TLC Cookie Policy and Cookie Information Notice
Keyifli İşler Turizm Gıda Sağlık İnşaat ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş. (“Company”) uses cookies during your visits to the website located at https://www.thelifeco.com/en . The use of these technologies is carried out in accordance with the legislation to which the Company is subject, primarily the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“Law”).
The Company may discontinue the use of cookies on its site, change their types and functions, and/or add new cookies to the Website. The Company may update and change the provisions of this Cookie Policy and Cookie Information Notice at any time by publishing them on the Website. Updates and changes made by the Company to the Cookie Policy and Cookie Information Notice will be effective as of the date they are published on the Website.
1. What is a Cookie?
Cookies are files or pieces of information that can be stored on your computer (or other internet-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets) when you visit a website. A cookie typically contains the name of the website from which it was retrieved, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e., how long it will be stored on your device), and a unique numerical value that is generated randomly in general. Cookies record your actions and preferred settings during your browser session or for your next visit to the Website. When you revisit the Website, this information is sent back to the server. This allows your computer or mobile device to be automatically recognized, and your preferred settings are automatically loaded for your convenience.
2. What are the Cookies used for and how are they used?
Cookies are used to enable you to navigate effectively between web pages, to facilitate the use of the Website, to improve our offers, our visibility on the internet, and our advertising in terms of content, graphics, and technology according to your needs, to enrich and improve the user experience in general, to statistically evaluate usage data for the Website, and to improve the structures and content of the Website.
Furthermore, cookies are used to better customize our services according to your interests and needs and/or to speed up your future activities and experiences on the Website.
3. What are the types of the Cookies?
3.1. Types of Cookies by Their Purpose of Use
for intended purpose. If essential cookies are blocked, some parts of the Website will not function. These cookies enable security improvements, saving searches, logging in, or similar functions and are not used for marketing purposes.
Functional Cookies: Functional cookies allow the Website to personalize its content based on the preferences of users who visit the Website. It is possible to block the use of these cookies.
Performance/Analytical Cookies: Performance/analytical cookies help improvement of the Website. They collect information such as how and for how long the site is used in order to improve the user experience. These cookies help track visits and traffic so that the performance of the Website can be measured and improved; find out which pages are most and least popular; and see how customers navigate the site. All information collected by these cookies is anonymized.
Advertising/Marketing Cookies: Advertising cookies are used to deliver content and advertisements tailored to users’ interests (“targeted advertising/promotion” or “behavioral advertising”). They offer more relevant content, personalized campaigns, and products to interested parties by matching the information obtained through cookies with other data of the same person, and do not offer content or opportunities that have previously been indicated as unwanted. It is possible to block the use of these cookies.
3.2. Cookies by Their Storage Periods
Session Cookies: A session cookie expires when the browser is closed. These cookies enable the Website to recognize the actions of the user while he/she is using the browser. For example, they can be used to remember the products the user has added to his/her shopping cart while browsing the Website. These cookies are used until the end of the session and are not stored on the device afterward.
Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are stored on the device for a long period. They are used to remember the preferences of the user on the site. These cookies remain on the hard drive of the user’s device for a long time or indefinitely until the user deletes them. The length of time between when these cookies are placed on the device and when they expire is determined by the Website owner. Users can delete these cookies
3.3. Cookies by Their Source
First-Party Cookies: First-party cookies are created by the website being visited.
Third-Party Cookies: Third-party cookies are created by third parties, such as other websites, business partners, or service providers. These cookies are usually used
4. What are the Cookies Used on the Website?
The types of cookies used may vary depending on the browser you use to access the Website. You can access detailed and up-to-date information about the types of cookies used by the Company (cookie name, cookie type, intended purpose of cookie, and cookie lifetime) by clicking on the “Cookie Preferences” button displayed at the bottom of the home page upon your first visit to the Website.
5. Legal Grounds and Purposes of Use of Cookies
The Company has listed the name and intended purposes of each cookie in the table on the screen that you can access via the “Cookie Preferences” button at the bottom of the home page of the Website. The Company processes your personal data based on the legal grounds specified in Article 5 of the PDPL and listed hereunder, in accordance with the purposes listed in the table. Your personal data collected through cookies are as follows:
- for the purpose of performing basic functions through mandatory identification cookies in order to enable you to use the services offered by the Website basing on the legal grounds that the processing of your personal data is necessary, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of the contract,
- for the purpose of using the personal data processed through all types of cookies used on the Website by conducting legal and litigation matters in the event of a legal dispute or a request for information from public institutions basing on the legal grounds that data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right,
- for the purpose of carrying out activities aimed at developing and improving the performance and functionality of the Website and ensuring the ease of use of the Platform basing on the legal grounds that data processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of our company, provided that it does not harm fundamental rights and freedoms,
- for the purpose of enhancing the quality of shopping and user experience through Performance/Analytical Cookies, Advertising/Marketing Cookies, and Functional Cookies, providing the services specified on the Website and offering you personalized promotions, campaigns, and advertisements, marketing activities, and offers, improving the content of the Website according to your usage and/or determining your other preferences, and carrying out activities aimed at increasing your customer satisfaction basing on the legal grounds of your explicit consent.
