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As Form Elektrik İnşaat Mühendislik A.Ş. (“FORM ELEKTRİK”, “EPSIS” or the “Company”), we may use technologies such as cookies, flash cookies and web beacons that enable certain data to be recorded and collected on your computers, mobile phones, tablets and similar devices you use when accessing our website at epsis.net (the “Website”), our mobile applications, electronic platforms and other applications, and the e-mail messages or advertisements we send you. In this Cookie Policy (the “Policy”), the term “cookie” is used to refer to cookies and similar technologies that may be used by FORM ELEKTRİK.
- Although it is possible to collect users' personal data through cookies, not all data collected through cookies may qualify as personal data.
- Where data obtained through cookies qualifies as personal data under Turkish law, the Policy is described in detail in the Website Privacy Notice (Clarification Text). In this context, we recommend that you also read the Privacy Notice on the epsis.net website to learn how your personal data may be processed and how you can exercise your rights in this regard.
What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are small pieces of information stored by web browsers on the computer's hard disk or in the browser folder. They are used to offer visitors a personalized experience while they use the website visited, and to develop the services offered and improve experiences. They can contribute to ease of use while navigating a website.
What are the types of cookies?
Cookies can be categorized by duration or by the domain to which they belong. When classified by duration, cookies are divided into two types: “session cookies” and “persistent cookies”:
- Session cookies: Session cookies are used in each session in which the Website or the Company's other applications or environments are visited, and are deleted automatically when the Site or application is exited. The purpose of such cookies is to ensure the continuity and security of the visit.
- Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are saved to the computer or other devices used by the user during access for a predetermined fixed period, and are not automatically deleted when the session or application is closed. Persistent cookies are used when we need to remember who you are across more than one session. The purpose of such cookies is to increase site functionality by offering visitors a faster and better service.
When classified by the domain to which they belong, cookies are divided into two types: first-party cookies and third-party cookies:
- First-party cookie: First-party cookies are cookies placed on the website by the domain visited and that can only be read by that site.
- Third-party cookie: Third-party cookies are cookies placed by a different domain than the one visited. A third-party cookie exists when persons other than the domain visited place a cookie on the user's device through the domain visited.
What are the purposes of using cookies?
As FORM ELEKTRİK, we may make use of the cookies we use on our websites, platforms, applications, advertisements and messages for the purposes stated below:
- Operational uses: We may use cookies deemed necessary for the control and security of our websites, platforms, applications or services. Examples of cookies used for operational purposes include technologies that enable the use of functions on websites, applications and platforms, and cookies used to detect irregular behavior on these channels.
- Functionality uses: We may use the necessary cookies to facilitate the use of our websites, platforms, applications or services, or to customize them for our users. Examples of cookies used for functionality purposes include technologies that allow us to remember user information and preferences.
- Performance uses: We may also use the necessary cookies to increase and measure the performance of our websites, platforms, applications or services. Examples of cookies used for this purpose include cookies that allow us to understand how users use our websites, applications, platforms and services and to analyze user behavior, and technologies that allow us to understand whether the messages we send have been interacted with.
- Advertising uses: We may use first-party cookies and third-party cookies to deliver advertisements and similar content tailored to users' interests through websites, platforms and applications belonging to the Company or third parties. Examples of advertising uses include cookies that measure the effectiveness of advertisements and cookies that show whether a particular advertisement has been clicked or how many times an advertisement has been viewed.
How can you delete cookies?
Most browsers are set by default to accept cookies automatically. However, users may reject or delete cookies at any time by changing their browser settings. The method of changing the settings varies depending on the browser used, and how cookies can be disabled should be learned from the service provider of the browser used. You can generally reject cookies using the methods below:
- Changing your browser settings so that you are notified when you receive a cookie,
- Disabling existing cookies,
- Setting your browser to reject cookies automatically.
Please note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to benefit from some features of our websites, applications, platforms or services.
You can update your browser settings via the links below;
Google Chrome
http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Internet Explorer
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefox
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies
Opera
http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
Safari
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph19214?
Microsoft Edge
https://support.microsoft.com/tr-tr/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Authorized Providers and Third-Party Applications
As FORM ELEKTRİK, we may receive assistance from certain service providers authorized by us in running and promoting the Website, our platforms, applications and services. These service providers authorized by our Company may also place cookies and similar technologies (third-party cookies) on users' computers and other devices and may collect information such as IP address, unique identifier and device identifier to identify the user's device.
Actions Regarding Third-Party Applications
Our websites, platforms or applications may contain various links to websites, products and services belonging to third parties. Such links are subject to the cookie and privacy policies of the third parties, and it should be noted that third parties and third-party sites are independent of FORM ELEKTRİK and that FORM ELEKTRİK is not responsible for the cookie and privacy practices of third parties. If you visit linked websites, we recommend that you read the cookie and privacy policies of those sites.
