We care about protecting all the personal data you share with us. Building on our relationship of trust with you, we at Santech use cookies on our website to provide the best possible user experience and service. To learn about the cookies we use and your related rights, please read our Cookie Policy below.
COOKIE POLICY
What Is a Cookie and What Is It Used For?
A cookie is a file stored in the web browser or on the hard drive of the device being used, allowing that device to be identified. Today, almost all websites use cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your device (for example, a computer or mobile phone) when you visit a website. Cookie files store session information and similar data. Cookies are used to save time, to provide a better online service and to offer a personalised experience.
How Can You Control Cookies?
You can control or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete or block cookies already stored on your computer, and in most web browsers you can prevent cookies from being saved or placed by changing your browser settings.
Cookies Used by Santech
The types of cookies used on our website and the purposes for which they are used are set out in detail below.
| Cookie Name | Duration | Category | Description |
| PHPSESSIONID | Session | Necessary | This cookie is native to PHP applications. It is used to store and identify a user’s unique session ID in order to manage the user session on the website. It is a session cookie and is deleted when all browser windows are closed. |
| test_cookie | 15 min | Functional | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. Its purpose is to determine whether the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| acceptCookies | Session | Functional | This cookie is used to obtain consent in accordance with cookie legislation. |
| session_sm | Session | Functional | This cookie stores the user’s choice as to whether the announcement pop-up shown on page load should be displayed again. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months | Functional | This cookie is set by YouTube and is used to track information about YouTube videos. |
| YSC | – | Performance | These cookies are set by YouTube and are used to track views of embedded videos. |
| GPS | 30 min | Functional | This cookie is set by YouTube and registers a unique ID to track users based on their geographical location. |
| IDE | 1 year | Functional | Used by Google DoubleClick to store information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisements before visiting the website. This is used to present users with advertisements that are relevant to them according to their user profile. |
| __utma | 2 years | Performance | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is updated each time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmb | 30 minutes | Performance | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to determine new sessions and visits. The cookie is updated each time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmz | 6 months | Performance | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to evaluate the purpose of a user’s visit; it generates reports on website activity for website administrators and aims to improve the customer experience. |
| __utmc | Session | Performance | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to identify new visitors. |
| __utmt | 10 min | Performance | This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to throttle the request rate. |
Cookies can be classified in several ways:
- Necessary: These cookies enable the user to navigate and use specific parts of the site, such as secure pages. Without them, essential parts of the website cannot be used.
- Performance: These cookies allow the website to remember user preferences, such as language settings, offering the user an improved and more personalised experience.
- Functional: These cookies collect data on user behaviour. All data collected is anonymous, and functional cookies cannot track user activity on other websites.
This information is used to compile reports in order to improve the website. Functional cookies may also include those that provide a service requested by the user.
Your Rights as a Data Subject
As a data subject, pursuant to Article 11 of the KVKK (Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data), you have the right to learn whether your personal data is being processed; to request information if your data has been processed; to learn the purpose of the processing and whether the data is used in accordance with that purpose; to know the third parties in Turkey or abroad to whom the data has been transferred; to request the rectification of incomplete or inaccurate data; to request the erasure or destruction of personal data under the conditions set out in Article 7 of the KVKK; to request that the third parties to whom the data has been transferred be notified of these actions; and to claim compensation for damage you suffer as a result of the processing of your data in breach of the applicable legislation.
Requests set out in your application regarding any questions or comments concerning your personal data will be finalised within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. Depending on the nature of your request, we may respond free of charge. However, if the process incurs an additional cost for the company, a fee may be charged in accordance with the tariff set by the Personal Data Protection Board in the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller.
You may submit your application regarding the processing of your personal data through the channels specified on the “Personal Data Protection” page of the Santech website, provided that you comply with the requirements of Article 5 of the “Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller”.
By continuing to visit the Santech website, the user consents to the use of cookies and to the processing of their personal data within the scope of this policy.