www.vitavegantis.com Cookie and Privacy Policy

Vita Vegantis Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi (hereinafter “VitaVegantis”) uses cookies while visitors use the website at vitavegantis.com, in order to provide the site's basic functionality and to analyse visit traffic. The purpose of this policy is to help you understand what cookies are, how they are used on the website and how they can be managed. Cookies are used in accordance with applicable legislation, in particular Turkish Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK).

While you are on our website, cookies — also called “cookies” — and similar items may be placed in your browser. If you choose “Accept”, you will have permitted the use of cookies. You may choose to disable some or all of these cookies at any time.

What Is a Cookie?

Cookies are defined as small text files sent to your computer or mobile device through your web browser when you visit a website. Some cookies are active for the duration of use of the website and are deleted once that use ends; these are called “session cookies”. Others are stored on your device from your first visit to the website until their lifetime expires; these are called “persistent cookies”.

The aim of using cookies is to give you a faster visit experience in line with your own needs and requests, and to help the website run more efficiently. Only cookies relating to your website browsing history are collected over the internet; no information relating to the personal data or files stored on your computer or mobile device is collected by us.

For Which Purposes Are Cookies Used?

Cookies are used on our website for various purposes. The main purposes are explained below:

• —To carry out the basic functions required for the site to work.
• —To analyse the site and improve its performance: for example, integration of the different servers the site runs on, determining the number of people visiting the site and tuning performance accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.
• —To increase the functionality of the site and make it easier to use.

What Data Is Collected Through Cookies?

Through cookies we collect and process data relating to user activity records, including the browser and operating system you use, IP address, user ID, the date and time of your visit, interaction status (for example, whether you were able to reach the site or received an error message), use of features on the site, the search terms you enter, how often you visit our site, page scrolling movements and information about the tabs you access.

What Is the Method and Legal Ground for Collecting Data Through Cookies?

Data is collected through cookies by automated means, without human intervention. Personal data collected through cookies is processed on the legal ground set out in Article 5 of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data, namely that processing is necessary for our legitimate interests. For certain cookies, you are asked whether your explicit consent exists. If you give explicit consent to the use of those cookies, your personal data is processed on the legal ground of the data subject's explicit consent.

What Are the Cookie Types and Their Purposes?

The types and purposes of cookies, whose main purpose is to make things easier for users, are explained below:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Used to carry information between web pages and for security and authentication purposes. Their use involves no marketing purpose; they are necessary for the website's functions to operate properly.

Personal data collected through these cookies is processed within the scope of the legal ground in Article 5/2-f of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (the “Law”): processing being necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject. It should also be noted that, as explained in detail below, although you can block the use of these cookies through your browser settings, some sections of our website will not work if you do.

Performance Cookies

Cookies that gather information on how often websites are visited, possible error messages, the total time users spend on a given page and site usage patterns are used to check whether the site is working as it should and to identify errors. Using these cookies helps improve your experience on the site and meet your needs better. This information is taken into account when developing content and services according to visitor needs.

Personal data collected through these cookies is processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of Article 5/1 of the Law.

Functionality Cookies

These are cookies that remember pre-selected options and users' information in order to make things easier for the user and to personalise use of the site, with the aim of providing users with advanced internet features. While strictly necessary cookies are about the site working at all, functional cookies are about the website “working the way users want it to”.

Personal data collected through these cookies is processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of Article 5/1 of the Law.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to promote services on the website or on channels outside it. If you permit the use of cookies, you may also come across those advertisements while browsing social media. Marketing cookies used for social media advertising are placed by third parties. These cookies collect your IP address and browser directory and send it back to the site that placed the cookie, allowing social media channels to detect that you have visited our site.

Personal data collected through these cookies is processed by obtaining your explicit consent within the scope of Article 5/1 of the Law.

At present, strictly necessary cookies and performance cookies are used on our website; functionality cookies and targeting and advertising cookies are not used. Should this change, this Policy will be updated and the relevant category will be added to the cookie preferences screen.

What Are Cookies by Lifetime?

• —Persistent cookies: cookies saved to your computer for a certain period and deleted by your browser at the end of that period.
• —Session cookies: cookies loaded onto your computer during your connection to the site and deleted when you end the session.

What Are Cookies by Source?

• —First-party cookies: cookies placed by the website you connect to.
• —Third-party cookies: cookies placed not by the site you connect to but by another service provider.

What About Sharing Data With Third Parties in Cookie Use?

