Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and Information Notice on the Protection and Processing of Personal Data

The website with the domain name ipmweedsolutions.com (“Site”) is operated by IPM WEED SOLUTIONS (“Company” or “IPM WEED SOLUTIONS”), located at Mersin University, Çiftlikköy Campus, Technopark Administrative Building, 33343 Yenişehir/Mersin, TURKEY. As the data controller, IPM WEED SOLUTIONS is responsible for determining the purposes and means of processing personal data, as well as establishing and managing the data recording system.

IPM WEED SOLUTIONS recognizes the importance of ensuring the security of your personal data when using this Site. We take the protection of your personal data seriously. Therefore, we would like to inform you about what types of information we collect and what types of information we disregard. Through this Privacy Policy, we also provide information regarding our security measures.

In this Privacy Policy, we aim to inform you about the processing of personal data obtained through your use of the Site in accordance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("Law"). In summary, this Privacy Policy explains our methods for processing, collecting, storing, and using personal information related to visitors/users of this website.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to fully inform you about the types of information we collect, how we store and use them, and under what conditions we may process and disclose this information by reflecting any changes to our privacy policy on this page. Our Privacy Policy is available both on our homepage and on every page where personal data is requested.

In accordance with Article 7 of the Law, after you provide your personal data on this website, unless you instruct us otherwise, this information will be retained by the Agency for as long as we provide you with the requested service or as required by law.

The term "Personal Data" refers to any information that identifies or can identify you.

1. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

Your collected Personal Data will be processed by ENVU as the data controller under the purposes specified below and in accordance with the legal grounds set forth in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law.

Additionally, through this site, we may fully utilize all acquired non-personal information (such as operating system, mobile device type, browser, etc.).

2. Parties to Whom Personal Data May Be Transferred and Purpose of Transfer

Your collected Personal Data will not be given, disclosed, or otherwise made available to third parties other than those specified in this Privacy Policy. Your Personal Data may be shared with the Agency and third parties acting on behalf of the Agency for purposes in compliance with the personal data processing conditions and objectives set out in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law, including processing in accordance with the original purpose of data collection, evaluating the usefulness of the Site, data management, or technical support. In the event of a sale or transfer of the commercial activities of this Site or a part thereof, the Personal Data collected from you may be transferred to third parties who acquire or take over such activities; in such cases, we require the buyer or transferee to use the Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Personal Data may also be disclosed to legally authorized public institutions and organizations in compliance with applicable laws, court rulings, or decisions issued by public authorities, or to support criminal or other legal investigations or prosecutions domestically or internationally.

3. Method of Collecting Personal Data

Due to your visit to the Site, your Personal Data is collected electronically through our Site in accordance with the purposes stated in Article 1 of the Privacy Policy and the conditions for processing personal data.

4. Rights of Data Subjects Listed in Article 11 of the Law

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• The right to learn whether their personal data is being processed.
• The right to request information if their personal data has been processed.
• The right to learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used in accordance with their purpose.
• The right to know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred, whether domestically or abroad.
• The right to request the correction of personal data if it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately, and to request that this correction be communicated to third parties to whom the data has been transferred.
• The right to request the deletion or destruction of personal data if the reasons requiring its processing no longer exist, even if it has been processed in accordance with the Law and other relevant legal provisions, and to request that this deletion be communicated to third parties to whom the data has been transferred.
• The right to object to a result arising against them through the exclusive analysis of processed data by automated systems.
• The right to request compensation if personal data is processed unlawfully and causes harm.

5. Security and Privacy

Data subjects may submit their requests regarding the rights listed in Article 11 of the Law to IPM WEED SOLUTIONS via info@ipmweedsolutions.com or through other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board. IPM WEED SOLUTIONS will evaluate and finalize incoming requests within 30 (thirty) days. While no fee is generally charged for such requests, the Company reserves the right to charge a fee based on the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

