Privacy policy

Website Privacy and Cookie Policy

Protecting the privacy of visitors (“Data Subjects”) to www.gazeboflowers.com.tr (the “Website”), operated by Gazebo Çiçekçilik Organizasyon Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi (the “Company”), is one of our leading principles. The Company collects cookies. This Website Privacy and Cookie Policy (the “Policy”) explains: (1) the processing of Data Subjects’ personal data; (2) the cookies collected as part of the services offered by the Website (the “Services”), their types, purposes and settings; and (3) the operation of the Website Privacy Policy.

1. Processing of Data Subjects’ Personal Data

Personal data obtained during your visit may be processed by the Company as data controller under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (the “Law”), within the scope described below. Detailed information is available at www.gazeboflowers.com.tr/kvkk.

1.1 Legal Basis for Collecting Your Personal Data

Data must be collected and used to fulfil our obligations under Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce, Law No. 6502 on Consumer Protection and the Regulation on Distance Contracts.

1.2 Purposes of Processing Your Personal Data

Personal data obtained through your visit may be processed by the Company in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the Law for the following purposes:

  • Carrying out the work required by our relevant business units to conduct the Company’s commercial activities and related business processes.
  • Carrying out the work and related business processes necessary to enable individuals to benefit from the Company’s products and services.
  • Planning and conducting activities to recommend and promote the Company’s products and services, customised to individuals’ preferences, usage habits and needs.

1.3 Recipients of Your Personal Data and Purposes of Transfer

Personal data obtained through your visit may be transferred to our business partners, suppliers, legally authorised public institutions and private persons, for the purposes for which it is processed and within the conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law. Details are available in the privacy notices at www.gazeboflowers.com.tr/kvkk.

1.4 Collection Method and Legal Basis

Any information that identifies you or makes you identifiable is “personal data”. During your visit, your personal data is collected through technical communication files called cookies, in accordance with the processing conditions in the Law, to help you use our Website effectively and improve your experience.

1.5 Rights of Data Subjects

As a personal data subject, you have the following rights under Article 11 of the Law:

  • To learn whether your personal data is processed.
  • To request information if your personal data has been processed.
  • To learn the purpose of processing and whether your data is used in accordance with that purpose.
  • To know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred domestically or abroad.
  • To request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data and notification of that correction to third parties to whom it has been transferred.
  • To request deletion or destruction of personal data when the reasons for its processing no longer exist, even if it was processed in accordance with the Law and other relevant laws, and notification of that action to third parties to whom it has been transferred.
  • To object to an adverse result arising from analysis of your data exclusively through automated systems.
  • To request compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing of your personal data.

You may submit requests concerning these rights by completing the Gazebo Çiçekçilik Organizasyon Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi Data Subject Application Form at www.gazeboflowers.com.tr/basvuruformu. Depending on the nature of your request, applications will be resolved free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest. If the procedure requires an additional cost, a fee may be charged according to the tariff set by the Personal Data Protection Board.

2. Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. Please read it to understand the types of cookies we use, the information collected through them, how that information is used and how to control your cookie preferences. For more information about how we use and store your personal data, see the Privacy Policy in section 3. You may change or withdraw your consent at any time through the Cookie Notice on our Website.

Your consent applies to: www.gazeboflowers.com.tr, www.google.com, Google Ads, www.facebook.com, Instagram and Twitter.

2.1 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device or a network server by websites you visit, through your browser.

Cookies are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. They help us make the Website work properly, improve its security, offer a better user experience and analyse its performance, what works and what needs improvement.

We use cookies to help you make the most of our Website and improve your experience. If you prefer not to use cookies, you may delete or block them in your browser settings. This may affect your use of our Website.

2.2 Why Do We Use Cookies?

Third-party cookies used on our Website primarily help keep our Services secure, provide a personalised experience (including advertisements), improve the Services and your experience, speed up future interactions and make browsing easier.

The main purposes of using cookies are:

  • Improving the Services by increasing the Website’s functionality and performance; for example, counting visitors and adjusting performance accordingly, or helping visitors find what they need.
  • Performing the basic functions required for the Website and application to work; for example, allowing signed-in members to visit different pages without entering their password again.
  • Improving the Website, offering new features and personalising them according to your preferences; for example, remembering your chosen language.
  • Ensuring the legal and commercial security of the Website, you and our Company.

2.3 Types of Cookies Used on Our Website

Necessary Cookies

These cookies enable the requested Services to be provided. Without them, the requested Services cannot be used properly. Their collection is necessary for the continuity of the Company’s Services through the Website. They maintain user sessions and prevent security threats; for example, they allow you to sign in, add products to your cart and make payments securely.

Persistent Cookies

These cookies improve the Website’s functionality and provide visitors with a faster, better service. They remember your preferences and are stored on your device through your browser. Some types can provide personalised recommendations based on factors such as your purpose for using the Website. When you return using the same device, the Website checks whether a cookie it created is present. If so, it recognises your previous visit and tailors content accordingly to provide a better service.

Analytical Cookies

These cookies generate analytical results such as visitor numbers, pages viewed, visit times and scrolling movements on the Website.

Functionality and Customisation Cookies

These cookies enable the Website to remember choices such as your username, language or region and offer more advanced, personal features. They can also remember changes you make to text size, fonts and other customisable parts of web pages. The information they collect may be anonymised, and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. They remember your choices to improve your experience. If a cookie is also used for retargeting, it may also fall under “targeting or advertising cookies”.

