Cookie Policy

Oniki Punto Media and News Agency Inc. (the "Company"), operating at Mecidiyeköy Mahallesi Raşit Rıza Sokak, Ahmet Esin İş Merkezi No:4, uses cookies ("Cookie/Cookies") during users' visits to its platforms, within the scope of services provided through the platforms to members who register on the platforms operated and managed by the Company, as well as to other visitors (collectively referred to as "user/s").

This cookie usage is carried out in accordance with the legislation to which the Company is subject, including the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK).

The Company may not disclose the personal data it obtains about the Data Subject to others or use it for purposes other than the processing purpose, in violation of the 'Privacy Policy', 'Disclosure Text', and the provisions of the KVKK.

What Is a Cookie?

Cookies are very small text files, usually composed of letters and numbers, that are stored on your computer (or other devices such as smartphones or tablets) by browsers when you visit websites. Cookies do not contain personal data such as name, gender, or address.

Cookies are created by the servers that manage the website you visit. This allows the server to recognise when a visitor returns to the same site. Cookies can be compared to identification cards that show website owners that the same visitor is revisiting the site.

For more detailed information about cookies, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org and www.allaboutcookies.org.

How Are Cookies Used?

The Company uses cookies to:

Remember your preferences and personalise your use of the website/mobile application/mobile site.

This usage includes:

• Cookies that save your password and keep your website/mobile application/mobile site session open continuously, thereby saving you from having to enter your password multiple times each visit, and cookies that remember and recognise you on subsequent visits to the website/mobile application/mobile site.
• Determining how you use the website/mobile application/mobile site, including identifying from where and which devices you connect to the platforms operated by the Company, which content you view on the website/mobile application/mobile site, and the duration of your visit.
• Presenting content and advertisements that are more relevant to your interests, in other words, for targeted advertising/promotion purposes. The Company matches information obtained through cookies with your other personal data and offers you more relevant content, personalised campaigns and products, and does not re-offer content or offers that you have previously indicated you do not wish to receive.
• Performing the basic functions necessary for the operation of the platforms. For example, enabling members to log in with their membership information.
• Analysing the platforms and improving platform performance. For example, determining the number of visitors to the platforms and adjusting performance settings accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.
• Increasing the functionality of the platforms and providing ease of use. For example, remembering the visitor's search queries on subsequent visits, or providing links to third-party social media activities through the platforms.
• Carrying out personalisation, targeting, and advertising activities. For example, displaying advertisements related to the interests of visitors based on the pages and products they have viewed.

Cookie Management

Depending on the type of your internet browser, you can follow the steps below to learn about cookies and exercise your right to allow or reject them:

• Google Chrome: Click the "lock icon" or the "i" letter in the "address bar" of your browser, and you can allow or block cookies from the "Cookie" tab.
• Internet Explorer: Click the "Tool" or "Tools" section at the top right corner of your browser, click the "Security" tab, and manage your cookies by selecting "allow" or "do not allow".
• Mozilla Firefox: Click the "open menu" tab at the top right corner of your browser. Click the "Options" icon and use the "Privacy and Security" button to manage your cookies.
• For other browsers (such as Opera, Microsoft Edge): You can review the help or support pages of the relevant browser.
• Safari: From the "Settings" section of your phone, select the "Safari" tab, and you can manage all your cookies from the "Privacy and Security" section.

In addition to the options above, to learn about all cookies and for cookie management, you can visit: www.allaboutcookies.org, https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

For cookie or SDK management in mobile applications, you can follow the instructions in the Privacy or Settings section of your device, or download and use Lumen Privacy Monitor (https://haystack.mobi) on your phone.

If you reject persistent cookies or session cookies, you can continue to use the website, mobile application, and mobile site, but you may not be able to access all the functions of the website, mobile application, and mobile site, or your access may be limited. This may vary in the case of mobile applications.

Types of Cookies by Purpose of Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are absolutely necessary for the proper functioning of the platforms. These cookies are needed for the management of the system and for the prevention of fraudulent transactions; if blocked, the platforms cannot function properly.

Analytics/Performance Cookies: These enable the analysis and understanding of the operation of the platforms and the development of the platforms by interacting with the user. The use of these cookies can be blocked.

Functional and Analytical Cookies: These are cookies used to provide users with an easier and more advanced user experience. They fulfil functions such as remembering previous preferences, enabling easy access to certain content on the platform, ensuring effective use of the platforms, optimising them to respond to user requests, and analysing how visitors use the platforms. By their nature, this type of cookie may contain personal information such as username. The use of these cookies can be blocked.

Functional and Analytical Cookies used on the platforms include, but are not limited to: Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, Adform Data Management Platform, Criteo, Teads, Neustar, Pubmatic, and Oracle Data Management (BlueKai).

Targeting/Advertising/Commercial Cookies: These are used to identify and present content that may be of interest, including advertising content. They serve to present products/content similar in nature to the targeted product/content in line with the interests and choices of users, and to enhance the user experience by offering a more advanced, personalised advertising portfolio. It is possible for the user to make the necessary adjustments from the internet browser settings. In any case, these settings may vary depending on the internet browser. The use of these cookies can be blocked. However, this blocking will not completely block advertising content; instead of advertisements that may interest the user, general content advertisements will be served. Targeting/Advertising/Commercial Cookies used on the platforms include, but are not limited to: Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, Criteo, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Teads, Neustar, Pubmatic, Oracle Data Management (BlueKai), Hotjar, OneSignal, Taboola, and Gemius.

Flash Cookies: These are a type of cookie used to activate image or audio content on the platforms.

Third-Party Cookies: The platform works with trusted, well-known third-party advertising providers. Third-party service providers place their own cookies to deliver personalised advertisements to users. Cookies placed by third parties collect and process browsing information of visitors on the platforms and analyse how they are used.

Types of Cookies by Storage Duration

Persistent Cookies: These are cookies that remain on a person's computer and smart mobile device until they are deleted by the user or until a certain date. These cookies are mostly used to measure user preferences and site activity.

Session Cookies: These cookies are used to divide the user's visit into sessions and do not collect data from the user. These cookies are deleted when the user remains inactive on the visited platforms for a certain period or closes the platforms. Targeting/Advertising/Commercial Cookies, as defined above, are used on the platforms for third parties to provide services and to increase the effectiveness of these services. These cookies can remember visited web pages and sites and can collect personal data. The platform uses both first-party and third-party cookies for purposes such as collecting information, remembering demographic data and interests, determining advertisement impressions and visit counts. When the platform is visited and these plugins are used, the platform connects directly to the selected social network's server. The content offered by the plugin is then transmitted directly from the social networks to the web browser and added to the website being visited. In this way, the relevant social network can access and process the user's data and combine it with the data belonging to the account on the relevant social network.

The Company has no control over the data processed by social networks through plugins. For more information on the purposes, methods, and duration of processing of your personal data by social networks, the personal data policies published by the relevant social networks should be carefully reviewed.

The use of certain cookies is mandatory for the proper functioning of the platform. If cookie use is blocked, the information provided must be re-entered each time the platform is visited, and some services provided by the Company over the internet may not function properly, or some pages on the platforms may not be viewable.