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Privacy Notice (KVKK Clarification Text)
Değirmen 81 — degirmen81 website contact form
This Privacy Notice is provided in accordance with Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK") and the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures to be Followed in Fulfilment of the Obligation to Inform.
1. Data Controller
Your personal data is processed by Öztan Makina Aksamı Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi ("the Company", "we"), acting as data controller within the meaning of the KVKK, operating the Değirmen 81 venue as part of No:81 Hotel.
Registered address: Nish Residence, Çobançeşme Mah. Sanayi Cad. B Blok No:53, Bahçelievler, İstanbul 34180, Türkiye
E-mail: info@degirmen81.net
2. Personal Data We Collect
When you contact us through this website — by using the "Contact Us" form (which delivers your message to our e-mail inbox), by e-mailing us directly, or by choosing to message us via WhatsApp — we collect only the following personal data, provided directly by you:
- Name and surname
- E-mail address
- Contact (telephone) number
- The content of your message ("personal note")
We do not collect any other personal data through this website. Please do not include special categories of personal data (such as health, religious or biometric data) in your message; any such data included voluntarily is not requested by us.
3. Purposes of Processing
Your personal data is processed for the following purposes:
- Receiving, evaluating and responding to your inquiry, request, reservation enquiry or feedback;
- Communicating with you regarding your message;
- Establishing, exercising or protecting legal rights where necessary;
- Ensuring the security and proper operation of our website and communication records.
Your data is not used for marketing or advertising purposes and you will not receive commercial electronic messages on the basis of this form.
4. Method of Collection and Legal Basis
Your personal data is collected by automated means when you fill in and submit the contact form on this website, which delivers your message to our e-mail inbox, or when you choose to contact us directly by e-mail or via WhatsApp. This website does not store your messages in any database; they are received and kept only in our e-mail and messaging accounts.
The legal bases for processing, under Article 5(2) of the KVKK, are:
- Art. 5(2)(c): processing is necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract to which you are a party, or for taking steps at your request prior to such a contract (e.g. responding to a reservation or service enquiry); and
- Art. 5(2)(f): processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller (responding to and keeping a record of correspondence you initiate), provided that your fundamental rights and freedoms are not harmed.
Because processing relies on these legal bases, your separate explicit consent is not required for us to respond to your message.
5. Transfer of Personal Data
Your personal data is not sold or shared with third parties for their own purposes. It may be transferred only:
- To our IT, hosting and e-mail service providers, strictly to the extent necessary to operate the website and deliver your message to us;
- To Meta Platforms (WhatsApp), where you choose to contact us via WhatsApp — in that case your message is processed through WhatsApp's infrastructure, which involves servers located outside Türkiye, subject to WhatsApp's own terms and privacy policy;
- To competent public authorities and judicial bodies, where required by law;
- To our legal and financial advisors, where necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a legal right.
As our e-mail services are provided by Google Workspace and our messaging via WhatsApp, both of which involve servers located outside Türkiye, your personal data is transferred abroad to these providers, limited to the purposes above and in accordance with Article 9 of the KVKK.
6. Retention Period
Your personal data is retained for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and, thereafter, for a maximum of 2 years from the date of your message, unless a longer retention period is required by applicable law or is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a legal right. At the end of this period, your data is deleted, destroyed or anonymised in accordance with the KVKK and the Regulation on Deletion, Destruction or Anonymisation of Personal Data.
7. Your Rights Under Article 11 of the KVKK
Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to:
- Learn whether your personal data is being processed;
- Request information regarding such processing;
- Learn the purpose of processing and whether your data is used in accordance with that purpose;
- Learn the third parties to whom your data is transferred, in Türkiye or abroad;
- Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data;
- Request deletion or destruction of your data under the conditions set out in Article 7 of the KVKK;
- Request that correction, deletion or destruction be notified to third parties to whom your data has been transferred;
- Object to a result arising against you from the analysis of your data exclusively by automated systems;
- Claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing of your data.
8. How to Exercise Your Rights
You may submit your requests under Article 11, in accordance with the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures of Application to the Data Controller, by:
- Written application delivered to our registered address: Nish Residence, Çobançeşme Mah. Sanayi Cad. B Blok No:53, Bahçelievler, İstanbul 34180, Türkiye; or
- Registered electronic mail (KEP), secure electronic signature or mobile signature, sent to [insert KEP address if available]; or
- E-mail sent from an e-mail address previously notified to us and registered in our systems, to info@degirmen81.net.
Your application will be answered free of charge as soon as possible and at the latest within thirty (30) days, in accordance with Article 13 of the KVKK. If the response requires an additional cost, a fee may be charged according to the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.
If your application is rejected, or you find the response insufficient or do not receive a response in time, you may lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board (Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurulu) in accordance with Article 14 of the KVKK.
Last updated: 12/06/2026. This notice may be updated from time to time; the current version is the one published on this page.