As per the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data, Koçak | Dolar Law Firm (“We” or “Our law firm”) would like to inform you in this Privacy Policy regarding your personal data that may be processed, how we retain the data, the purposes of processing, methods & legal basis for the collection, transfer of the data and your rights.

 

First of all, we would like to inform you that in accordance with the attorney-client confidentiality obligation and the Law No. 1136 Attorneyship Law, the data you share with us cannot be disclosed to your detriment before any authority, including in criminal proceedings.

 

​​Method of Collection and Legal Grounds for Processing Personal Data

 

The personal data that may be collected can vary according to the services you have received or will receive. Your personal data may be collected by the information and documents: that you have provided or shared with us through oral, written, and electronic platforms, including meetings, interviews, personal correspondences via e-mail, mail, phone, fax, website forms, messaging applications; and/or through publicly available resources, including news reports, trade registry, etc; and/or communications through other channels.

 

​We will process your personal data within the scope of the legal services we provide for the purpose of pursuing legal proceedings, financial and managerial operations of our law firm, as well as to an extent necessary for the enactment or fulfilment of the contract as per under Article 5(2)(c) of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (LPPD), and complying with the information and documentation requests of the competent authorities on the legal grounds that processing is necessary for compliance with the legal obligations as per Article 5(2)(ç) of the LPPD.

 

Purposes of Processing

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​Our law firm processes your personal data within the scope of the terms specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the LPPD and within the framework of the numbered purpose and conditions. Your personal data is processed for the below purposes:

• To provide legal consultancy in accordance with the Law on Attorneyship,

• To carry out contractual and reporting obligations of the contract between you and our firm,

• Informing you on legislative and other developments,

• To answer questions on legal services provided,

• To ensure communication with clients, other relevant stakeholders, or if applicable, third parties on behalf of the clients, within the legal services rendered,

• To inform clients of legislative and other developments,

• To perform process concerning invoicing, payment and accounting,

• To perform and manage human resources, information technologies, office administration processes of our law firm.

• To prepare internal reports, audit reports, or other relevant internal process for the purpose of improving our service quality.

• To ensure the security of the information and documentation possessed by our law firm

• To perform relevant legal obligations that our law firm is subject to under the relevant legislation.

 

Transfer

 

Within the framework of the attorney-client privilege, your personal data can be shared only with your consent for the above-mentioned purposes of processing and to the extent necessary and relevant for the purposes in question.

Your personal data may be shared: with the relevant public institutions and organizations in order to fulfill the contractual obligation between the client and attorney, in order to authorize lawyers working with us who are also obligated to maintain confidentiality, with banks and financial institutions in order to make collections and payments, as a reliable service provider with information technologies and technological infrastructure service providers and telecommunication operators in order to ensure that your data can be filed and kept safely, with consultants who are experts in their relevant field that requires technical knowledge in order to obtain an expert opinion for the case file.

 

​Your Rights

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You have the right to:

• be informed whether your personal data has been processed and/or request information about the processing,

• be informed of the purposes of the data processing and whether your personal data has been used for and in accordance with the relevant purposes,

• be informed of the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred,

• to request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data,

• to request the erasure or destruction of your personal data as per the relevant legislation in the event the purposes for processing your personal data cease to exist 

• to request correction from the third parties to whom your personal data that has been transferred

• to request compensation for any damages arising from the unlawful processing of your personal data.

 

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​Our Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect the contemporary developments in relevant legislations.