WEBSITE PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY

Protecting the privacy of visitors ("Data Subjects") to the website www.bilgeilackozmetik.com.tr, operated by BİLGE İLAÇ BİTKİSEL KOZ. SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş., is one of our fundamental principles. With this Website Privacy Policy ("Policy"), explanations are provided regarding the processing of personal data of Data Subjects, the Cookie Policy, and the effectiveness of the Website Privacy Policy.

ABOUT THE COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. As with many websites, cookies and similar technologies are used to improve users' browsing experience and enhance service quality. This Cookie Policy has been prepared to inform website users about cookies and the types of cookies used, and to provide guidance on how cookie preferences can be managed.

If you do not approve the use of cookies, we kindly request that you discontinue using the website or change your cookie preferences as indicated in this Policy. Please note that if cookies are not permitted, some features of the website may lose functionality.

What Is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device or network server via browsers when you visit a website. These files store data such as your IP address, session information, and pages accessed. Cookies allow your website preferences to be remembered, your session to remain active, or content relevant to your interests to be displayed. This enables us to make the website more secure, provide a better user experience, and analyze how the website performs, what works well, and what needs improvement.

We use cookies to ensure you benefit from our website in the most efficient way and to enhance your user experience. If you prefer not to use cookies, you can delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Unless you change your cookie settings in your browser, we will assume that you accept the use of cookies on this website.

Types of Cookies

Cookies are classified according to criteria such as their storage duration on devices and who places them. Based on these criteria, the main distinctions are as follows:

  • Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted from the device once the browser is closed. Their primary function is to ensure the proper functioning of the website.
  • Persistent Cookies: Cookies that remain on the device after the browser is closed until they are deleted by the user or expire.
  • First-Party Cookies: Cookies placed on the device by the operator of the visited website.
  • Third-Party Cookies: Cookies placed and controlled by parties other than the operator of the visited website.

What Types of Cookies Do We Use?

Like most online services, our website uses third-party cookies for various purposes. The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly used to understand how the website performs, how you interact with it, to keep our services secure, to provide advertisements relevant to you, and to offer a better service overall. They help improve user experience and speed up future interactions with our website.

  • Session Cookies: Temporary cookies used during your visit and deleted when the browser is closed. These cookies enable essential functions such as the proper operation of multi-page online forms.
  • Persistent Cookies: Used to enhance website functionality and provide visitors with faster and better service. They are stored in the browser to remember your preferences.
  • Technical Cookies: Ensure the operation of the website and are used to detect non-functioning pages and areas.
  • Authentication Cookies: Used in areas requiring membership login to prevent users from re-entering passwords on each page.
  • Flash Cookies: Used to enable visual or audio content on the website.
  • Customization Cookies: Used to remember user preferences (such as language selection) across different pages.
  • Analytical Cookies: Enable the generation of statistical data such as the number of visitors, viewed pages, and visit duration.

Cookies by Owner and Purpose of Use

On platforms operated by BİLGE İLAÇ BİTKİSEL KOZ. SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.:

  • BİLGE İLAÇ Cookies: First-party cookies created and managed by our Company.
  • Third-Party Cookies: Cookies managed by third-party companies with whom we cooperate.

Depending on their purpose of use, technical cookies, authentication cookies, targeting/advertising cookies, customization cookies, and analytical cookies are used. These cookies may be used for purposes such as offering campaigns and advertisements tailored to users' preferences and interests, and statistically analyzing spending habits.

Main Purposes of Using Cookies on Our Website

  • Remembering your preferences and personalizing your use of the website,
  • Analyzing how you use the website and improving its performance,
  • Providing content and advertisements tailored to your interests and usage habits,
  • Performing basic functions necessary for the operation of the website (e.g., membership login),
  • Increasing website functionality and ease of use (e.g., remembering search queries),
  • Conducting personalization, targeting, and advertising activities.

How Can You Control Your Cookie Preferences?

You can customize or completely block cookies by changing your browser settings. Detailed information on the steps to follow for different browsers can be found at the links below:

  • Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
  • Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com
  • Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org
  • Yandex: https://yandex.com.tr
  • Safari: https://support.apple.com
  • Opera: http://www.opera.com

To exercise your rights specified in Article 11 of the Personal Data Protection Law regarding your personal data collected via cookies, you may send an email from the email address registered in our systems. You may also choose other methods specified in the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller.

ABOUT THE PRIVACY POLICY

We do not provide any direct or indirect guarantee regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information or references contained on this website. The information on the website is intended solely for target users and may not be distributed, copied, or transmitted by others. Unauthorized use of registered trademarks, products, information, and texts mentioned on our website is prohibited.

The website and the information and references it contains are for informational purposes only. Under no circumstances should they be applied as treatment methods on their own; consultation with a specialist physician is required, and actions should be taken in line with professional medical advice. Use of the information on the website is subject to the explicit written permission of BİLGE İLAÇ in accordance with the provisions of the Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works Law No. 5846.

Your data collected on our website within the scope of your consent (such as email addresses and phone numbers) will be stored under the terms and conditions specified in the clarification text. Users under the age of 18 must obtain parental consent before submitting their email addresses or personal information.

We remind you that sellers on sales platforms accessed via links on this website may sell our contract-manufactured products; therefore, information on websites created and placed by third parties other than our Company due to the operational systems of such sales platforms is not under the responsibility of BİLGE İLAÇ. Activities on such websites may not comply with the regulations of the Republic of Türkiye, and the information provided may differ from texts approved by the Turkish Ministry of Health. We hereby declare that BİLGE İLAÇ bears no responsibility in this regard.

All users shall be deemed to have fully and unconditionally accepted the above legal notice.