This policy explains how Geandis İç ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş. (“GEANDIS”, “we”) processes your personal data when you visit our website or contact us, in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
Geandis İç ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş.Sarnıç Zone, D Block 38/7, Gaziemir, İzmir, Türkiye
Email: info@geandis.com · Phone: +90 232 487 87 87
2. Personal Data We Process
| Category | Examples | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Full name | Contact and quote forms |
| Contact | Email address, phone number, country | Contact and quote forms |
| Professional | Company / institution | Contact and quote forms |
| Request details | Area of interest, product, quantity, message content | Contact and quote forms |
| Technical & usage | IP address, browser and device information, pages visited, cookie preferences | Automatically, via server logs and cookies |
We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data. Please do not include health or other sensitive data in your messages.
3. Purposes of Processing
- Responding to your enquiries and preparing quotes for products and services;
- Carrying out pre-contractual and contractual processes with you or the institution you represent;
- Operating, securing and improving our website;
- Measuring website usage and, with your consent, marketing activities;
- Fulfilling our legal obligations and responding to requests from competent authorities.
4. Legal Bases
Depending on the purpose, we process your personal data on the following legal bases:
- Performance of a contract / pre-contractual steps — KVKK Art. 5(2)(c); GDPR Art. 6(1)(b);
- Compliance with a legal obligation — KVKK Art. 5(2)(ç); GDPR Art. 6(1)(c);
- Our legitimate interests, such as answering enquiries and keeping the website secure, provided your fundamental rights are not harmed — KVKK Art. 5(2)(f); GDPR Art. 6(1)(f);
- Your explicit consent for analytics and marketing cookies and, where required, for transfers abroad — KVKK Art. 5(1) and Art. 9; GDPR Art. 6(1)(a).
You may withdraw your consent at any time; this does not affect processing carried out before withdrawal.
5. Data Transfers
Your personal data may be shared, limited to what is necessary, with our IT, hosting and email service providers, professional advisers, business partners involved in fulfilling your request, and authorised public authorities where legally required.
Where service providers are located outside Türkiye or the European Economic Area, transfers are carried out in accordance with KVKK Art. 9 and GDPR Chapter V, using appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or, where required, your explicit consent.
6. Retention
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes above or as required by applicable law (for example, commercial and tax record-keeping periods). When these periods end, data is deleted, destroyed or anonymised in line with our retention and destruction policy.
7. Your Rights
Under KVKK Art. 11 you have the right to:
- learn whether your personal data is processed and request information about it;
- learn the purpose of processing and whether data is used accordingly;
- know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom data is transferred;
- request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data;
- request deletion or destruction of data under the conditions in KVKK Art. 7;
- request that corrections, deletions or destructions be notified to third parties to whom data was transferred;
- object to a result against you arising exclusively from automated analysis;
- claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing.
If the GDPR applies to you, you also have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, and the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
To exercise your rights, send a written request to our address above or email info@geandis.com. We will respond as soon as possible and within 30 days at the latest. You may also lodge a complaint with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK).
8. Cookies
Cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage) are small files stored on your device. We only use strictly necessary ones by default; analytics and marketing cookies are used only if you allow them.
| Type | Purpose | Legal basis | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Core site functions and remembering your cookie choice (geandis_cookie_consent, local storage) | Legitimate interest | 12 months |
| Analytics | Anonymous statistics on how the site is used | Explicit consent | Up to 24 months |
| Marketing | Relevant content and campaign measurement on other platforms | Explicit consent | Up to 12 months |
You can change your preferences at any time: . You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings; some site features may then not work properly.
9. Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) and access restrictions.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always available on this page, with the date of the latest update shown at the top.
11. Contact
For any questions about this policy or your personal data, contact us at info@geandis.com or +90 232 487 87 87.