Cookie Policy
As Borusan Holding A.Ş. (“Borusan” or “Company”), we use cookies to improve your borusan.com (“Website”) experience and to enable you to use the website in the best way.
This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) is intended to inform you about the cookie policy of Borusan pursuant to Article 10 of Personal Data Protection Law (“Law”). You can access the information on cookies through the following headings:
- WHAT IS A COOKIE?
- COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE AND LEGAL REASONS FOR USING COOKIES
- PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED VIA COOKIES
- COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA VIA COOKIES
- SHARING PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED VIA COOKIES
- DISABLING COOKIES
- USE OF DATA SUBJECT’S RIGHTS
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookies are small text files that allow storage of certain information on your devices such as your phone, computer, tablet etc. when you visit a website. Cookies allow websites to work effectively, to remember user preferences (for example, language preference or website settings), to keep information on websites up-to-date, to conduct personalized marketing activities and to make improvements for users.
Cookies are divided into three based on their intended uses, parties and durations:
Cookies by Party | |
First-Party Cookies: First-party cookies are produced by the website visited. | Third-Party Cookies: Third-party cookies are produced by other websites. |
Cookies by Duration of Use | |
Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are not directly deleted when the internet browser is closed but deleted after a certain while. | Session Cookies: These are cookies used for ensuring continuity of a session and deleted when the user closes internet browser. |
Cookies by Intended Use | |
Technical (Strictly Necessary) Cookies: These cookies are essential for using the website. If the use of these cookies is not allowed, all or certain parts of the website may not be accessed. | Performance (Analysis) Cookies: These cookies collect information on how users use the website. They are used for improving/developing user experience. |
Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used for providing customized content based on the interests of users and measuring effectiveness of marketing activities. | Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to remember your preferences of use on the website and to customize your use of website. |
COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE AND LEGAL REASONS FOR COOKIE USE
Technical/strictly necessary cookies and performance/analysis cookies are used on the website. Details of cookies used on the website are given below:
Strictly Necessary Cookies | ||||
Legal Reason | Cookie Name | Intended Use | Duration | Provider |
Article 5/2-f of the Law, Data processing is required for legitimate interests of data controller | TS01b864f3 | Used for secure operation of the website. | Until the expiry of session. | .http://www.borusan.com |
ARRAffinity | Used for load balancing by websites operating in Windows Azure platform. | Until the expiry of session. | .http://www.borusan.com | |
ARRAffinitySameSite | Used for load balancing by websites operating in Windows Azure platform. | Until the expiry of session. | .http://www.borusan.com | |
Performance Cookies | ||||
Legal Reason | Cookie Name | Intended Use | Duration | Provider |
Article 5/2-f of the Law, Explicit consent of data subject | _ga (Google) | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | .borusan.com |
| _gid (Google) | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day | .borusan.com | |
_gat (Google) | Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites. | 1 minute | .borusan.com | |
__utma (Google) | Google Analytics sets this cookie to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | .borusan.com | |
| __utmc (Google) | Google Analytics sets this cookie to enable interoperability with urchin.js, an older version of Google Analytics and is used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. It is deleted when the user closes the browser. | Until the expiry of session. | .borusan.com | |
| __utmz (Google) | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store the traffic source or campaign by which the visitor reached the site. | 6 months | .borusan.com | |
| __utmt (Google) | Google Analytics sets this cookie to inhibit the request rate. | 10 minutes | .borusan.com | |
| __utmb (Google) | Google Analytics sets this cookie to determine new sessions/visits. __utmb cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. It is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 30 minutes | .borusan.com | |
PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED VIA COOKIES
Your personal data stated below are processed via the cookies:
Identity |
| User ID/ ID. |
Transaction security |
| IP address, browser and operating system, the date and time of your visit, interaction status (e.g. whether you were able to access the website or whether you received any error warning), use of the features on the website, search terms you enter, the frequency of your visit to the website, your language preferences, page scrolls, user transaction records including the tabs you access. |
COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA VIA COOKIES
Your personal data specified above are collected by automated means via cookies. Personal data processing via cookies is carried out based on the legal reasons stated under “Legal Reasons for Cookie Use”.
SHARING PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED VIA COOKIES
Your personal data collected via cookies are shared with third-party cookie providers in line with the purposes and legal reasons stated in this Policy. The rules stipulated in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law are observed while sharing your personal data.
DISABLING COOKIES
Most browsers offer different methods to protect your privacy. For example, you may allow first-party cookies or block third-party cookies. If you wish to disable the use of all cookies, you may also update your browser settings accordingly.
You can access explanations of cookie management of certain frequently used browsers using the following links:
Click to Access Cookie Management Pages of Relevant Browser. | |
In addition, you can customize the use of cookies by clicking .
USE OF DATA SUBJECT’S RIGHTS
Article 11 of the Law regulates the rights of data subjects. As a data subject, you may prefer the following methods to exercise your rights stated in Article 11 of the Law:
- You may send your requests by e-mail to holdingkvkk@borusan.com using your e-mail address which you previously shared with us and is recorded in our system.
- You may send your requests by regular mail to the address "PÜRTELAŞ HASAN MAHALLESİ MECLİSİ MEBUSAN CADDESİ NO.37 SALIPAZARI, BEYOĞLU, İSTANBUL".
- You may also prefer other methods specified in the Communique on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller for sending your requests.
Date of Last Update: June 13th, 2023.
