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Privacy and Personal Data Protection Notice

This notice has been prepared under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK") to inform people who visit rootsluxury.com.tr and contact us. In case of any discrepancy, the Turkish version prevails.

1. Data controller

  • Data controller: Yiğit Yıldırım, Roots Luxury Bodrum (sole proprietorship)
  • Address: Müskebi Mah. Kongre Sok. No:11, Ortakent, Bodrum / Muğla, Turkey
  • Tax number: 9600257367
  • Tradesmen Registry No: 48/158974 · Bodrum Chamber of Tradesmen and Craftsmen Registration No: 26761
  • Real Estate Trade Authorization Certificate No: 4803056
  • Phone / WhatsApp: +90 549 449 50 10
  • E-mail: [email protected]

2. Which personal data do we process?

Our website has no membership, forms or online payments. Your personal data is processed only when you contact us of your own accord and during the service:

  • Identity and contact details: name, surname, phone number, e-mail address
  • Request details: information about the property you are looking for or want to sell, budget, area and preferences
  • Transaction details: information that must be collected by law during viewings, offers, contracts and the title deed process
  • Technical data: records such as IP address, browser type and time of visit, kept automatically on the hosting provider's servers when you visit the site

3. Why do we process your personal data?

  • To respond to your requests, present suitable properties and arrange viewings
  • To manage the authorization and marketing process with property owners
  • To fulfil legal obligations, in particular under the Regulation on Real Estate Trade (authorization and viewing agreements, record keeping)
  • To keep the website secure and working properly

4. Legal grounds and method of collection

Your data is collected from you via WhatsApp, phone, e-mail and face-to-face meetings. Under Article 5 of KVKK, it is processed because it is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract, because it is necessary for us to fulfil a legal obligation, and because it is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that this does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms. If we need to process data for any other purpose, your explicit consent will be obtained separately.

5. Who do we share your personal data with?

  • The owner or authorized representative of the property concerned, and the buying or selling party (only as far as the transaction requires)
  • Public authorities authorized by law (title deed offices, the Ministry of Trade, and competent authorities upon request)
  • Our accounting and legal advisers

Transfer abroad: The website is published through a hosting service located abroad and its fonts are loaded from Google Fonts. The approximate location map on property pages is loaded from OpenStreetMap map servers, and the map software (Leaflet) from unpkg, when you reach the map section; therefore your IP address may be transmitted to these providers when you visit. When you write to us on WhatsApp, the conversation is subject to WhatsApp's (Meta) own privacy terms.

6. Cookies

Our website does not use advertising, tracking or analytics cookies. Apart from technical records necessary for the site to work, no information is stored in your browser.

7. Retention

Your personal data is kept for as long as the purpose of processing requires and for the retention periods set by law; at the end of these periods it is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.

8. Your rights

Under Article 11 of KVKK, you have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed; to request information if it has been processed; to learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly; to know the third parties in Turkey or abroad to whom it is transferred; to request correction if it is incomplete or incorrect; to request deletion or destruction where the conditions are met and notification of these actions to the third parties to whom it was transferred; to object to a result against you arising from analysis by automated systems; and to claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.

9. How to apply

You can send requests regarding your rights in writing to the address above or by e-mail, together with information that verifies your identity. Your request will be concluded free of charge within 30 days at the latest.