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PDPL

Personal Data Protection Law

KİRİŞÇİ LAW FIRM

CLARIFICATION TEXT ON THE
PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

This Clarification Text has been prepared to inform data subjects regarding the processing and protection of personal data by Kirişçi Law Firm within the scope of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“Law” or “PDPL”).

a) IDENTITY OF THE DATA CONTROLLER

  • Full Name / Title: Attorney Umut Volkan Kirişçi
  • Website: https://kiriscihukuk.com
  • Address: Kartaltepe Mahallesi, Lavanta Çiçeği Sokak, No:4, Daire:9, Bakırköy / Istanbul
  • Office Phone: +90 212 481 08 12
  • E-mail: avvolkankirisci@gmail.com

b) METHODS AND LEGAL GROUNDS FOR OBTAINING PERSONAL DATA, AND PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED

Your personal data consists of the information provided by you through attorney, legal intern, or summer intern applications under the “Careers” section of our website, as well as the data processed in a physical environment belonging to candidates who are invited for interviews or whose applications are accepted.

These data comprise, whether provided electronically or physically: full name, date of birth, place of birth, gender, mother’s/father’s name, Turkish ID number, nationality, copy of identity document, copy of diploma, signature, e-mail address, residential address, home phone number, work phone number, mobile phone number, information regarding school or workplace, driving license details, educational background, work history, information on any conditions preventing employment in the applied position, other details submitted in the resume (CV) by the candidate, information obtained from references if provided, and statements made by the candidate during the interview.

Your personal data collected on the legal grounds specified in this Clarification Text may be processed and shared within the framework of the personal data processing conditions set forth in Articles 5 and 6 of the Personal Data Protection Law. Your personal data may be collected physically via forms prepared in the office or electronically through our website in accordance with your declaration, information, and consent.

Additionally, your access date and time, the URL address of the referring application website, retrieved files, amount of transferred data, browser type and version, operating system, IP address, and domain name of your internet service provider are automatically transmitted by your web browser to our internet server and recorded in data log files without seeking explicit consent. These data are used strictly for statistical analyses aimed at improving our website and are deleted immediately thereafter.

c) PURPOSES OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data are processed by Kirişçi Law Firm under the personal data processing conditions specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the PDPL for the following purposes:

  • Selection and determination of colleagues/team members,
  • Supporting the legal education and professional development of candidates seeking to complete a summer internship within Kirişçi Law Firm,
  • Supporting the training and development of candidates wishing to complete their statutory legal internship at Kirişçi Law Firm,
  • Execution of necessary work by business units to enable data subjects to benefit from products and services provided by Kirişçi Law Firm and management of relevant operational processes,
  • Conducting necessary evaluations and work related to job applications made to Kirişçi Law Firm,
  • Planning and execution of Kirişçi Law Firm’s operational strategies,
  • Ensuring the legal, technical, and commercial/occupational safety of Kirişçi Law Firm and persons maintaining business relationships with Kirişçi Law Firm.

d) PARTIES TO WHOM PERSONAL DATA MAY BE TRANSFERRED

Your personal data may be transferred to Kirişçi Law Firm’s business partners, suppliers, legally authorized public institutions and organizations, and legally authorized private entities within the framework of the data processing conditions and purposes set forth in Articles 8 and 9 of the PDPL. Your personal data are not transferred abroad. Upon expiration of the designated retention period, the data in question are deleted.

e) RETENTION PERIOD OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data are retained for the periods stipulated in applicable legislation. In cases where no specific period is prescribed by law, your personal data are retained within Kirişçi Law Firm for a period ranging from 1 to 3 months.

f) RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT AND EXERCISE OF THESE RIGHTS

Pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Law, as a data subject, you have the right to:

  1. Learn whether your personal data are processed or not,
  2. Request information if your personal data have been processed,
  3. Learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose,
  4. Know the third parties to whom your personal data are transferred domestically or abroad,
  5. Request the correction of your personal data if they are processed incompletely or inaccurately, and request notification of such transactions to third parties to whom personal data have been transferred,
  6. Request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring their processing cease to exist—despite having been processed in accordance with the PDPL and relevant legislation—and request notification of such transactions to third parties to whom personal data have been transferred,
  7. Claim compensation for damages incurred due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.

g) EXERCISE OF RIGHTS BY DATA SUBJECTS

In order for your application to be processed and evaluated, it must meet the requirements set out in the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller (accessible via www.resmigazete.gov.tr).

Within the framework of the conditions specified in the Communiqué, you may submit your application:

  • By sending an e-mail containing a wet signature and information sufficient to verify your identity to avvolkankirisci@gmail.com,
  • By sending a written request with a wet signature and identity verification details to “Kartaltepe Mahallesi, Lavanta Çiçeği Sokak, No:4, Daire:9, Bakırköy/Istanbul”, or
  • By applying in person to Kirişçi Law Firm together with a valid identity document.

Kirişçi Law Firm responds to requests from data subjects who wish to exercise these rights within the limits provided for by the Personal Data Protection Law, within a maximum of thirty (30) days as stipulated therein. For third parties to submit an application on behalf of a data subject, a special power of attorney issued by a notary public on behalf of the applicant by the data subject is required. Kirişçi Law Firm reserves the right to request additional information from the applicant to verify whether they are indeed the data subject and may direct questions to clarify matters specified in the application.