COOKIE POLICY
This Cookie Policy ("Cookie Policy") has been prepared by ACCSHOP ("acc.shop") in its capacity as data controller under Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (PDPL).
ACCSHOP uses cookies in certain areas within its website, services, and tools, regardless of how they are accessed (collectively referred to as the "Platform").
This Cookie Policy applies to the Platform.
The purpose of this Cookie Policy is to provide you with information about what types of cookies we use for what purposes and how you can manage these cookies regarding the processing of personal data obtained automatically through the placement of cookies used on the Platform on your device.
For cookies other than mandatory cookies that we use on the Platform, the explicit consent of the users is obtained and they are provided with the opportunity to change their consent at any time.
Users can see the types of cookies used on the Platform through the user dashboard and can set their preferences with "on" or "off" options for all cookies other than Mandatory Cookies. Users can also change their preferences at any time through the user dashboard.
1. Definition and Sending of Cookies
Cookies are small text files created by a website on your device and contain data in name-value format. Cookies make it possible for the website you visit to store information on your device and to use this information during your subsequent visits. Cookies created by a website are stored by the internet browser you use to access the site, and cookies do not contain personal data such as name, gender or address of visitors. The information contained in cookies can only be accessed if you use the same internet browser and only by the domain name of the website that created the relevant cookie.
Nowadays, cookies have become an important part of internet technologies and their main functions are to remember the preferences of the online visitor and to recognise the device during connection, and almost every website uses cookies.
Cookies are sent through the communication established between your internet browser (such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.) on your device during your browsing and the servers used by ACCSHOP.
2. Types of Cookies and Purposes of Use
Cookies are used on the platform for different purposes. Depending on the type of cookies used, the data processing purposes and the data processing condition relied upon when using the relevant cookie may vary. In this context, the types of cookies are as follows:
• Based on who sets the cookie:
First Party Cookies: Placed directly on the device by the visited website or device.
Third Party Cookies: Cookies placed on the device by a third party, such as an advertiser or analytical system in cooperation with ACCSHOP.
According to the time it is active:
Session Cookies: Provides data that can be stored until the user closes the browser or the session ends. They are short-term cookies.
Persistent Cookies: These are cookies that remain on the drive until the date the cookie is deleted by the user or until the expiry date specified for the cookie. Persistent cookies have a variable, written expiry date in their code.According to their intended use:
Technical / Mandatory Cookies: Cookies that are necessary for the use of features such as browsing the website and access to secure areas of the site.
Functional Cookies: It allows the website to remember the choices made in the past (username information, password information, which language is preferred, etc.). Preference cookies that provide automatic access to the website are also called functional cookies. Performance/Analysis Cookies: Performance cookies, also known as statistical cookies, are cookies that provide anonymous, statistical data regarding the use of the website. With statistical cookies, how the user uses the website, the pages visited, the links clicked can be stored. Anonymised statistical cookies are not used to identify the website user. The purpose of these cookies is to make the website more functional.
Marketing/Targeting Cookies: These are cookies that can be used by companies operating to create a profile of your interests and to show relevant advertisements on other sites.
Cookies may be used for the following purposes:
To perform the basic functions necessary for the operation of the Platform: For example, to ensure that the products in the basket of AccShop members are not lost during their visit. Logged-in members do not need to re-enter their password when visiting different pages on the Platform.
Analysing the Platform and improving its performance: For example, integrating the different servers on which the Platform runs, identifying the number of visitors to the Platform and adjusting performance accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.
To increase the functionality of the Platform and provide ease of use: For example, sharing to third-party social media channels through the Platform, remembering the username information or search queries of the visitor who visits the Platform on the next visit.
Carrying out personalisation, targeting and advertising activities: For example, displaying adverts linked to visitors' interests on the pages and products they view.
3. Purpose of Processing Personal Data and Legal Reasons
These cookies are necessary to provide the requested online services, such as logging in, filling in forms, and saving privacy preferences. Functional Cookies: To make our website on the Platform more functional and personalise (with the exception of your privacy preferences, your other preferences will have to be changed when you return to the site) to be remembered when you enter the website). Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your explicit consent.
Performance/Analysis Cookies: These cookies are frequently used for the improvement of the Platform, including the measurement of the impact of advertisements on the relevant persons is included. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your explicit consent.
Marketing/Targeting Cookies: They are used by our business partners to profile you according to your interests and to show you relevant advertisements. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your explicit consent.
4. Transfer of Personal Data Processed Through Cookies
Within the scope of our activities carried out with cookies, your personal data is transferred to our domestic suppliers for the purposes of developing AccShop services by customising them for you, carrying out marketing activities, conducting and auditing business activities, and carrying out goods / service procurement processes.
In addition, if you consent to performance / analytical cookies, your personal data will be processed on servers abroad through third-party infrastructure providers located abroad, limited to the purpose of carrying out storage and archive activities. In this context, based on your explicit consent, your personal data may be transferred to foreign service providers with appropriate technical and administrative safeguards.
Since the cookie management offered to you on the Platform is carried out through our programmes provided by our suppliers in the field of technology, your explicit consent to the use of cookies
If you give your explicit consent, your personal data processed through all cookies will be transferred to our technological infrastructure suppliers located abroad. If you do not want to give explicit consent to the transfer of your personal data abroad, you can manage your consent with the cookie management tool.
5. Management of Cookies and Requests of Relevant Persons
Cookies, which are files created by the websites you visit, and the browser's cache, which helps pages load faster, allow you to browse the internet more easily.
Clearing the browser's cache and cookies (such as usernames and passwords) means that some websites may appear slightly slower, as website settings will need to be deleted and all images reloaded.
If you do not want to receive cookies, you can change your browser settings to notify you when cookies are received or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have been sent to you.
If you want to block or restrict internet browser cookies on your device, you can do this in your internet browser settings. The "Help" option in your browser provides information about blocking and restricting internet browser cookies.
For computer, Android and iOS activation and blocking applications of the most frequently used browsers, you can use the methods shown in these links below:
Google Chrome (https://google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3Dde sktop&hl=en)
Mozilla Firefox (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/cookies)
Microsoft Internet Explorer ()
Safari (https://help.apple.com/safari/mac/9.0/#/sfri11471)
Opera (https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies)
For your rights and detailed information, you can sen email to : [email protected] . ACCSHOP may update this Cookie Policy periodically, and any changes will be promptly reflected on the Platform.
LAST UPDATED 12 DEC 2024
