Cookie Information Notice

This text has been prepared by Bitter Colors Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi, acting as the data controller, with its registered address at Beğendik Mh. Köşe Beğendik Cd. No:34, Hacılar, Kayseri, pursuant to Article 10 of Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (the “Law”) and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to be Followed in Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform.

The purpose of this Cookie Information Notice is to inform you about the processing of personal data obtained automatically through the placement of cookies used on our website onto your device, including which types of cookies we use for which purposes and how you can manage these cookies.

For cookies used on our website other than strictly necessary cookies, users’ explicit consent is obtained and users are provided with the opportunity to change their consent at any time. Users can view the types of cookies used on our website via the cookie management panel and can set their preferences as “on” or “off” for all cookies other than Strictly Necessary Cookies. Users may change their preferences at any time via this panel.

Types of Cookies

Types of cookies by duration of use

Session cookies and persistent cookies are used on our website depending on their duration. Session cookies are used to ensure continuity of the session and are deleted when the user closes their browser. Persistent cookies are not deleted when the internet browser is closed and are deleted automatically on a certain date or after a certain period.

Types of cookies by purpose of use

The following cookies are used on our website based on their purpose:

1) Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for our website to function. These cookies are first-party cookies and process personal data during the session (except for cookies related to your privacy preferences, as these cookies have a longer lifespan than the session) and are automatically deleted when the session ends. These cookies are used as necessary to provide an information society service you have requested (logging in, filling out forms, and remembering privacy preferences).

2) Advertising / Marketing Cookies

These cookies are placed by our advertising partners through our website and are third-party cookies. They are used by our business partners to create a profile based on your interests and to show you relevant advertisements.

3) Functional Cookies

These cookies are used to make our website more functional and for personalization purposes (remembering your preferences other than your privacy preferences when you revisit the site).

4) Performance / Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us measure and improve the performance of our website by monitoring visits and traffic; learning which pages are most and least popular; and seeing how users navigate the site. In other words, these cookies serve the purpose of tracking and reporting cookies. Performance and analytics identifiers other than first-party performance analytics identifiers that are used only for the limited purposes of measuring the target audience of the website or application and producing anonymous statistics are identifiers that enable statistical measurement and are used for purposes such as analyzing user behavior, improving our website and applications, estimating the number of unique users, identifying the most effective search engine keywords, and tracking your navigation behavior.

Purposes and Legal Grounds for Processing Personal Data

Strictly necessary cookies are used to provide the information society services you request (logging in, filling out forms, remembering privacy preferences, counting visitors, and measuring traffic on our website). Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed under Article 5(2)(c) of the Law (“Provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract, processing of personal data belonging to the parties of the contract is necessary”) or Article 5(2)(f) (“Provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller”).

Advertising and marketing cookies are used by our business partners to create a profile based on your interests and to show you relevant advertisements. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed based on your explicit consent pursuant to Article 5(1) of the Law.

Functional cookies are used to make our website more functional and to personalize it (remembering your preferences other than your privacy preferences when you revisit the site). Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed based on your explicit consent pursuant to Article 5(1) of the Law.

Analytics / performance cookies allow us to measure and improve the performance of our website by enabling us to count visits and traffic sources. They help us learn which pages are visited most and least and how visitors navigate the site. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed based on your explicit consent pursuant to Article 5(1) of the Law.

Your personal data are processed by associating them with your IP information. If you give explicit consent, such personal data may be transferred abroad—limited to the purposes of conducting advertising/marketing activities for you, making our site more functional, and personalization (remembering your preferences other than your privacy preferences when you revisit the site)—since we use cookies via service providers located abroad.

Requests of Data Subjects

You can submit your requests within the scope of Article 11 of Law No. 6698 to info@bittercolors.com.

Cookie Settings via Browser Settings

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the icon on our website. In the cookie preference center / cookie management panel, set the buttons to on or off according to your preference and click “Save preferences.” Refresh the page to activate your preferences. In addition, partial control can be provided through browser settings.

You can access information on managing cookies in commonly used browsers via the links below. These changes vary depending on the device and internet browser you use. The steps to prevent the use of cookies in different internet browsers are set out below:

Internet Explorer

1. Open the Desktop and tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.

2. Tap or click the Tools button and then Internet Options.

3. Tap or click the Privacy tab, move the slider up under Settings to block all cookies, and tap or click OK.

Chrome

1. Open Chrome on your computer.

2. Click More (Settings) at the top right.

3. Click Advanced at the bottom.

4. Under “Privacy and security,” click Content settings.

5. Click Cookies.

6. Under “All cookies and site data,” search for the website name.

7. Click the Remove icon to the right of the site.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the Firefox Menu button and select Options.

2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the History section.

3. Set Firefox to “Use custom settings for history.”

4. Click the “Show Cookies” button. The Cookies window will appear.

5. In the search field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to remove. Matching cookies will be displayed.

6. Select the cookie(s) you want to remove and click “Remove Selected.”

7. Click Close to close the Cookies window, then close the about:preferences page.

Safari

1. Choose Safari > Preferences.

2. Click the Privacy tab.

3. Click Website Data.

4. Select one or more websites, then click Remove or Remove All.

Microsoft Edge

1. Click the three-dot icon at the top right of your Microsoft Edge browser and go to Settings.

2. Open “Choose what to clear.”

3. Select the items you want to clear and start the clearing process.

For your information.

Bitter Colors Tekstil Sanayi Ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi