Privacy Policy
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Address:
Law Firm Koca & Ersöz for Turkish Law
Istanbul Office
Inonu cd. No:23 D:10 Gumussuyu Beyoglu 34437 Istanbul
Berlin Office
Sorrstr. 86 14050 Berlin
Cologne Office
Breite Str. 161, 50667 Cologne
Email: info@kocaewrsoz.com
Website: www.kocaersoz.com/en
Relevant professional organizations:
Berlin Bar Association
Littenstraße 9
10179 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 30 69 31 0
Fax: +49 30 30 69 31 99
Email: info@rak-berlin.de
Istanbul Bar Association
İstiklal Caddesi, Orhan Adli Apaydın Sokak
No:2, 34430, Beyoğlu Istanbul
Tel: +90 212 393 07 00
Fax: +90 212 293 89 60
Email: info@istanbulbarosu.org.tr
Design & Programming: Gürol Becer
Av. Melis Ersöz Koca Attorney at Law – Trademark Attorney – Mediator (under Turkish law)
Av. Serhat Koca Attorney at Law – Trademark Attorney – Mediator (under Turkish law)
The following professional regulations apply: “Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO)” “Professional Code for Lawyers” “Specialist Lawyers’ Regulations (FAO)” “Lawyers’ Remuneration Act (RVG)” “Code of Conduct for Lawyers of the European Union (CCBE)”
You can find the relevant professional regulations under the section “Information according to § 6 TDG” on the website of the Federal Bar Association at www.brak.de or www.rechtsanwaltskammer-Berlin.de (under the section ‘Professional Law’).
Insurance:
Melis Ersöz Koca (Turkey: AIG Sigorta, Germany: R+V Versicherungs AG)
Territorial scope of the insurance: Turkey and Germany
Serhat Koca (Turkey: Gulf Sigorta A.S., Germany: R+V Versicherungs AG)
Territorial scope of the insurance: Turkey and Germany
Responsible for the content of the website (§ 55 Abs. 2 RStV):
Attorney Koca
DISCLAIMER FOR EXTERNAL CROSS-REFERENCES:
The content of the websites to which reference is made by means of hyperlinks or in any other way does not originate from me, is not known to me in detail, and is not provided by me for use as my own or third-party content. Therefore, I do not assume any responsibility or guarantee for the content of any website to which reference is made by means of hyperlinks or in any other way. There is no intention to enter into a legal transaction by providing such references.
DATA PROTECTION
We are aware that the protection of your privacy when using our websites is an important concern for you. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Therefore, we would like to inform you about when we store which data and how we use it. Therefore, we would like to inform you about our data protection measures with this privacy policy.
Collection of personal data
In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can be directly or indirectly related to you personally, such as name, address, email addresses, user behavior.
When
you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, if applicable, your name and telephone number) will be stored by us to answer your questions. We delete the data collected in this context after storage is no longer necessary.
When using the website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, only the data that your browser transmits to the server we use will be collected. When you want to view our website, the following data is collected, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure its stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DS-GVO):
“IP address
Date and time of the request
Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
Access status/HTTP status code
Data volume transferred
Website from which the request originates
Browser
Operating system and its interface
Language and version of the browser software.
Controller
Please refer to the imprint for the controller within the meaning of Article 4(7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Legal basis for processing
We process data in accordance with GDPR Article 6(1)(a), (b), (c), and (f). This means that we only process personal data if consent has been given (lit. a), if it is necessary for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures (lit. b), if we are legally obliged to do so (lit. c), or if we have a legitimate interest in the processing (lit. f).
Purposes of use
We will only use the personal data you provide to us for the purpose of providing the requested products or services or for other purposes for which you have given your consent, unless there are other legal obligations.
Rights of data subjects
You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:
Right to information,
Right to rectification or erasure,
Right to restriction of processing,
Right to object to the processing,
Right to data portability.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data by us.
Right to revoke or object to the processing of your data
If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke it at any time. Such revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data prior to your revocation.
Retention of data
We store personal data for as long as is necessary to provide a requested service that you have requested or to which you have given your consent, unless there are other legal obligations, such as ongoing legal proceedings.
Use of cookies
In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser you are using, and through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie (here, us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the overall Internet offering more user-friendly and effective.
This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
Transient cookies (see b)
Persistent cookies (see c).
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. This includes, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.
You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences, for example, to refuse the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.
Additional functions and offers of our website
In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if interested. For this purpose, you will generally need to provide further personal data that we will use to provide the respective service and to which the above principles of data processing apply.
In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully
selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly audited.
Furthermore, we may disclose your personal data to third parties if promotions, competitions, contract conclusions, or similar services are offered by us in conjunction with partners. You will receive further information on this when providing your personal data or in the description of the respective offer.
If our service providers or partners are located in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.”
Please note that while I have made my best effort to provide an accurate translation, there may be some nuances or specific legal terms that may require further clarification.
“Security
We employ technical and organizational security measures to protect the data you provide against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons. In the event of the collection and processing of personal data, the information is transmitted in encrypted form to prevent misuse of the data by third parties. Our security measures are continuously reviewed and updated in line with technological advancements.
Adjustments
The continuous development of the Internet occasionally necessitates adjustments to our privacy policy. We reserve the right to make corresponding changes at any time.
Usage Statistics
During your visit to our site, we anonymously record how visitors arrived at our website and how many users accessed the site (search engine, referral link, direct entry, or advertising campaigns). The data is not used to identify individual visitors but solely to transmit quantitative values. The statistics cannot be used to track your behavior on other websites. The data is not linked to other services. If you have disabled the setting of cookies in your browser, your visits will not be recorded.
Third-Party Content on the Website
Our website integrates content from other providers. This can include purely content elements (e.g., news, updates), as well as widgets (functions such as weather updates), fonts, and technical libraries. For technical reasons, this content is loaded by the browser from other servers. In this context, the IP address currently used by your browser and the browser type of the requesting system are transmitted. Please refer to the respective privacy policies of the third-party providers in this regard.”
Again, please note that while I have made my best effort to provide an accurate translation, there may be some nuances or specific legal terms that may require further clarification.
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