Koç University Alumni

 The Clarification and Consent Text

This Clarification and Consent Text has been prepared by KUMED, acting as a data controller in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No.6698 (“Law”), in order to enlighten you, Koç University alumni, regarding the processing of your personal data.

1. Collection, Processing and Processing Purposes of Personal Data

Your collected personal data are collected by our relevant units for the realization of the activities carried out by KUMED, including the purposes such as establishing your membership to KUMED, benefiting from the services provided by KUMED, benefiting from the event and organization management processes of KUMED and the benefits provided by KUMED specifically to its members. In order to carry out the necessary studies and related processes, to carry out the necessary studies by the relevant units to benefit the relevant persons of the products and services offered by KUMED, and to carry out the relevant processes and to carry out the promotional activities for KUMED’s products and services, personal data will be processed within the terms and purposes of processing.

 

2. To Whom and For What Purpose the Processed Personal Data Can Be Transferred

Your collected personal data are collected by our relevant units for the realization of the activities carried out by KUMED, including the purposes such as establishing your membership to KUMED, benefiting from the services provided by KUMED, benefiting from the event and organization management processes of KUMED and the benefits provided by KUMED specifically to its members. To our business partners, suppliers, and Koç University for the purposes of carrying out the necessary studies and related processes, carrying out the necessary studies by the relevant units to benefit the relevant persons of the products and services offered by KUMED, and carrying out the relevant processes and carrying out promotional activities for KUMED’s products and services, can be transferred to legally authorized public institutions and private persons within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law.

3. Personal Data to be Processed with Your Explicit Consent and Purpose of Processing

In cases where the personal data processing purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law cannot be met, we process your personal data by obtaining your express consent. In this direction, personal data of our graduates such as name-surname, business information, graduation year, success story can be processed and shared in accordance with the approval to be given in order to provide promotion and information to KUMED and graduates on social media platforms.

4. Method and Legal Reason of Personal Data Collection

Your personal data are collected in any verbal, written or electronic environment, by membership form or by any other means, for the purposes stated above. Your personal data collected for this legal reason can be processed and transferred within the scope of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law, for the purposes specified in articles (1) and (2) of this text

5. Rights of Personal Data Owner enumerated in Article 11 of KVK Law

As personal data owners, if you submit your requests regarding your rights to KUMED with the methods set out below, KUMED will finalize the request free of charge within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. However, if a fee is stipulated by the Personal Data Protection Board, the fee in the determined tariff may be charged. In this context, personal data owners;

Learning whether personal data is processed,
If personal data has been processed, to request information regarding this,
Learning the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used appropriately for their purpose,
To know the third parties to whom personal data are transferred domestically or abroad,
To request correction of personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and to request notification of the transaction made within this scope to third parties to whom personal data are transferred,
Although it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the KVK Law and other related laws, to request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing disappear and to request the third parties to whom the personal data has been transferred,
Object to the occurrence of a result against the person himself by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems,
In case of damage due to unlawful processing of personal data, it has the right to demand the compensation of the damage

You can submit your request to KUMED in writing or by other methods determined by the Personal Data Protection Board in order to use your rights stated above. Since the Personal Data Protection Board has not determined any method at this stage, you must submit your application in writing to KUMED in accordance with the Law. Within the scope of your written application, you can personally transmit your request containing the necessary information to identify your identity and your explanations about your right to use the rights specified in Article 11 of the Law to the address “Koç University Alumni Association – Koç University Campus, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sarıyer Istanbul”, through a notary public or You can send it by other methods specified in the Law.