edge

• Click the section with the three-dot icon in the top right corner of your Microsoft Edge browser and go to the Settings section.
• In the new window that appears, after selecting Choose What to Clear, select the sections you want to clear in the window that appears.
• There are many sections here. You can start the clearing process by selecting the ones you want.

5. Cookies Used and Purposes of Use

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

Cookie Used	Company Name	Click for detailed information	Retention Period (Days)
__cfduid	CloudFare	Used by cdn services such as CloudFare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and to apply security settings for each client. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information.	1 MONTH

MARKETING COOKIES

Cookie Used	Company Name	Click for detailed information	Retention Period (Days)
SGPBShowingLimitationDomain6812	Sygnoos	The cookie value that keeps the daily display count of the popup plugin used when the website opens.	1 DAY
SGPBShowingLimitationHomePage6812	Sygnoos	The cookie that determines how many times the Popup plugin shown to users entering the Website will be displayed.	When the Site Is Entered (When the Session Is Created)