Personal data collected through cookies may, where necessary, be shared within the scope of the purposes listed above with suppliers and cookie providers in Türkiye and abroad. Sharing of your personal data with third parties is carried out in compliance with the rules set out in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law.

Blocking the Use of Cookies

You can set your preference for non-essential cookies through the cookie notice shown on your first visit to our site, and change it later from the “Your Privacy Choices” link at the bottom of every page or the button below.

You can block the use of cookies entirely at any time by changing your browser settings. In that case, however, there will be some adverse effects on the functionality of our website and on ease of use.

Depending on the browser you use, you can find our guidance on how to disable cookies below:

Google Chrome — Desktop

1. 1.Open Chrome on your computer.
2. 2.At the top right, click More > Settings.
3. 3.Click Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
4. 4.Click See all site data and permissions > Delete all data.
5. 5.Click Delete to confirm.

Google Chrome — Mobile

1. 1.Open the Chrome app on your Android phone or tablet.
2. 2.To the right of the address bar, tap More > Settings.
3. 3.Tap Privacy and security.
4. 4.Choose a time range, such as Last hour or All time.
5. 5.Select Cookies and site data and clear all other items.
6. 6.Tap Clear data.

Mozilla Firefox — Desktop and Mobile

1. 1.In the menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and select Preferences.
2. 2.Click the menu button and select Preferences from the options.
3. 3.Go to the Cookies and site data section in the Privacy and Security panel.
4. 4.Click the Clear button.

Microsoft Edge — Desktop and Mobile

1. 1.Select Settings and more > Settings > Privacy, search and services.
2. 2.Under Clear browsing data > Clear browsing data now, select Choose what to clear.
3. 3.Choose a time range from the Time range drop-down menu.
4. 4.Select the types of browsing data you want to clear. For example, you may want to remove browsing history and cookies but keep passwords and form-fill data.
5. 5.Select Clear now.

Safari

1. 1.With Safari open, click Safari, listed next to the Apple icon in the menu bar.
2. 2.Select Clear History from the drop-down menu.
3. 3.A pop-up appears with four options: the last hour, today, today and yesterday, and all history. Choose one and click the Clear History button.

Opera

1. 1.Click the Opera menu.
2. 2.Select History.
3. 3.Click Clear browsing data.
4. 4.Choose a time range. To delete everything, select All time.
5. 5.Tick the “Browsing history”, “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached images and files” boxes.
6. 6.Click Clear data.

Data Subject Rights

Data subjects whose personal data is processed through the cookies used on our website have certain rights under the Law.

Article 11 of the Law sets out “data subject rights”. You can exercise your rights under that article by contacting our Company.

With regard to the exercise of the rights set out above, you can apply in writing by petition to Seyran Bağları Mahallesi Seyran Caddesi No:42/A, Çankaya / Ankara, or by sending an email to info@vitavegantis.com.

Information and Material on the Website

Copyright in the information and material on our website, and in their arrangement, belongs to VitaVegantis. All copyright, registered trade marks, designs, patents, intellectual and other property rights in the information and material on our website are reserved to our Company.

Where it deems necessary, VitaVegantis may stop using cookies, change cookie types or functions, or add new cookies to the website. We recommend that you review the Cookie Policy from time to time to stay informed about cookie use.

Privacy Policy

At VitaVegantis we work to protect the privacy of the people who use our site, so that our users can benefit from our services safely and in full. Accordingly, this Policy has been prepared so that our users' personal data is processed in full compliance with Turkish Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (the “Law”), and so that our users are informed in this respect.

You can visit the pages of the vitavegantis.com website without providing any personal information, find out about our products, and look through our recipes and blog content. Should you provide information specific to you, that information will not be shared with any third person or company without your knowledge or consent, unless we are under a legal obligation to do so. Such information will be protected by our highest security and confidentiality standards.

VitaVegantis cannot be held responsible for direct or indirect damages and costs that may arise from any error, interruption, delay in data transmission, computer virus, line and/or system failure occurring during use of our site.

VitaVegantis provides links and redirects to websites operated by third parties. VitaVegantis is unable to audit the content of those sites and, on that basis, gives no warranty against any damage that may arise from their use.

Copyright in the information and material on our site, and in their arrangement, belongs to VitaVegantis. No person or organisation may use any part of our site on another website, or link another website to our site, without first obtaining the written permission of VitaVegantis.

Contact

If you would like more information about our privacy policy, or wish to submit a request relating to the rights listed above, you can always get in touch with us.

Vita Vegantis Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi

Seyran Bağları Mahallesi Seyran Caddesi No:42/A, Çankaya / Ankara

info@vitavegantis.com