Personal Data Protection Disclosure Statement

DEAR VALUED GUEST;

On behalf of Guesthouse by West Hotel, Akyaka West Cafe Tur.Tic.Ltd.Şti respects your privacy and prioritizes the security of your data. This text has been prepared to inform you in accordance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data and related regulations.

Information

Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data was adopted on March 24, 2016, and published in the Official Gazette on April 7, 2016, thus entering into force. The law was enacted to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, primarily the privacy of private life, in the processing of personal data, and to regulate the principles and procedures to be followed by real and legal persons processing personal data. Therefore, this text serves to fulfill the disclosure obligation arising from the Law and presents the “Protection of Personal Data and Consent for Data Sharing” for visitors’ information and review.

On behalf of Guesthouse by West Hotel, Akyaka West Cafe Tur.Tic. undertakes, declares, and guarantees that your name, trade title, email address, business and home address, telephone number, and other personal data will not be sold, rented, or shared with any third parties in any way.

Processing of Your Personal Data

The processing of your personal data refers to any operation performed on data, obtained either fully or partially by automated means or otherwise, including collecting, recording, storing, preserving, altering, reorganizing, disclosing, transferring, acquiring, classifying, or preventing use.

Your personal data processed by Akyaka West Cafe Tur.Tic on behalf of Guesthouse by West Hotel will be shared with authorized authorities for the company’s legal obligations.

Personal data processing purposes include but are not limited to:

  • Managing your account and ensuring continuity of commercial activities,

  • Providing information related to the services received,

  • Using services,

  • Resolving complaints,

  • Delivering all purchased services with quality,

  • Sending electronic communications about new accommodation opportunities, campaigns, and promotions,

  • Conducting statistics related to your transactions,

  • Creating lists, commercial statistics, and analyses,

  • Researching and improving all accommodation and personal service options,

  • Performing functions such as software, corporate resource planning, reporting, marketing, etc.,

  • Determining risk limits and securing guarantees,

  • Enabling access to promotions and campaigns,

  • Recording security camera footage for workplace security,

  • Conducting necessary quality, confidentiality, and standard audits,

  • Complying with laws and regulations.

Where explicit consent is required by law, such consent will be obtained (except where the law provides otherwise), and data may be transferred within the framework of the conditions set by law.

Data Controller and Representative

Under the Law, your personal data may be processed by the Company as the data controller within the scope explained in this text. The Company is responsible for determining the purposes and means of processing personal data and for establishing and managing the data recording system. The Company declares that it will register as a data controller in the Data Controllers Registry when opened.

Reasons for Processing Your Data

Your personal data is processed to enable the provision of accommodation, all kinds of ceremonies, organizations, and other services offered by the Company, to carry out necessary operational activities within the company, to make proposals suitable for your consumption motivation, to manage human resources, to ensure the rights of real persons, to take necessary steps for commercial decisions, and to ensure legal security.

Your personal data may also be processed without explicit consent in cases such as:

  • When the data subject is physically or legally unable to give consent and processing is mandatory to protect life or bodily integrity,

  • When processing is necessary directly for the performance of a contract,

  • When processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation,

  • When the data subject has made the data public,

  • When processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right,

  • When processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller without harming the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

Your personal data may be processed for purposes including but not limited to:

  • Communication related to business,

  • Sending notifications about changes in terms of service and electronic services,

  • Improving quality, training, and security,

  • Resolving complaints and processing data access or correction requests,

  • Compliance with anti-money laundering, anti-terrorism laws, and other legal obligations,

  • Managing and auditing business infrastructure and activities,

  • Establishing and defending legal rights,

  • Conducting market research and analysis,

  • Facilitating social media sharing,

  • Personalizing your experience with electronic services.

Disclosure of Processed Personal Data

Your personal data may be shared within our company and with business partners for legal and commercial security, to provide you with products and services, and to customize recommendations based on your preferences and usage habits within the scope of data processing conditions and purposes.

Methods and Legal Basis for Data Collection

Your personal data is collected through various channels for commercial activities based on different legal grounds. As a data subject, you have the right to submit requests regarding your rights explained below to our Company. We will respond to your requests free of charge within 30 days, except in cases where the Personal Data Protection Board requires a fee.

As a personal data owner, you have the rights to:

  • Learn whether your personal data is processed,

  • Request information if data is processed,

  • Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used appropriately,

  • Know the third parties within or outside the country to whom data is transferred,

  • Request correction of incomplete or incorrect data and notify third parties,

  • Request deletion or destruction of data when processing reasons no longer exist and notify third parties,

  • Object to automatic analysis resulting in negative consequences,

  • Claim compensation for damages caused by unlawful data processing.

Requests can be made in writing or by other methods specified by the Personal Data Protection Board (currently no alternative methods are defined, so written requests should be submitted). Requests should include identification and explanations regarding the rights being exercised, and may be delivered personally, via notary, or other legally accepted methods.

This entire data collection procedure and the Disclosure Statement made accessible on our website for marketing, accommodation, ceremonies, entertainment, accounting, human resources, website, and mobile application are hereby notified. By reading this text, you acknowledge that our disclosure obligation has been fulfilled.

Thank you for patiently reading our Personal Data Protection Disclosure Statement.