Privacy policy

Under Turkish Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK"), your personal data may be processed by Güneş ABK as data controller.

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Depending on the nature of your use of the Website and your communication with us, the following personal data may be processed:

• Full name
• Phone number
• Email address
• Contact and appointment details
• The content of your requests and applications
• Technical information related to your use of the Website
• IP address and connection information
• Information obtained through cookies
• Health information and health data provided to us for the purpose of delivering healthcare services
• Other information that may be required to fulfil legal obligations

Health data is a special category of personal data under the KVKK and is subject to stricter protective provisions under the law.

Your personal data may be processed, in accordance with the conditions set out in the KVKK, for the following purposes:

• Receiving and managing your appointment requests
• Answering your questions and contact requests
• Providing healthcare services
• Creating and maintaining patient records
• Planning and following up on medical processes
• Fulfilling legal and administrative obligations
• Ensuring information security
• Ensuring the security and functionality of the Website
• Analyzing use of the Website
• Providing information to authorized persons, institutions, and organizations as required by law

Güneş ABK takes the necessary technical and administrative measures to prevent unlawful processing of and access to personal data, and to ensure personal data is stored securely.

That said, we note that no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be entirely risk-free.

Your personal data may be transferred, strictly within the conditions set out in applicable legislation and limited to the purposes of processing, to:

• Authorized public institutions and organizations
• Relevant healthcare providers, where necessary to deliver healthcare services
• Legally authorized persons and organizations
• Information technology, hosting, software, technical support, and similar service providers
• Other persons or organizations necessary to fulfil legal obligations

Any sharing of your personal data with third parties takes place within the legal conditions and required security measures set out in applicable legislation.

Cookies may be used on the Website to improve user experience, keep the site operating securely and correctly, remember preferences, and, where necessary, compile visit statistics.

The types, purposes, duration, and any third-party sharing of the cookies used may be further explained in a separate Cookie Policy. Where non-essential cookies are used, we act in line with users' preferences as required by applicable legislation.

The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services. Those websites have their own privacy and data-processing policies. Güneş ABK is not responsible for the practices of third-party websites.

Where personal data relating to children is processed through the Website, the special provisions required by applicable legislation apply. Health data and other personal data relating to child patients are processed only in accordance with applicable legislation and where the required legal conditions are met.

Your personal data is retained for as long as required by the purposes of processing and by the retention periods set out in applicable legislation. Once the retention period ends, or once the legal grounds requiring processing no longer apply, your personal data is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized in accordance with applicable legislation.

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, as a data subject you have the right to:

• Learn whether your personal data is being processed
• Request information about it if it is being processed
• Learn the purpose of processing and whether your data is used in line with that purpose
• Know the third parties, in Turkey or abroad, to whom your personal data is transferred
• Request correction of your personal data if it has been processed incompletely or incorrectly
• Request deletion or destruction of your personal data within the conditions set out in the law
• Request that any correction, deletion, or destruction be notified to third parties to whom your personal data was transferred
• Object to a result that is to your detriment arising solely from automated analysis of your processed data
• Request compensation for damage arising from unlawful processing of your data

To exercise your rights under the KVKK, you can contact our clinic directly. Applications are evaluated within the procedures and principles set out in the KVKK and related secondary legislation.

Güneş ABK may update this Privacy Policy in line with changes in applicable legislation or in the services offered through the Website. The current text takes effect from the date it is published on the Website.