Privacy Notice on the Protection of Personal Data
As Op. Dr. Alper Başakcı, we care about the security of your personal data. This notice is provided under Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK") to inform you about the personal data processed through the alperbasakci.com website and our contact channels.
1. Data Controller
The data controller under the KVKK is Op. Dr. Alper Başakcı.
- Address: Bağbaşı, Zeytinköy, Acıpayam Blv. No:5, 20070 Pamukkale/Denizli
- Phone: 0532 562 06 25
- E-mail: [email protected]
2. Personal Data We Process
- Identity: name and surname.
- Contact: phone number and e-mail address.
- Request details: the subject and content of messages you send via the contact form, e-mail, phone or WhatsApp.
- Special categories (health data): any complaints, symptoms, diagnoses or treatment information you choose to share in your messages.
- Security data: technical records needed to run the site securely, such as IP address, browser details and visit time, as well as cookie data.
Please do not share more health information than your request requires. Medical records relating to examination and treatment are processed separately by the healthcare facility providing the service, under its own privacy notice.
3. Purposes of Processing
- Receiving and assessing your contact and appointment requests and getting back to you,
- Answering your questions and providing general information,
- Following up on requests and complaints,
- Keeping the website secure, preventing misuse (such as spam) and making technical improvements,
- Meeting legal obligations and responding to requests from competent authorities.
4. Collection Method and Legal Grounds
Your data is collected wholly or partly by automated means through the website contact form, e-mail, phone, WhatsApp and cookies. It is processed on the following legal grounds under Article 5 of the KVKK:
- It is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract (Art. 5/2-c),
- It is necessary for the data controller to fulfil a legal obligation (Art. 5/2-ç),
- It is necessary to establish, exercise or protect a right (Art. 5/2-e),
- It is necessary for the data controller's legitimate interests, provided your fundamental rights and freedoms are not harmed (Art. 5/2-f).
Health data you share is processed under Article 6 of the KVKK by a physician bound by professional confidentiality for the purposes of protecting public health, preventive medicine, medical diagnosis, treatment and care, or on the basis of your explicit consent.
5. Transfer of Personal Data
Limited to the purposes above, your data may be shared with the healthcare facility where an examination or treatment will take place (where needed to fulfil your request), and with legally authorised public bodies and courts. It may also be stored on the servers of IT providers used for website hosting and e-mail; where such servers are located abroad, the transfer is carried out in line with Article 9 of the KVKK. Your data is never sold or shared with third parties for marketing.
6. Retention Period
Your data is kept for as long as the purpose of processing requires and for the periods set by applicable law, after which it is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.
7. Your Rights (KVKK Art. 11)
- To learn whether your personal data is processed,
- To request information if it has been processed,
- To learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly,
- To know the third parties in Turkey or abroad to whom it is transferred,
- To request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data,
- To request deletion or destruction under the conditions of Article 7 of the KVKK,
- To request that corrections, deletions or destructions be notified to third parties to whom the data was transferred,
- To object to an outcome against you arising solely from automated analysis of your data,
- To claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing.
8. How to Apply
You can submit requests regarding these rights in writing to the address above, together with information that identifies you, or by e-mail to [email protected] from your registered e-mail address, in line with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller. Your request will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and within 30 days at the latest; if the process incurs an additional cost, the fee set by the Personal Data Protection Board may apply.