COOKIE POLICY
TPM Moda ve Tekstil Anonim Şirketi (the “Company”), operating at ORUÇREİS MAH. TEKSTİLKENT CAD. TEKSTİLKENT G1 BLOK Door No:10 AB Apartment No:2060 and operating and managing twelveworldwide.com (the “Site”), uses cookies (“Cookie/Cookies”) during visits to the Site by registered members and other visitors (collectively, the “User/Users”) within the scope of the services provided through the Site. Such use of Cookies is carried out in accordance with the legislation applicable to the Company, particularly Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”). The Company may not disclose Users’ personal data to third parties or use such data for purposes other than the purposes of processing in violation of the Privacy Notice and the provisions of the KVKK.
What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are very small text files, generally consisting of letters and numbers, that are stored on your computer or other devices such as smartphones or tablets through your browser by the websites you visit. Cookies do not contain personal data such as a visitor’s name, gender, or address.
Cookies are created by the servers operating the websites you visit. In this way, when a visitor returns to the same website, the server can recognize the visitor. Cookies may be compared to identification cards that indicate to website owners that the same visitor has returned to the website.
The Company uses cookies for the following purposes:
· To remember your preferences and personalize your use of the website/mobile application/mobile website. This includes:
· Cookies that save your password and keep your website/mobile application/mobile website session continuously active, thereby avoiding the need to enter your password repeatedly during each visit; and
· Cookies that remember and recognize you when you subsequently visit the website/mobile application/mobile website.
· To determine how you use the website/mobile application/mobile website, including where and from which devices you connect to platforms operated by the Company, which content you view on the website/mobile application/mobile website, and the duration of your visit.
· To provide content and advertisements that are more relevant to your interests and preferences, in other words, for targeted advertising and promotional purposes. The Company may match information obtained through cookies with other personal data relating to you in order to provide more relevant content, personalized campaigns, and products, and to avoid presenting content or offers that you have previously indicated you do not wish to receive.
· To perform basic functions necessary for the operation of the Platforms. For example, enabling Members to log in using their membership information.
· To analyze the Platforms and improve their performance. For example, determining the number of visitors to the Platforms and adjusting performance settings accordingly or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.
· To improve the functionality and ease of use of the Platforms. For example, remembering a visitor’s previous search queries or enabling connections to third-party social media activities through the Platforms.
· To carry out personalization, targeting, and advertising activities. For example, displaying advertisements relating to visitors’ interests based on pages and products viewed by Users.
Depending on the type of internet browser you use, you may obtain information about cookies and exercise your right to allow or reject them by following the steps below:
· Google Chrome: You can allow or block cookies from the “Cookies” section by clicking the “lock” icon or the “i” symbol located in the address bar of your browser.
· Internet Explorer: Click the “Security” tab under the “Tools” section located in the upper-right corner of your browser and manage cookies by selecting “allow” or “block.”
· Mozilla Firefox: Click the “Open Menu” tab located in the upper-right corner of your browser. Click “Options” and manage cookies through the “Privacy & Security” section.
· Other browsers, such as Opera and Microsoft Edge: You may review the help or support pages of the relevant browser.
· Safari: From the “Settings” section of your device, select the “Safari” tab and manage all cookie settings under the “Privacy & Security” section.
· In addition to the options above, you may visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org and https://www.youronlinechoices.eu to obtain further information about cookies and cookie management.
If you reject persistent cookies or session cookies, you may continue to use the website, mobile application, and mobile website; however, you may not be able to access all functionality of the website, mobile application, or mobile website, or your access may be limited. This situation may vary in the mobile application.
Types of Cookies by Purpose of Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These Cookies are essential for the proper operation of the Platforms. They are required for system administration and fraud prevention. If these Cookies are blocked, the Platforms may not function properly.
Analytics/Performance Cookies: These Cookies enable the operation of the Platforms to be analyzed and understood and allow the Platforms to be improved through interaction with Users. The use of these Cookies may be blocked.
Functional and Analytical Cookies: These Cookies are used to provide Users with an easier and more advanced user experience. They perform functions such as remembering previous preferences, facilitating access to certain content available on the Platforms, enabling effective use of the Platforms, optimizing the Platforms in response to User requests, and providing information on how visitors use the Platforms. Due to their nature, such Cookies may contain personal information such as usernames. The use of these Cookies may be blocked. Functional and Analytical Cookies used on the Platforms include, but are not limited to: Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, Adform Data Management Platform, Criteo, Teads, Neustar, Pubmatic, and Oracle Data Management (BlueKai).
Targeting/Advertising/Commercial Cookies: These Cookies are used to identify and present content that may be of interest to Users, including advertising content. They are intended to improve the user experience by providing products/content similar to those targeted according to Users’ interests and preferences and by providing a more advanced and personalized advertising portfolio. Users may make the necessary adjustments through their internet browser settings. Such settings may vary depending on the browser used. The use of these Cookies may be blocked. However, blocking these Cookies will not completely prevent advertising content from being displayed; instead of advertisements that may be relevant to the User’s interests, general advertisements will be displayed. Targeting/Advertising/Commercial Cookies used on the Platforms include, but are not limited to: Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, Criteo, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Teads, Neustar, Pubmatic, Oracle Data Management (BlueKai), Hotjar, OneSignal, Taboola, and Gemius.
Flash Cookies: These are cookies used to enable image or audio content available on the Platforms.
Third-Party Cookies: The Platforms work with trusted and recognized third-party advertising providers. Third-party service providers place their own Cookies in order to provide Users with personalized advertisements. Cookies placed by third parties collect and process information regarding visitors’ browsing activity on the Platforms and analyze how visitors use the Platforms.
Types of Cookies by Storage Duration
Persistent Cookies: These are cookies that remain on a person’s computer or smart mobile device until deleted by the individual or until a specified expiration date. These Cookies are generally used to measure Users’ preferences and activity on the Site.
Session Cookies: These Cookies are used to divide a User’s visit into sessions and do not collect data from the User. These Cookies are deleted when the User remains inactive on the Platforms for a certain period of time or closes the Platforms. As described above, Targeting/Advertising/Commercial Cookies are used on the Platforms to enable third parties to provide services and to improve the effectiveness of those services. These Cookies may remember the web pages and websites visited and may collect personal data. The Platforms use both first-party and third-party cookies for purposes such as collecting information, remembering demographic data and interests, determining advertising impressions, and measuring the number of visits. When a Platform is visited and such plug-ins are used, the Platform directly connects to the server of the selected social network. The content provided by the plug-in is then transmitted directly from the social network to the web browser and integrated into the website being visited. In this way, the relevant social network may access and process User data and combine such data with information associated with the User’s account on the relevant social network.
The Company has no control over the data processed by social networks through such plug-ins. For further information regarding the purposes, methods, and periods for which social networks process personal data, the personal data policies published by the relevant social networks should be carefully reviewed.
The use of certain Cookies is necessary for the proper operation of the Platform. If the use of Cookies is blocked, information provided during each visit to the Platform may need to be entered again, and certain services provided online by the Company may not function properly or certain pages on the Platforms may not be displayed.
This Cookie Policy contains general information regarding the Cookies used or potentially used by the Company for the purpose of informing Users and notifying Users that they have the ability to manage Cookies. The Company reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy.