Data controller
The data controller for personal data processed through this website is TLE Trade & Distribution (“TLE”). “We” and “us” in this notice refer to TLE.
TLE Trade & Distribution
- info@tletad.com
The data we process
- Contact and enquiry details
- What you share when you reach us through the contact form or by email: your name, work email, company, country, product or category, target markets, estimated volume and your message.
- Language preference
- The site language you choose, stored in a cookie in your browser.
- Cookie choice and measurement data
- Your acceptance or rejection, the date of your choice and the notice version are stored on your device. When analytics tools are enabled and you consent, visited pages, sessions, device information and conversion events may be measured.
- Technical data
- Recorded automatically by our hosting provider when you visit: IP address, browser and device details, date and time of the visit. The country derived from your IP address is used only to decide which language the site opens in.
Optional analytics and marketing measurement tools operate only when you accept them in the cookie notice. Please do not send us special categories of personal data, such as health, religion or ethnic origin.
The trade brief you prepare on the contact page is built in your browser. When you download it, the file is saved only to your device; nothing reaches us through that step.
Purposes and legal grounds
- Answering your enquiry
- Reviewing your enquiry, replying to you and holding the first conversations about working together. Legal ground: steps taken before entering into a contract (KVKK Art. 5/2-c; GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)).
- Running the site securely
- Keeping the site secure and available and preventing misuse. Legal ground: our legitimate interests (KVKK Art. 5/2-f; GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
- Applying your language
- Opening the site in the language you chose or the one that suits your country. Legal ground: our legitimate interests (KVKK Art. 5/2-f; GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
- Legal obligations
- Meeting our obligations under the law and responding to competent authorities. Legal ground: required by law and our legal obligations (KVKK Art. 5/2-a and ç; GDPR Art. 6(1)(c)).
- Visitor experience and conversion measurement
- Using enabled analytics tools to understand site usage, improve the experience and measure marketing results. Legal ground: your consent (KVKK Art. 5/1; GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw your consent using the cookie choice button on this page.
We do not use your data to send you marketing messages without your explicit consent.
How we collect it
We receive contact and enquiry details directly from you, through the contact form and email. Language preference and technical data are collected automatically, through a cookie and server logs. Cookie choices are stored locally; consent-based measurement data is collected through enabled analytics tags.
Who we share it with
We do not sell your personal data. We share it only in the cases below, limited to their purpose.
- Service providers
- The technology providers we work with for hosting the site and for email. The site is hosted on the infrastructure of Vercel Inc., whose servers are located outside Türkiye.
- Business partners
- Where your enquiry requires it, with your knowledge and only as far as necessary: the manufacturers, suppliers, buyers or logistics partners involved.
- Analytics and measurement providers
- When enabled with your consent, Google Analytics measures site usage and conversions; Google Tag Manager manages the relevant tags. These services may transfer data to Google and process it outside Türkiye. When you reject, these optional tags are not loaded.
- Authorities
- Public authorities and courts legally entitled to request it, when they do.
Transfers abroad are carried out in line with Article 9 of the KVKK and the relevant provisions of the GDPR.
How long we keep it
- Enquiries and correspondence
- Until your enquiry is concluded and for as long as any business relationship lasts; after that, for the retention and limitation periods set by law.
- Language cookie
- One year. You can delete it from your browser at any time.
- Server logs
- For the limited period set by our hosting provider for security and operations.
- Cookie choice
- 180 days. After this period you are asked to choose again. Clearing your browser storage removes the record sooner.
When the period ends, your data is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.
Your rights
Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to apply to TLE to:
- Learn whether your personal data is processed
- Request information about that processing
- Learn the purpose of the processing and whether the data is used accordingly
- Know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom it is transferred
- Ask for it to be corrected if it is incomplete or inaccurate
- Ask for it to be erased or destroyed under the conditions of Article 7 of the KVKK
- Ask for corrections, erasure or destruction to be notified to the third parties who received it
- Object to an outcome against you that results solely from automated analysis
- Claim compensation if you suffer damage from unlawful processing
If you are in the European Economic Area, the GDPR also gives you the right to restrict processing, to receive your data in a portable format, to object to processing based on legitimate interests and to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in your country.
Making a request
You can send requests about your rights in writing, by registered email (KEP), with a secure electronic or mobile signature, or from the email address you have already shared with us, in line with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller. Our contact details are in the “Data controller” section.
We answer free of charge, as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest. If a request involves an additional cost, the fee set by the Personal Data Protection Board may apply. If your request is refused, if you find our answer insufficient or if we do not reply in time, you may file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Board.
Security
The site is served only over an encrypted connection (HTTPS). We limit access to your personal data to the authorised staff handling your enquiry and take the technical and organisational measures needed to protect it.
Changes
We may update this notice when the law or our processing changes. The current version is always published on this page, with its last updated date at the top.