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The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to provide information on the general principles regarding the protection of personal data and website security during the use of the www.schmid-pekintas.com website (the “Site”) operated by Schmid Pekintaş Güneş Enerji Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (“Schmid Pekintaş” or the “Company”).
Schmid Pekintaş attaches importance to the protection of personal data and conducts its personal data processing activities in accordance with the relevant legislation, particularly Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”).
This Privacy Policy is a general information text. It does not replace the obligation to provide information that must be fulfilled when personal data are obtained under Article 10 of the KVKK or, where necessary, the obtaining of explicit consent.
Detailed information on specific personal data processing activities carried out within the scope of the Site is provided in the privacy notices relating to the relevant processing activity.
Depending on how you use the Site and the services you use, the following categories of personal data may be processed:
Unless the Company requests the submission of special categories of personal data through the Site, users are advised not to share unnecessary special categories of personal data through contact forms or other free-text fields.
Personal data obtained within the scope of the Site may, depending on the specific processing activity, be processed for the purposes of:
Detailed information on the purpose and legal ground on which personal data are processed is provided in the privacy notice presented at the relevant data collection point.
Personal data processing activities carried out within the scope of the Site are performed, depending on the nature of the specific activity, on the basis of the relevant condition set out in Article 5 of the KVKK, including:
Where another personal data processing condition exists, explicit consent is not used as a general or fallback legal ground.
For personal data processing activities based on explicit consent, the information obligation and the obtaining of explicit consent are carried out separately.
Personal data processed within the scope of the Site may be transferred to third parties only where transfer is necessary, limited to specified and legitimate purposes and subject to the conditions set out in Article 8 of the KVKK.
In this context, personal data may, depending on the specific processing activity, be transferred to:
The purpose of the transfer, the categories of data transferred and the relevant recipient groups are additionally specified in the privacy notice relating to the processing activity through which the personal data are collected.
Where personal data may be transferred abroad due to servers, hosting, electronic mail, cloud services, software, analytics tools or other technological services used by the Company, the transfer is carried out in accordance with Article 9 of the KVKK and the relevant secondary legislation.
Transfers abroad may be carried out on the basis of whichever of the following is applicable to the specific transfer:
Where a standard contract is used, the notification obligations prescribed by legislation are fulfilled.
Whether the technological services actually used by the Company result in a transfer of personal data is assessed on a service-provider and data-flow basis.
Personal data are retained for the period specifically prescribed by the relevant legislation, if any, and where no specific period exists, for the period necessary for the purpose for which they are processed.
Where personal data are the subject of a legal dispute or are necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right, the data may be retained for the required period taking into account the limitation and forfeiture periods under the relevant legislation.
When all reasons requiring the processing of personal data cease to exist, the data are deleted, destroyed or anonymised in accordance with the KVKK and the relevant legislation.
Within the scope of Article 12 of the KVKK, Schmid Pekintaş takes the necessary technical and administrative measures to ensure an appropriate level of security in order to:
Access to personal data is restricted in line with job and authorisation requirements and appropriate security measures are applied to prevent unauthorised access.
The Site may contain links to websites belonging to third parties. The personal data processing activities of those websites are the responsibility of the relevant third parties. However, Schmid Pekintaş’s obligations arising from the KVKK in respect of personal data transfers to third parties remain reserved.
The Site may use essential cookies for the operation and security of the website and, depending on the user’s preference, functional, performance-analytics or advertising/marketing cookies.
For cookies that are not strictly necessary for the operation of the Site, where there is no appropriate personal data processing condition under the KVKK other than explicit consent, such cookies are not activated without the user’s explicit consent.
Cookies within this scope are kept disabled by default and users are given the opportunity to set cookie preferences, refuse consent or later withdraw consent already given.
Detailed information on the name, purpose, provider, type, retention period, legal ground and, where applicable, transfer abroad of the cookies used is explained in the Cookie Policy.
Users may change their cookie preferences at any time through the “Cookie Preferences” area provided on the Site.
Data subjects whose personal data are processed have the rights set out in Article 11 of the KVKK.
Applications for the exercise of these rights may be submitted to the Company in accordance with the procedures and methods specified in Schmid Pekintaş’s Personal Data Protection and Processing Policy and the Data Subject Application Form.
General e-mail addresses published by Schmid Pekintaş on the website have not been designated as special application channels for requests under Article 11 of the KVKK.
The Company may apply necessary and proportionate identity verification measures in order to reliably establish that an application belongs to the data subject and to prevent personal data from being disclosed to unauthorised persons.
The Site may contain links directing users to websites belonging to third parties.
Personal data processing activities carried out by third parties on their own websites are subject to the privacy and personal data processing policies of the relevant third parties.
Users are advised to separately review the privacy and personal data protection texts relating to the third-party websites to which they are directed.
This Privacy Policy may be updated in line with changes in legislation, decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board, the Company’s activities or changes to the technical infrastructure of the Site.
The current Privacy Policy takes effect from the date it is published on the Site.
Last Update Date: [ 24/08/2026 ]