6. Cookies and Internet Tags

During your visit to this site, information such as the pages you visit, the name of your internet service provider, the website that referred you, and some of your searches may be collected and processed by the Agency. Although this information may be capable of identifying you, it will not be used by the Agency for this purpose. Such data is processed anonymously and solely for internal research purposes to enrich site content and generate aggregated statistical data about visitors/users. While doing so, we may send "cookies" to your computer that contain information such as domain name, service provider, operating system, and access date and time. A "cookie" is a small piece of data sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not harm your computer. You can configure your browser to notify you when a "cookie" is placed on your computer, allowing you to decide whether to accept it. However, please note that if you reject cookies, you may not be able to use all the functions of your browser software. We may obtain services from third parties outside the company to assist in collecting and processing the information specified in this paragraph. From time to time, we may use internet tags (tracking tags, single-pixel GIFs, "clear GIFs," "invisible GIFs," and 1x1 GIFs) and cookies on this site. These tags/cookies may be placed through a third-party business partner operating in the advertising sector or an analytics network service provider that records relevant information (including the user’s IP address) based abroad. These tags/cookies may appear in both online advertisements directing visitors/users to this site and on different pages of the site. Since the Agency can generate reports on website effectiveness through these internet tags/cookies, it may collect data about visitors/users of our site and other websites and provide additional services regarding internet usage and website analytics. This site uses "Cookies." Cookies are small text files stored on your hard drive via your browser. When you revisit our site, your browser will resend the stored information (such as your preferred language or website settings) to us, depending on the validity period of the cookie. We primarily use two types of cookies: 1. **Essential Cookies**: Necessary for the proper functioning of our website and its technical features. 2. **Optional Cookies**: Enhance the user experience but are not essential.

Cookies necessary for technical purposes:

Optional Cookies:

We will not use Optional Cookies without your prior consent. When you first visit our website, a notification message will appear asking for your consent to use Optional Cookies. If you provide your consent, a cookie will be placed on your computer, and the notification message will not appear again during the validity period of the cookie. Once this period expires or if you actively delete the cookie, the notification message will reappear on your next visit to our website, and you will be asked for your consent again.

You can withdraw your consent for the use of Optional Cookies at any time by using the options provided in the table above. In any case, you can use our website without any cookies, including those used for technical purposes. You can restrict or disable cookie usage in your browser at any time. However, doing so may negatively affect the functionality and ease of use of our website.

Website Analysis

Our website uses Google Analytics, an internet analysis service provided by Google Inc., located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Based on your prior consent or in accordance with the above rules, Google will analyze your use of our website on our behalf. For this purpose, we use cookies as described in detail above, among other tools. The information collected by Google while using the website (e.g., referring URLs, pages you visit on our site, browser type, language preferences, operating system, screen resolution) is sent to and stored on a Google server in the USA, where it is analyzed. The results may be provided to us in an anonymized format. During this process, your usage data may not be fully associated with your IP address. The IP anonymization function provided by Google has been enabled. With this function, the last 8 digits (IPv4 type) or the last 80 bits (IPv6 type) of your IP address can be deleted. Additionally, Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield, which confirms that sufficient data protection measures are in place for data processing in the USA.

You can withdraw your consent for website analysis at any time by downloading and installing the Browser Plugin provided by Google or by managing your consent settings in the opt-out section of the table above. In both cases, website usage analysis will be prevented, provided that you access the website from the browser where the plugin is installed and do not cancel the opt-out setting.

For more information about Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Analytics Terms of Service, Google Analytics security and privacy principles, and the Google Privacy Policy.

7. Links to Other Websites

This Privacy Policy applies only to this site and does not cover websites that do not belong to IPM WEED SOLUTIONS. However, our website may contain links to other websites that we believe may be of interest to visitors/users. Our goal is to ensure that the linked websites are secure. However, this does not guarantee that the linked websites are secure or that their privacy standards align with ours, nor does it mean that the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use stated here also apply to those sites. Therefore, we do not provide any guarantees regarding the security or content of the linked websites. We recommend that before providing any personally identifiable information, visitors/users review the privacy policy of the respective website when redirected outside of this website.

8. Children’s Access

This site is not designed for children and individuals under the age of 18. In recognition of the importance of protecting children’s privacy, the Agency does not collect or use any information from individuals under 18 for any purpose without obtaining explicit prior consent from their legal guardians. Upon request from the designated legal representative, they have the right to review and/or request the deletion of any information provided by the child.

We encourage parents to discuss internet usage and the information shared on websites with their children.

9. Contact

If you have any issues, questions, or ideas, please contact us through one of the channels below:

Data Privacy Officer

IPM WEED SOLUTIONS, Mersin University, Çiftlikköy Campus, Technopark Administrative Building, 33343 Yenişehir/Mersin, TURKEY, info@ipmweedsolutions.com

10. Changes to the Privacy Policy and the Personal Data Protection and Processing Policy Information Notice

This "Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection and Processing Policy Information Notice" may be updated as necessary to announce changes in our data protection-related services, such as the introduction of new services and compliance with applicable legal requirements.