Privacy Notice

This notice explains how personal data is processed on onurdogancse.com and through the contact channels linked to it. It is provided under Article 10 of Türkiye’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and, for visitors in the European Union, Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Data controller

The data controller is ONUR DOĞAN, a sole proprietorship operating in Türkiye (owner: Onur Doğan). For any question about your personal data, contact hello@onurdogancse.com.

2. What we process

Contact by email

The forms on this site do not store what you type and do not send it to a server. Pressing Send opens a draft in your own email app, and your details only reach us if you send that email. We then process your name, email address and anything else you include (company, project type, budget, timeline and your message).

Analytics (only if you accept)

If you accept analytics cookies in the banner at the bottom of the page, Google Analytics is used. It processes the pages you visit, time on site, the referring link, device and browser details, approximate location (country and city) and cookie identifiers. Your IP address is sent to Google when the connection is made; Google states that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. If you decline, Google Analytics is not loaded at all.

Server logs

The site runs on servers of our hosting provider, Hostinger. Each request records the IP address, date and time, requested page and browser details in technical logs, to keep the site secure and available.

Preferences stored in your browser

Your language preference and your analytics choice are kept in your browser’s local storage. They are not sent to us and disappear when you clear your browser data.

3. Purposes and legal bases

• Replying to your email, preparing quotes and discussing projects: steps taken at your request before a contract, and our legitimate interest in answering messages (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b) and (f); KVKK Art. 5/2-c and 5/2-f).
• Keeping business correspondence: compliance with legal obligations (GDPR Art. 6(1)(c); KVKK Art. 5/2-ç).
• Understanding and improving how the site is used (analytics): your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a); KVKK Art. 5/1), which you can withdraw at any time.
• Keeping the site secure and available (server logs): our legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f); KVKK Art. 5/2-f).

4. How data is collected

Through the emails you send us; automatically through analytics cookies if you consent; and automatically by the server when you visit the site.

5. Who receives your data

• Hostinger: website hosting and email.
• Google (Google Analytics): measuring site usage, only if you accept analytics cookies.
• Competent public authorities: only where the law requires it.

These providers may process data on servers outside Türkiye, which means your personal data is transferred abroad. Google Analytics data may be processed in Google’s data centres, including in the United States. Your personal data is never sold or used for advertising.

6. Cookies

The site uses no strictly necessary cookies. The following cookies are set by Google Analytics only after you accept analytics cookies:

You can change your choice at any time in cookie settings. When you withdraw consent, the analytics cookies are removed and Google Analytics is no longer loaded.

7. How long we keep data

• Emails: up to 2 years after your request is closed. Business correspondence that leads to a working relationship is kept for 10 years, as required by Article 82 of the Turkish Commercial Code.
• Analytics data: for the retention period set in Google Analytics, at most 14 months.
• Server logs: for the period set by the hosting provider.

When the period ends, the data is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.

8. Your rights

Under Article 11 of KVKK you may ask whether your data is processed and request information about it; learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly; know the third parties it is transferred to in Türkiye or abroad; have it corrected if incomplete or inaccurate; have it erased or destroyed under the conditions of Article 7; have third parties notified of such corrections or erasure; object to a result against you arising solely from automated analysis; and claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.

If you are in the European Union, under the GDPR you also have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, the right to withdraw consent at any time, and the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country.

Send requests to hello@onurdogancse.com from an address we can use to confirm your identity. We answer within 30 days, free of charge. Under KVKK, if your request is rejected, the answer is insufficient or we do not reply in time, you may complain to the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board.

9. Changes

This notice is updated when our processing changes. The current version is always on this page.