As ASTOPIA TECH OÜ, our Cookie Policy has been prepared to inform our valued visitors about the basis of our use of cookies on our website and the types of cookies used, in order to provide you with better and more personalized service.
1. ABOUT COOKIES
A cookie is information stored on your computer by a website you visit. Cookies are not harmful software or applications that damage your computer. On the contrary, cookies are used to enable the website you have visited to remember the preferences you made during your previous visit, thereby enabling proper configuration and accurate information to be provided for a better service on your second and subsequent visits.
Our use of cookies is carried out in compliance with the applicable legislation, primarily Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”).
2. TYPES OF COOKIES
First-Party (Institutional) Cookies
First-party cookies are used for purposes such as tracking a website visitor’s page views and calculating the number of sessions and users on the page. The website first accesses data using first-party cookies and can generate general analysis and reports for the page.
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies refer to cookies belonging to elements outside the visited website, rather than cookies created by the visited website itself. Third-party cookies are tracked together with applications such as social plug-ins, advertisements or site plug-ins, and behavioral actions can be monitored through them.
Session Cookies
Session cookies are used to track users who connect to and open a session on the website. They are used particularly in tracking shopping activities, remembering items added to the cart, and similar processes. These cookies are deleted when the browser is closed.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies are a type of cookie that can be retained even after the browser used for internet access is closed. They are used extensively particularly for username and password functions.
Secure Cookies
Secure cookies are used only by websites with HTTPS, i.e. an SSL certificate, to control transactions containing encrypted data.
3. COOKIES BY PURPOSE
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies allow you to browse our website and use basic features, such as the features and secure areas you have requested. If strictly necessary cookies are blocked, we cannot guarantee how our website will perform during your visit and in terms of security.
Performance and Functionality Cookies
Performance and functionality cookies are used to deliver our services to you in a better and higher quality manner, and to offer you more functional service.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies allow us to track your visit to our website, including the pages you visit and the links you follow, as well as other websites, applications and online services, and thereby show you targeted advertisements on our website. In addition to the other cookies we use, the third parties listed may also, with your permission, add and use related cookies on your computer.
4. HOW AND WHY WE USE COOKIES
As ASTOPIA TECH OÜ, we use different types of cookies on our website to distinguish you, our valued visitors, from other users and to provide you with better service.
Below you can find tables containing details of the cookies falling within these categories.
| Cookie Name | Cookie Purpose | Cookie Type | Validity Period |
| _ga | Google Analytics: Used to anonymously distinguish visitors and collect statistical data. | Third-Party / Performance | 2 Years |
| _gid | Google Analytics: Used to track users’ on-site interactions on a daily basis. | Third-Party / Performance | 24 Hours |
| _fbp | Facebook/Meta Pixel: Used to measure advertising effectiveness and deliver targeted ads on social media platforms. | Third-Party / Marketing | 3 Months |
| _clck / _clsk | Microsoft Clarity: Used to visualize user behavior (clicks, scrolling) and improve the site experience. | Third-Party / Performance | 1 Year / Session |
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| _gcl_au | Google AdSense/Conversion: Used to track ad clicks and conversions. | Third-Party / Marketing | 3 Months |
| i18n_redirecte d | Used to remember the user’s preferred language setting (EN/TR, etc.). | Functionality | 1 Year |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Used to ensure site security and prevent “Cross-Site Request Forgery” attacks. | Strictly Necessary / Security | End of Session |
5. REMOVAL OF COOKIES
You may, at any time, prevent the use of cookies subject to your consent. To do so, you may contact us via the communication addresses stated below, or indicate your preference through the cookie banner that appears when you enter the website.
Alternatively, web browsers allow a degree of control over most cookies through browser settings. For more information about cookies, including which cookies have been set, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
To guide you on how to delete cookies, you can find explanations detailing the usage of browsers in the list below, through which you can manage your preferences:
- Cookie Settings for Microsoft Edge
- Cookie Settings for Firefox
- Cookie Settings for Chrome
- Cookie Settings for Safari
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, you can visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
6. ENTRY INTO FORCE AND UPDATES
This Cookie Policy entered into force on its date of publication. Our Cookie Policy may be updated to comply with changing conditions and legislation. Relevant updates are carried out and the current Policy is published on our website.
7. YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT AND METHODS OF EXERCISE
Rights Relating to Personal Data under the KVKK
The rights that data subject groups may exercise in relation to their personal data are set out in Article 11 of the KVKK, and are as follows:
- To learn whether personal data is being processed,
- To request information regarding personal data, if it has been processed,
- To learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose,
- To know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred, domestically or abroad,
- To request the correction of personal data if it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately,
- To request the deletion or destruction of personal data within the framework of the conditions set out in Article 7 of the KVKK, and to request that such actions be notified to third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
- To object to a result that is to the person’s own detriment, arising from analysis of processed data exclusively through automated systems,
- To request compensation for damages arising from the unlawful processing of personal data.
Principles for Exercising Rights Relating to Personal Data
As a data subject, you may submit your requests relating to your rights under Article 11 of the KVKK to us by completing the Application Form Regarding the Protection of Personal Data available on our website, or by submitting an application that meets the minimum conditions stipulated by the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles for Application to the Data Controller, via the methods listed below.
As the Company, we will conclude your application free of charge, as soon as possible and, in any event, within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of your request. However, if the transaction requires an additional cost, a fee determined by the Personal Data Protection Board will be charged by us.
| Application Method | Application Address |
| Message sent from your e-mail address registered in our system, or via secure electronic signature or mobile signature | support@astopia.com |
| Written application submitted in person or through a notary public | Ahmet Yesevi Mah. Kerem Sok. No:9 İç Kapı No:203 Pendik/İstanbul |
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