6. Transfer of Your Data Processed Through the Cookies
The Company takes care to process your personal data in accordance with the principles of “need to know” and “need to use,” ensuring the necessary data minimization and taking the necessary technical and administrative security measures. Due to the nature of business partnership processes, the requirements of goods and services procurement processes, the management of supply chain management processes, and the operation of digital infrastructures, which necessitate a continuous flow of data with different stakeholders, the Company is required to transfer the personal data processed by the Company via cookies to third parties for specific purposes.
Your personal data processed within the scope of this notice may be transferred to the Company’s shareholders, business partners and service providers who provide, operate, or service our cookie management infrastructure, business partners and service providers who provide services in the areas of quality control, complaint management, and risk analysis for the purposes of conducting and auditing business activities, ensuring business continuity, and conducting information security processes, legally authorized public institutions and private individuals or organizations, and third parties, third parties specifically determined when required by the legitimate interests of the data controller in accordance with the purposes stated above and limited to the fulfillment of these purposes and processed domestically or abroad, limited to the purposes specified in this document.
In addition, the Company may use cookies to enable “advertising technology” in order to present you with advertisements that it believes may be of interest to you when you visit search engines, the Website, or websites that advertise on the Website. When presenting these advertisements, a unique third-party cookie may be placed on your browser so that the Website can recognize you. The Company also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze how users use the Website, mobile application, and/or mobile site with statistical information/reports. For more information about the use of Google Analytics (including opt-out options), please visit here.
The Company may share your personal data with its suppliers for the purposes of developing its services tailored to you and managing cookies in accordance with your cookie preferences. In cases where your personal data is transferred abroad by the Company, your personal data may be shared with the Company’s business partners, suppliers, and service providers pursuant to Article 9 of the PDPL and Article 9 of the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Transfer of Personal Data Abroad basing on existence of any of the legal grounds stipulating that “the provision of appropriate safeguards through a standard contract and your consent to the use of cookies, provided that one of the circumstances set out in paragraph 6 of Article 9 of the PDPL exists”.
7. Controlling Use of the Cookie
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the Manage Preferences icon. Thereafter, you can then set the current shifters to “On” or ‘Off’ and then click “Save and Close.” You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect. Furthermore, you can learn about cookies and exercise your right to consent or refuse by following the steps below depending on your internet browser:
- Google Chrome: You can allow or block cookies from the “Cookies” tab by clicking on the “lock icon” or the letter “I” in the “address bar” of your browser.
- Mozilla Firefox: Click on the “open menu” tab in the upper right corner of your browser. Click on the “Options” icon and use the “Privacy and Security” button to manage your cookies.
- For other browsers (such as Opera and Microsoft Edge), you can check the help or support pages of the relevant browser.
- Safari: You can manage all your cookies from the “Privacy and Security” section by selecting the “Safari” tab in the “Settings” section of your phone.
- In addition to the above options, to learn about all cookies and manage them, you can visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org, https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or use the “Privacy Badger” application (https://www.eff.org/en/privacybadger).
- For cookie or SDK management in mobile applications, you can follow the instructions in Privacy or Settings section of your device or download and use Lumen Privacy Monitor (https://haystack.mobi) on your phone.
If you reject persistent cookies or session cookies, you can continue to use the Website, but you may not be able to access all of the functions of the Website or your access may be limited.
If you choose to reject or delete cookies, please note that this may prevent some features or services of the Website from functioning properly and may affect your experience on the Website.
The data subject accepts, declares, and undertakes that if he/she makes a request that results in the Company not being able to use any of their personal data, he/she may not be able to take full advantage of the Website’s operation and that any liability arising in this context will be his/her responsibility.
8. Rights of the Data Subject listed in Article 11 of the Law
As the data subject, you may submit your requests within the scope of Article 11 of the Law, which regulates the rights of the data subject, to the e-mail address [email protected] or to the Company’s address at Maslak Mah. Büyükdere Cad. USO Center No:245 Kat: 15 iç No: 56 34398 Maslak/Sarıyer/İstanbul address in accordance with the “Communication on the Procedures and Principles for Applying to the Data Controller,” to carry out the necessary changes, updates, and/or deletions and related requests.
