COOKIE POLICY

This text has been prepared by Milliyet Gazetecilik ve Yayıncılık A.Ş. (“ Milliyet” ) as data controller in order to inform website visitors.

As Milliyet we use first party and third party cookies in some areas of the [...] website (“ Website ”). This Cookie Policy (“ Policy ”) is valid for the Website managed by Milliyet and cookies will be used as described in the Policy.

The purpose of this Policy is to inform you about the processing of personal data obtained automatically through the placing of cookies used on our Website on your device; for which purposes, what type of cookies we use and how you can manage these cookies.

Except for the necessary cookies, explicit consent of the users is obtained and the opportunity of changing their consent any time is provided. Through the cookie management panel, users can review the types of cookies used on our Website and set their preferences with the “On” or “Off” options for all cookies other than necessary cookies. Users can always change their preferences through this panel.

What Does Cookie Mean?

Cookies are small text files created on your device by a website and contain data in name-value format. Cookies enable the website you visit to store information on your device and use this information during your next visits.

Cookies created by a website are stored by the internet browser you use to access the site, and cookies do not contain personal data about visitors such as name, gender or address.

The information contained in the cookies can only be accessed by the website domain name [...] that created the relevant cookie and can only be accessed if you use the same internet browser.

Cookies have become an important part of internet technologies today, and their main functions are to remember the preferences of the online visitor and to recognize the device during connection, and almost every website uses cookies.

Who Sends Cookies and How?

Cookies are sent through the communication established between your internet browser (such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.) on your device during your browsing and the website servers of Milliyet.

What are the Types of Cookies? :

According to their ownership:

According to time that they are active:

According to their intended use:

For What Purposes and on What Legal Grounds Will Your Personal Data Be Processed?

Mandatory cookies are used to fulfill an information society service you have requested (logging in, filling out forms and remembering privacy preferences). Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed based on these legal bases: (i) performance of a contract and (ii) legitimate interest of the Company.

Advertising and Marketing cookies are used by our business partners to profile you according to your interests and to show you relevant advertisements. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your consent.

Performance / Analytical cookies are cookies that allow statistical measurement to analyze the behavior of users on websites. These cookies are frequently used to improve the website, including measuring the impact of advertisements on data subjects. They are used by website owners to estimate the number of unique visitors, to identify the most important search engine keywords that lead to a web page, or to track website navigation. Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your consent.

Functional cookies are used to make our website more functional and to personalize it (to ensure that your other preferences, except for your privacy preferences, are remembered when you re-enter the website). Your personal data collected through these cookies are processed by obtaining your consent.

Information about cookies used on our Website

Information about cookies on our website is given in the table below:

Transfer of Personal Data Processed Through Cookies

Within the scope of our activities carried out with cookies, your personal data is transferred to our suppliers for the purpose of customizing the services of Milliyet, carrying out marketing activities, executing and examining business activities, and executing goods and service purchase operations.

In addition, if you consent to the advertising and marketing cookies, analytical cookies and performance cookies specified in the table above, your personal data will be processed on servers abroad through third party infrastructure providers located abroad limited to the purpose of carrying out storage and archive activities.

In this context; your personal data will be processed by service providers whose servers are located abroad by taking the necessary technical and administrative measures in accordance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").

Management of Cookies

The use of cookies is not mandatory to use our website, but if you set your browser not to accept cookies, the quality of your user experience may decrease and various functions of our sites may be impaired. In particular technical cookies enable the website to perform its basic functions. Since technical cookies enable the website to work technically, if you turn them off, some functions on the website may not work properly.

You can save your settings after turning the buttons on the cookie management panel on or off according to your preference. You can configure your browser to block cookies for all or specific sites, to alert when cookies are created, to block third-party cookies, or to count all cookies as session cookies. In addition, you can delete cookies through your browser or view the list and values ​​of cookies stored in your browser.

For detailed information about the cookie management functions of your browser, please click on the relevant link below and get information from your browser's website.

In addition;

Preferences in terms of cookies used by many companies for advertising activities can be managed through Your Online Choices.

For more detailed information about cookies, you can visit https://www.aboutcookies.org or https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ or use the "Privacy Badger" application (https://www.eff.org/tr/privacybadger).

Data Subject’s Requests

Milliyet reserves the right to change the terms of use regarding cookies and the Cookie Policy.

You can contact Milliyet at kvkkbasvuru@milliyet.com.tr for your rights and requests regarding your personal data.