GENERAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

 

Data Controller

The following website, https://www.pqsglobal.org/ (“WebSite”), is operated by the ‘COMPANY’ PQS GLOBAL LTD at 224a North London Business Park, Building 3, Oakleigh Road South, New Southgate, London, United Kingdom, N11 1GN.. The COMPANY is responsible for the Online exam and English learning platform.

We attach importance to the protection of your personal data. This is to inform you that in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (''KVKK''), the processing, including but not limited to, the collection, storage, transfer of data obtained in connection with your use of the "Company Website" and the purpose of such processing.

The Processing and Transfer of Personal Data

The COMPANY will request some personal data from users when potential customers are filling in the membership form online or while using the Company Website. Personal data is any information which specifies or identifies a person. Such information may be, for example, their name, address, e-mail address or telephone number. Information collected through the use of cookies that do not directly identify you, such as how you use the Company Website, may also be considered personal data if it is based on an identity assigned to the user and is therefore collected, stored and evaluated individually. Non-personal data is information that is only collected and is considered as big data, summarized, collected, evaluated and cannot be associated with any real person by anonymizing it.

Due to the nature of the business, personal data is collected by our company when filling in the information in the demo request form, contact form, e-bulletin form, support system, call center and/or membership form by the Relevant Person. Our company records and uses the IP address of its members in order to identify system-related problems and quickly resolve any problems or disputes that may arise regarding the service provided. IP addresses can also be used to identify users for general purposes and to gather comphensive demographic information.

Our company may use the requested information for direct marketing purposes for its own interest or by persons it cooperates with, even outside the purposes and scope determined by the Membership Agreement. Personal information can also be used to contact the user when necessary. Information requested by our company or information provided by the user or information about transactions made through the Company Website can also be used by our company and its collaborators for various statistical evaluations, database creation and market research without disclosing the identity of our members, except for the purposes and scope determined by the "Membership Agreement".

During certain periods, our company may send notifications such as campaign information, information about new packages, promotional offers to its customers and members. Our members have the power to make any kinds of choices about whether or not to receive such information while becoming a member. Members can make selections or changes from the management panel after logging in as a member, or they can make notifications as needed using the link in the information message they receive.

Purposes of Processing Personal Data

Our company processes Personal Data for certain, clear and legitimate purposes. In this context, Personal Data may be processed for the following purposes:

• Providing and changing the services provided on the website,

• Customization of the offered products and services in accordance with the demands; updating, developing due to customer needs, legal and technical developments,

• Making user definitions for the systems specific to the products and services offered,

• Announcing new or existing products, services and campaigns, executing sales and marketing activities,

• Conducting market research,

• Creating statistics and analyzing usage,

• Payment of product, service and service fees, collection, selection of collection method,

• Fulfilling the obligation to provide information arising under the Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce and other relevant legislations,

• Transmitting advertisements of the company website and products and services suitable for the purpose of processing data to the Related Person, providing information about the products, services, promotions and campaigns,

• Providing solutions to the problems encountered during the use of the Web Site,

• Improving the visit, usage, switching between pages and purchasing experiences on the website, and providing better quality service,

• Liaison/communication,

• Execution of commercial relations with cooperated companies, suppliers, resellers and service providers,

• Reporting within the framework of cooperation,

• Developing the company's commercial strategies and making plans,

• Contacting the company for satisfaction measurement surveys,

• Registration of participants in events/trainings/competitions organized by the COMPANY, issuing certificates/participation certificates, determination of award/gift holders and delivery of awards/gifts,

• Management of judicial/administrative processes, responding to requests from public institutions,

• Fulfilling legal obligations depending on legal regulations, resolving legal disputes,

• Conducting investor relations,

• Providing the results arising from this legal transaction in case of merger, division, transfer of all or part of the company with another company,

• Introducing Company employees, Real Person Customers and Relevant Persons in social media posts,

• Conducting job interviews, evaluating job applications,

• Establishing, executing and terminating business relationship/contract,

• Making the employees of the COMPANY benefit from the basic and fringe benefits arising from their employment contracts, evaluating their performance and work,

• Opening user accounts for employees,

• Registering participants in an organization on behalf of the company,

• Participation of employees in trainings and creation of certificate records,

• Ensuring the security of the Company Website and Applications,

• Usage analysis of the Website,

• Creation of personal data inventory,

• Evaluating and responding to all questions, requests, suggestions, complaints and applications submitted in writing, verbally or electronically, including those related to personal data,

• The performance of the contract is transferred to systems in the country or in other countries, especially the European Union countries (for more detailed information, you can apply in writing to our company) for the purposes of data security, compliance with our company's policies and other purposes mentioned above.

Method and Legal Purposes for Personal Data Collection

Data regarding current and potential Company Website users are collected partially or completely, automatically or non-automatically for contractual or other reasons determined within the framework of the legislation, as a requirement of our business.

Personal Data Processed Without Explicit Consent

According to KVKK;

We may process personal information made public by you publicly without your consent and share it with third parties in this context.

If there are provisions in the legislation that make it lawful to process your personal data without expssed consent, we may process it without your explicit consent and share it with third parties in this context.

We may process your personal data without expssed consent, if it is necessary to fulfill our legal obligation, including information that must be disclosed pursuant to an administrative order, in accordance with applicable laws or regulations or a court decision.

If data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right, we may process your personal data without your explicit consent.

