Cookie Policy

How are Koin Bulteni Cookies Used?

Koin Bulteni uses cookies to:

• Remember the choices you make and personalize your use of the website/mobile application/mobile site. This usage includes:

• Cookies that save your password and keep your website/mobile application/mobile site session open continuously, thereby saving you from the hassle of entering your password multiple times during each visit, and

• Cookies that remember and recognize you on your subsequent visits to the website/mobile application/mobile site.

• Determine how you use the website/mobile application/mobile site, including where and from which devices you connect to the electronic commerce platforms operated by Koin Bulteni, what content you view on the website/mobile application/mobile site, and the duration of your visit.

• Perform basic functions necessary for the operation of Koin Bulteni. For example, ensuring that members logged into Koin Bulteni do not need to re-enter their passwords while visiting different pages on Koin Bulteni.

• Analyze Koin Bulteni and improve the performance of Koin Bulteni. For example, the integration of different servers on which Koin Bulteni operates, determining the number of visitors to Koin Bulteni and making performance adjustments accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.

• Increase the functionality of Koin Bulteni and provide ease of use. For example, sharing to third-party social media platforms through the Platform, or remembering username information or search queries during a visitor’s subsequent visit to Koin Bulteni.

• Carry out personalization, targeting, and advertising activities. For example, displaying advertisements related to the interests of visitors based on the pages and news they have viewed.

• Present content and advertisements that are more suitable for your interests and you; in other words, for targeted advertising/promotion purposes. Koin Bulteni matches the information obtained through cookies with your other personal data to provide you with more suitable content, personalized campaigns, and products, and does not re-offer content or opportunities you previously indicated you did not want.

How does Koin Bulteni use third-party cookies for advertising and retargeting?

KOİN BÜLTENİ may also use cookies to activate “advertising technology” in order to present you with advertisements that it thinks may be of interest to you when you visit search engines, the website, mobile application, or mobile site of electronic commerce platforms operated by KOİN BÜLTENİ, and/or websites where KOİN BÜLTENİ advertises. Advertising technology uses information about your previous visits to the website/mobile application/mobile site and websites/mobile/mobile site applications where KOİN BÜLTENİ advertises to provide you with personalized ads. While presenting these advertisements, a unique third-party cookie may be placed in your browser so that KOİN BÜLTENİ can recognize you. 

KOİN BÜLTENİ also uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze how visitors use the website/mobile application/mobile site with statistical information/reports. For more information about the use of Google Analytics (including opting-out options), you can visit: https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/#/ In addition, your e-mail address, which is part of your personal data, is shared with social media platforms in order to present advertisements that may interest you on those platforms and to create a special target audience. Your e-mail address is transferred through secure channels and environments provided by these platforms. Social media platforms use your e-mail address only for the matching process by hashing it. Your e-mail address is not shared with third parties or other advertisers and is deleted from the systems of social media platforms as soon as possible after the matching process is completed. For example; Facebook will ensure the privacy and security of your hashed e-mail address and Facebook User ID collection that forms your custom audience (“custom audience”), including technical and physical security measures developed to (a) protect the security and integrity of data as long as your personal data remains in Facebook systems and (b) protect against accidental or unauthorized access to your personal data in Facebook systems and against accidental or unauthorized use, modification, or disclosure of your data. Furthermore, without your consent or unless required by law, Facebook does not provide access or information to third parties or other advertisers for your custom audience, does not add your custom audience information to information about our users, does not create interest-based profiles, or use your custom audience for any purpose other than providing services to you. In the mobile application, Google and Criteo SDK (Software Development Kit) are used instead of cookies.

Cookie Management

Depending on your internet browser type, you can exercise your right to learn about cookies and allow or reject them by following the steps below:

Google Chrome: You can allow or block cookies from the “Cookie” tab by clicking the “lock icon” or the letter “i” in the “address section” of your browser.

Internet Explorer: Click the “Security” tab from the “Tool” or “Tools” section in the upper right corner of your browser and perform your cookie management as “allow” or “do not allow”.

Mozilla Firefox: Click the “open menu” tab in the upper right corner of your browser. Use the “Privacy & Security” button by clicking the “Options” icon to manage your cookies.

For other browsers (such as Opera, Microsoft Edge), you can review the help or support pages of the relevant browser.

Safari: You can manage all your cookies from the “Privacy & Security” section by selecting the “Safari” tab from the “Settings” section of your phone.

For cookie or SDK management in mobile applications, you can follow the instructions in the Privacy or Settings section of your device or use by downloading Lumen Privacy Monitor to your phone.

If you reject persistent cookies or session cookies, you may continue to use the website, mobile application, and mobile site, but you may not be able to access all functions of the website, mobile application, and mobile site, or your access may be limited. This situation may vary in the mobile application.

Types of Cookies

Types of cookies by duration of use: KOİN BÜLTENİ uses session cookies and persistent cookies on the website, mobile application, and mobile site of electronic platforms operated by it according to their duration of use. A session cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for a long time or indefinitely.

Types of cookies by owner or the party placing the cookie: “KOİN BÜLTENİ cookies (first-party cookies)” and “third-party cookies” are used on the website, mobile application, and mobile site of electronic platforms operated by KOİN BÜLTENİ according to the party placing them. While KOİN BÜLTENİ cookies are created by KOİN BÜLTENİ, third-party cookies are managed by third-party companies we cooperate with.

Types of cookies by purpose of use: Technical cookies, authentication cookies, targeting/advertising cookies, personalization cookies, and analytical cookies are used on the website, mobile application, and mobile site of electronic platforms operated by KOİN BÜLTENİ according to their purpose of use. By using these cookies, KOİN BÜLTENİ conducts statistical studies to determine habits such as age, gender, and mobile usage rate by dividing Members into large groups for the purpose of making campaigns and advertisements suitable for their preferences and tastes by identifying characteristics that distinguish Members from each other.