These cookies allow the Services to be personalised to your preferences. For example, as you continue using the Services, we may remember information such as your username and address and bring to your attention pages associated with previous purchases, pages on which you spent a long time or pages you visit frequently.

Session Cookies

Session cookies are temporary cookies used during your visit and deleted when the browser closes. Their main purpose is to ensure the Website works properly during your visit; for example, allowing you to complete online forms spanning multiple pages.

Technical Cookies

Technical cookies ensure the Website operates and identify pages and areas that are not working.

Authentication Cookies

When visitors sign in with their passwords, these cookies recognise them as users on each page they visit, so they do not need to enter their password again on every page.

Flash Cookies

These cookies enable image or audio content on the Website.

Cookies Used on Our Website

The necessary, functional and analytical cookies used by our Website:

  • Enable the Website’s interface and features to be used as intended.
  • Speed up activities during future visits.
  • Help us understand how visitors use the Website, compile statistics and develop content based on that information.
  • Do not damage your computer or contain viruses.

These necessary, functional and analytical cookies obtain personal data during your visit. This data is processed because it is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that your fundamental rights and freedoms are not harmed.

2.4 How Can I Control Cookies?

If you do not want cookies stored on your device, you may withdraw your consent and delete them at any time. To prevent collection or delete collected cookies, change your cookie preferences in your browser settings. If you disable cookies, you may not be able to use all the functional features of our Websites. Deleting cookies also deletes your Website preferences. On mobile devices, cookies can be managed through the device’s settings menu. You can personalise your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings.

If you prevent cookies from being collected, you will also be unable to benefit from notifications, stock availability, campaign and new-product information provided through the Company’s Services. We therefore recommend allowing cookies to benefit from these Services.

You can customise or change your preferences using the relevant browser links below:

For more information about cookies, including how they are set, viewed, managed and deleted, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org. Send questions or comments about the Cookie Policy to bilgi@gazeboflowers.com.tr.

3. Website Privacy Policy

This Privacy Agreement contains the privacy policy for the Company’s website, www.gazeboflowers.com.tr. By visiting the Website, you are deemed to have accepted all the obligations and rules below.

The Company is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of information shared by visitors. This Privacy Policy explains what information the Company processes, how and for what lawful purposes, with which third parties it is shared lawfully and within your permission, and how it is protected. All services offered by the Company through any channel are referred to as the “Service”.

All rights and ownership rights relating to the arrangement and full or partial use of any information, content, products and customer reviews on the Website, including content added by members, belong to the Company.

3.1 Scope of the Privacy Policy

As part of the Service, the Company may obtain and transfer information about you under this Privacy Policy. Such transfers comply with conditions set by third parties, existing agreements with them and applicable legislation. For example, the Company uses personal information internally to create customer profiles and conduct statistical studies and may share it with third parties for these studies.

The Company undertakes to keep personal information strictly private and confidential, regard this as a duty of confidentiality, and take the necessary precautions and care to maintain confidentiality and prevent any or all confidential information from becoming public, being used without authorisation or being disclosed to third parties. Despite taking necessary information-security measures, it will not be liable if confidential information is damaged or obtained by third parties as a result of attacks on the Website or system.

This Privacy Policy does not reflect the privacy practices of third parties receiving information, and the Company is not responsible for their policies or practices. It does not cover applications beyond the Company’s control; information collected by third-party websites and platforms; information collected by third parties through links on the Company’s Website; or banners, campaigns and other advertising or promotions on third-party websites sponsored by or involving the Company. The Company is not responsible for processing of personal data collected, stored or used by third parties through their own websites.

3.2 Data Collected

The Company processes certain personal data as part of the Services. This may include: full name, Turkish identity number, place and date of birth, special-occasion dates, gender, tax number, photograph, telephone number, address, email address, fax number, personal tastes and preferences, IP address, social media accounts, location information, information about product or service purchases, payment information, pages viewed on our Website, data identifying your mobile device when you visit from it, and any other information you expressly choose and consent in writing to provide or that we may obtain from third parties with your express consent. We may access and process this information. Information about your use of the Website may be obtained through technical communication files (cookies). You may change your browser settings to prevent these files or receive a warning when one is sent. See the Cookie Policy in section 2 for details.

By shopping on our Website or requesting product information through our Company email addresses, you are deemed to agree that we may contact you by e-newsletter, email, telephone, business WhatsApp and SMS. Commercial messages concerning advertising and campaigns are excluded from this scope and require your express consent.

All your credit-card and personal information is encrypted with 128-bit encryption using the SSL Secure system, an internet-security standard. This prevents unwanted persons or organisations from obtaining the information while it travels over the internet. For questions and suggestions about our Privacy Policy, you may email us through the contact section of our Website.

3.3 Updates and Changes to Information

If all or part of the Policy is revised, its effective date will be updated. The Company may change this Privacy Policy at any time to keep its privacy and data-protection principles current and compliant with relevant legislation. The revised Privacy Policy will be published on the Company’s Website. The current version is always available at www.gazeboflowers.com.tr/gizlilik. If you continue using the Company’s services or applications after changes, you are deemed to have accepted them. Revised provisions take effect when published on the Website.

You may help ensure your contact details and preferences are accurate, complete and current by contacting bilgi@gazeboflowers.com.tr. For other personal data we hold, you may request correction of inaccurate information or deletion of information that need not be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes.

Contact Details

Gazebo Çiçekçilik Organizasyon Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi

Levent Mah., Ebulula Mardin Cad., 4. Gazeteciler Sitesi, A 1/2 Blk., No:67 Beşiktaş/Istanbul
Telephone: 0212 229 5370

Last updated: 10 March 2021