Data Transferred to Third Parties

We reserve the right to, while protecting our rights in the KVKK, share your personal data with Company employees, company officers, legal, financial and tax consultants, auditors, within the scope of commercial activities on the Company Website in order to carry out data processing activities, especially in the United States and European countries. companies, IBM Softlayer Data Center, Amazon Web Services, Inc (AWS), collaborating consultants and contracted organizations, educational institutions, advertising and marketing agencies that the Company works with and real or legal entities to psent advertisements that may be of interest to the Relevant Person. You explicitly consent to sharing your personal data with the Data Controller.

Network Server Data Logging

When you log into the Company Website, your web browser is technically set to automatically transfer the following data (“data log”) to our internet server, after which we record the following information in the data log records regardless of your consent:

Date of entry

Entry time

URL of the application website

Received files

Amount of data transmitted

Browser type and version

Operating System

IP address

Domain name of your internet access provider

This information is the information required for technical purposes in order to deliver the content requested by you correctly, and its collection is an inevitable aspect of the use of websites. The data log is analyzed for statistical purposes only and then deleted to improve our website and the underlying technology.

The data log is stored separately from other data collected as part of your use of the Company Website.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we make use of "cookies". Cookies are small text files delivered to your hard drive by a webpage server. In this way, we automatically obtain certain data such as the IP address, the browser used, the operating system on your computer and your internet connection. The aforementioned technical communication file facilitates the use of the Internet by storing the status and pferences about the site. The technical communication file is not designed to retrieve data or any other personal information from the main memory or your e-mail. Also, cookies cannot be used to run programs or send viruses to your computer.

We use cookies to identify you on different Services, to have information about your interests on and outside of our Services, to improve your experience, to increase security, to measure the use and effectiveness of our Services, to obtain statistical information about how many people visit the site for what purpose and how long they stay on the site. We use cookies and similar technologies to help dynamically generate advertisements and content from user pages. Moreover we use cookies to offer different discounts and campaigns, to make advertisements and promotions, to make the Company Website personalized for you, to provide a personalized Company.com experience, to monitor your navigation on the Company Website and your transactions in your membership account and to make use of various methods on the Company Website or We may analyze your personal data collected on third sites and mobile applications.

In any case, the data we collect cannot be shared with third parties without your consent. You have the option to always view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are always set up to accept cookies. You can control cookies and stop their use at any time through browser settings and other tools. Please use your browser's help function to learn how to change these settings. Please note that certain features of our website may not work if you stop the use of cookies.

Use of Social Plugins in the Context of Social Media

The COMPANY uses social network Facebook operated by Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA, YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave. YouTube video platform operated by San Bruno, CA 94066 USA, social network Twitter operated by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 USA, Arbitration Opt-out 1601 Willow Rd. The social network Instagram operated by Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA uses social plugins (“plugins”) from social networks.

If you visit a page on our website that contains such plug-ins, they are initially ineffective. Plugins cannot take effect unless you click the specified button. By activating the plugins, you connect with these social networks and give consent for data transfer to them. If you are logged in to these social networks, social networks may associate this visit with your account in the relevant social network. If you pss the corresponding button, the corresponding information is directly transmitted by your browser to the relevant social network and stored there.

For the scope and purpose of data collection, further processing and use of data by the relevant social networks, and the settings you can make to protect your rights and privacy, please refer to the Data Protection notices of the relevant social networks.

If you do not want us to collect data about you through our website, you must log out of the relevant social networks before visiting our website.

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

In accordance with the legislation regarding your processed personal data; to learn whether personal data is processed, to request information if personal data has been processed, to learn the purpose of processing personal data and whether they are used in accordance with its purpose, to know the third parties in the country or abroad to whom personal data are transferred, to request correction of personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing to request the deletion or destruction of personal data, to correct personal data in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and/or to notify the third parties to whom personal data has been transferred, of the processes regarding the deletion or destruction of personal data, to the detriment of the person himself by analyzing the processed data exclusively through automated systems. You have the right to object to any emergence of a detrimental situation or consequence to you and to demand compensation of any damages where it is caused by the unlawful processing of personal data.

Use of Rights, Application and Communication

You can send your requests regarding your rights mentioned above within the scope of KVKK to the COMPANY in person or in accordance with the legislation (for example, through an authorised public notary) to our given address above, provided that your identity is verified.

Data security

The COMPANY has taken technical and administrative measures to the extent possible regarding data security within the scope of KVKK. Information on the measures taken is detailed under the Personal Data Protection, Storage, Processing and Disposal Policy.

Data of Minors

Personal data of minors should not be sent without the consent of their parents or guardians.

Linking to Other Websites

The Company Website contains links to other websites. We have no influence on whether the operators of these sites act in accordance with the data protection provisions. The COMPANY is not responsible for the content of the sites it links to (and the content of other sites to which those sites link) and has no authority to interfere with the content of the sites it links to.

Changes in the Data Privacy Statement and the Policy on the Protection and Processing of Personal Data, will be changed when necessary.

User Access

No one will have access to your account unless invited by you. Only in case of a technical or system failure, authorized COMPANY personnel, upon your permission, will access your data for support purposes.

Data Sharing

Data transfer is not shared with our business partners without your consent and without adequate security.

Data Backup

Daily backups of your data are made against possible technical problems.

Responding to Security Violations

Despite our best efforts, no method of transmission on the Internet and no method of electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute safety. However, if the COMPANY becomes aware of a security breach, we will alert affected users so they can take appropriate protective measures. Our violation reporting procedures are consistent with our obligations under regulatory regulations and any industry rules or standards we comply with. Notification procedures include providing e-mail notifications or posting notifications if a violation occurs on our website.

Your Responsibilities

Keeping your data safe also depends on you keeping your account secure by using sufficiently complex passwords and storing them securely. You should make sure that the computer, tablet or phone on which you use the COMPANY service has sufficient security.