Cookie and Privacy Policy
As TMS ENDÜSTRİYEL SOĞUTMA SAN. TİC. A. Ş. (“TMS”), we may use technologies such as cookies, pixel tags, flash cookies, and web beacons, which allow specific data to be recorded and collected on your computer, mobile phone, tablet, and similar devices during access to our website at https://tmsgrup.com (“Website”), mobile applications, electronic platforms, other applications, as well as in emails or advertisements we send to you. In this Cookie and Privacy Policy (“Policy”), the term “cookies” is used to refer to cookies and similar technologies that TMS may use.
Although it is possible to collect users’ data through cookies, not all data collected through cookies may qualify as personal data.
If the data collected through cookies is considered personal under Turkish Law, this Policy constitutes an annex to the Website Disclosure Text. In this context, we recommend reading the Website Disclosure Text to learn how your data may be processed and how you can exercise your rights.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your computer’s hard drive within browsers. They are used to offer visitors a personalized experience and improve services on the websites they visit. Cookies can also contribute to ease of use while navigating a website.
Like most websites, tmsgrup.com (“Site”) uses cookies to display personalized content and advertisements, perform analytical activities, and track visitor usage habits within the site.
Types of Cookies
Cookies can be categorized based on their duration or the domain name to which they belong.
When classified by duration, cookies are divided into two types: “session cookies” and “persistent cookies”:
a) Session cookies: Session cookies are used during each session when the Company’s Website or other applications or platforms are visited and automatically deleted upon exiting the Site or application. The purpose of these cookies is to ensure continuity and security during the visit.
b) Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are stored on the computer or other devices the user uses for a predefined duration during access and are not automatically deleted when the session or application is closed. Persistent cookies are used when it is necessary to remember who you are across multiple sessions. The purpose of these cookies is to enhance site functionality by offering visitors faster and better service.
When cookies are classified based on the domain name to which they belong, they are divided into first-party cookies and third-party cookies:
a) First-party cookies: These are cookies placed on the website by the visited domain and can only be read by that website.
b) Third-party cookies: These are placed by a domain different from the one visited. If third parties place cookies on the user’s device via the visited domain, these are called third-party cookies.
Purposes of Cookies
As TMS, we may use the cookies we use on our websites, platforms, applications, advertisements, and communications for the purposes outlined below:
- Operational purposes: We may use cookies necessary for the operation, supervision, and security of our websites, platforms, applications, or services. Examples of cookies used for operational purposes include technologies that enable the use of functions available on websites, applications, and platforms and those used to detect irregular behavior in these media.
- Functional purposes: We may use cookies necessary to facilitate the use of our websites, platforms, applications, or services or to customize them for our users. Examples of cookies for functionality include technologies that allow us to remember user information and preferences.
- Performance purposes: We may also use necessary cookies to improve and measure the performance of our websites, platforms, applications, or services. Examples of cookies used for this purpose include those that help us understand how users interact with our websites, applications, platforms, and services and analyze user behavior, as well as technologies that allow us to determine whether users interact with the communications we send.
- Advertising purposes: We may use first-party and third-party cookies to deliver interest-based advertisements and related content via our own or third-party websites, platforms, and applications. Examples of cookies used for advertising include those that measure the effectiveness of ads or show how often an advertisement is viewed or clicked on.
Rejecting and Deleting Cookies
Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, users can change their browser settings to reject or delete cookies anytime. The method for changing settings may vary depending on the browser used, and information on how to disable cookies should be obtained from the service provider for the specific browser. You can generally reject cookies in the following ways:
(i) Change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, (ii) Disable existing cookies, (iii) Set your browser to reject cookies automatically.
Please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use some features of our websites, applications, platforms, or services.
You can modify your browser settings by following the links below:
Authorized Service Providers
As TMS, we may obtain assistance from some authorized service providers in executing and promoting our Websites, platforms, applications, and services. These service providers authorized by our Company may also place cookies and similar technologies (third-party cookies) on users’ computers and other devices and collect information such as IP addresses, unique identifiers, and device identifiers to detect users’ devices.
Cookies Used by TMS
Operational, functional, and performance cookies used by TMS:
- Do not harm your computer, contain viruses, or cause any damage.
- It is necessary for the website interface and features to function as desired.
- Help us understand how visitors use the website, enabling us to compile statistical data and improve content based on this information.
- Speed up activities during future visits.
- Do not collect, store, or process any data that can personally identify you.
Targeting and advertising cookies are used to personalize ads and analyze site traffic under the premise of not harming your fundamental rights and freedoms and being in compliance with legitimate interests and necessary legal obligations. Below is a table of cookies used by TMS and their purposes.
Third-Party Sites, Products & Services
Our websites, platforms, or applications may contain links to third-party websites, products, and services. Such links are subject to these third parties’ cookie and privacy policies. It should be understood that third parties and their sites are independent of TMS and that TMS is not responsible for third parties’ cookie and privacy practices. If you visit these sites, we recommend reading their cookie and privacy policies.
Privacy
The TMS Cookie and Privacy Policy aims to provide users with detailed information about the scope and purposes of cookie usage and to inform users about their cookie preferences. In this regard, closing the Cookie notification on the site and continuing to use the Site assumes that users consent to use cookies. Users can change their cookie preferences at any time.
At TMS, we ensure the security and completeness of our visitors, dealers, and users (“Parties”) who use our services. Accordingly, this Cookie and Privacy Policy has been prepared to ensure that the Parties’ data is processed in full compliance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“Law”) and to inform our users in this context.
This Policy aims to determine the terms and conditions for using personal data shared by the Data Subject or generated by TMS during the Data Subject’s use of the site operated by TMS.
Following Articles 3 and 7 of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data, irreversibly anonymized data will not be considered personal data, and such data will be processed without being bound by this Policy.
TMS may modify the provisions of the Policy at any time. The updated Policy will become effective upon publication on our website.
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