Last updated: 18 August 2026
This privacy statement is prepared in accordance with the Turkish Law on Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 ("KVKK") Art. 10 and the European Union General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") Art. 13 by A. Levent Ertekin ("Data Controller") for users and customers of leventertekin.com.
1. Data Controller
2. Categories of Processed Data
- Identity Data: Name, surname.
- Contact Data: Email address, delivery/billing address, phone number.
- Transaction Data: Order history, cart items, ebook licenses, support tickets.
- Technical & Security Data: IP address, session access logs, bcrypt password hashes, device and browser metadata.
- Marketing Data: Newsletter subscription consent and content preferences.
3. Legal Grounds and Processing Purposes (KVKK Art. 5 & GDPR Art. 6)
- Performance of Contract: Fulfilling printed book shipments, generating watermarked personalized ebook downloads.
- Legal Compliance: Invoicing and statutory retention under Turkish E-Commerce and Tax Laws.
- Legitimate Interests: Platform security, fraud prevention, and performance monitoring.
- Explicit Consent: Marketing newsletters and optional analytical cookies.
4. Data Sharing & Processors
We only transfer data to trusted sub-processors under adequate safeguards:
- Payment Providers: Stripe / Iyzico / Banking Virtual POS (credit card data is never stored on our servers).
- Logistics: National postal and shipping couriers for book fulfillment.
- Cloud Infrastructure: fenix-ai / Hetzner (Germany - compliant with EU Standard Contractual Clauses).
5. Data Subject Rights (KVKK Art. 11 & GDPR Art. 15-22)
You have the right to request access, rectification, erasure ("right to be forgotten"), restriction of processing, data portability, and withdrawal of consent at any time.
Contact for legal inquiries: [email protected] (replied within 30 days free of charge).