Privacy Policy

Based on this policy, the Turkish Green Crescent Society commits to the protection of the personal data that is collected, processed, stored and archived of all internal parties (board of directors, disciplinary board, board of supervisors, scientific board, candidate employees, employees, employees’ family members, candidate interns, volunteers, donors, contracted employees, visitors to our facilities and affiliated partnership employees) and that of the third parties with which we are in contact (civil service and government agency employees, clients, academicians, potential suppliers, current suppliers, campaign participants and other third parties), in pursuant with Personal Data Protection Law No.6698, and implements the following eight principles:
Personal Data:

• are collected, processed, stored and archived in compliance with laws and good faith practices;

• are processed for specific, legitimate and clear purposes;

• are processed in a relevant, limited and measured manner, in accordance with the purpose for which they are processed.

• Maximum effort is made to ensure data validity and actuality; as such, correct data are collected and the continuity of data actuality is ensured.

• Data are stored for as long as stipulated in the relevant legislation, or as required for the purposes for which they are processed.

• The rights and requests of the data owners are taken into consideration during processing. As stipulated in the law, the data owner has the following rights:

  • To find out whether or not their personal data has been processed;
  • To request information regarding the processing of their personal data;
  • To be made aware of the grounds on which their personal data were processed, and whether they were used for the intended purpose;
  • To request information about any third parties to whom their personal data has been transferred, whether at home or abroad;
  • To request their personal data be corrected in the event of data being missing or processed incorrectly;
  • To request that personal data with no legal justification or grounds be deleted or erased, to ensure personal data are processed in compliance with Personal Data Protection Law or this policy;
  • To request that third parties be notified of the requested correction or deletion of any personal data they may have;
  • To object to any outcome of an exclusively automated analysis of the processed data that may have a negative effect on the person;
  • To claim indemnification in the event of any losses incurred due to any illegal processing of personal data.

• The necessary measures relating to the technical and administrative safety of data are taken while processing personal data (the necessary physical, environmental and systematic measures are taken).

• Personal data are shared in accordance with legal exceptions or open consent. The personal data of internal parties and third parties are collected, processed, stored and archived by the Turkish Green Crescent Society in accordance with the eight above-mentioned principles.

Mobile Application User Clarification Text

The Turkish Green Crescent Society (hereinafter referred to as "GREEN CRESCENT") prioritizes the security of your personal data that we process as data controller defined in Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data. Therefore, we would like to inform you about the processing of your personal data.

THE PURPOSE AND LEGAL REASON FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data is processed for the following purposes and legal reasons in accordance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data and secondary regulations:

In this context, if you fill in the "log in" tab of the ‘you can quit’ mobile application with information such as "name, surname, gender, telephone, mobile phone, e-mail address, date of birth, city of residence and upload your photograph, information about social media accounts (facebook, instagram, Google), information about smoking (how many years of smoking, daily cigarette consumption, desire to quit, quitting attempts, daily first cigarette use, motivation to avoid smoking in prohibited areas, goal to quit, emotional state related to smoking, spending habits related to your motivation to quit smoking) it will be used as a tool in line with the purposes of the association to combat tobacco addiction, help our citizens get rid of tobacco / cigarette addiction and motivate citizens who want to free themselves of tobacco addiction that you can use by establishing your account through the mobile application, manage the account, communicate with you if necessary within the scope of the association’s mobile application and other association activities, ensure your participation in the activities of the association and inform you about the activities of the association, based on the legal reasons for the performance of the contract and legitimate interest stipulated in Articles 5/2-c and 5/2-f of Law No. 6698.

TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
The Green Crescent will process your personal data limitedly for the abovementioned purposes to establish the ‘you can quit’ user account of the mobile application and ensure its use by you, sending verification SMS and e-mails to help get rid of tobacco addiction and shared with associations/foundations it works with, Türkiye Green Crescent Foundation, Green Crescent Consultancy and Marketing Joint Stock Company and supplier software developer business partners (and/or third party business partners when this is necessary to do the work), with Authorized Public Institutions or other third parties in case sharing is mandatory to advocate the rights of the Green Crescent in accordance with the legal reasons in Article 5/2-e of Law No. 6698 or within the scope of fulfilling legal obligations in accordance with Article 5/2-ç of Law No. 6698 if requested by Legally Authorized Public and Private Institutions.
You can share the areas/processes enabled within the application through our mobile application on your social media accounts.

PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION METHODS
The GREEN CRESCENT collects your personal data in the event that you fill in the information in the 'login' tab of the ‘you can quit’ mobile application, within the scope of the establishment and continuation of the user account and when you contact us. 

STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data will be kept for a limited period of time in accordance with the law in line with the above-mentioned purpose and legal reasons and be destroyed at the end of the period. Your Personal Data is saved in various databases on the server where the Yesilay.org.tr domain is located.

YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
As the data owner you have the following rights when you apply to the GREEN CRESCENT:

• Learn whether your personal data has been processed,

• Request information if your personal data has been processed,

• Learn the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they have been used in accordance with their purpose,

• Learn who the third parties are to whom your personal data has been transferred domestically or abroad,

• Request the correction of your personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and request that the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred are notified of the transactions made within this scope,

• Request the deletion or destruction of your personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing become moot and request that the third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred are notified of the transactions made within this scope,

• Object to the occurrence of a result against you that has been generated by analyzing your processed data exclusively through automated systems,

• Request the deletion or destruction of personal data within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the Law, and request that the third parties with whom your personal data was shared with are notified of the corrections, deletions or destruction.  

• In case you suffer a loss due to unlawful processing of your personal data, you have the right to demand compensation for the loss.

If you submit your request regarding any of your rights listed above to the GREEN CRESCENT in accordance with the application procedures stipulated in the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, the GREEN CRESCENT will finalize your request free of charge as soon as possible and within 30 (thirty) days at the latest. However, if the transaction requires an additional cost, the GREEN CRESCENT may charge the fee in the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.

You can get detailed information by reviewing our Personal Data Protection Policy at "https://www.yesilay.org.tr/en"