Our Cookie Policy is prepared for informing the principles of our use of cookies to provide services, which are of higher quality and personalized, to you, our esteemed visitors, on our web site https://www.inforte.com .
1. About Cookies
Cookies are the data, which are stored on your computer by a visited web site. Cookies are not harmful software or applications that would harm your computer. On the contrary, cookies are used to enable the websites, which you visit, to remember the preferences, which you made during your previous visit and thus it ensures that a service of higher quality in the subsequent visits through accurate configuration and accurate informing.
2. Types of Cookies
First Party Cookies
First Party Cookies are used for purposes such as calculating the number of page views by the user visiting the website and also the number of sessions open on the page and the number of users. The website initially accesses the data by using First Party Cookies and draws up its general analysis and report for its page.
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies are the cookies of other elements, which are not included in the website that is visited rather than the cookies created by the website visited. With the applications such as social plugins, ads, and website plugins third-party cookies are tracked, and behavioral actions can be controlled. For instance: When a Youtube link is added to a website, whenever such a link gets a click Youtube cookie shall be added to the browser.
Session Cookies
Session cookies are used for tracking the users, which connect to the website and open a session thereon. They are used for processes such as tracking purchasing actions, remembering products placed in the cart, etc.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies are a type of cookies, which can be stored even after the browser, which is used for web access, is closed. Especially they are frequently used for the use of username and password.
Secure Cookies
Secure cookies are used only to control the secured cookies, i.e. processes that include encrypted data, of websites, which have the HTTPS (i.e. SSL) certificates.
3. How and Why Do We Use Cookies?
As a company, we use the First Party Cookies, Third Party Cookies, Session Cookies, Persistent Cookies, and Secure Cookies on our website to distinguish you, our esteemed visitors, from other users and to provide you with services of higher quality.
We have categorized the cookies, which we may use on our website, as follows:
- Marketing (Explicit Consent)
- Efficiency and Functionality (Explicit Consent)
Marketing cookies ensure that we track the visit that you make to our website, other websites, applications, and online services including pages that you visit and links that you follow and consequently we show targeted ads to you on our website. In addition to the other cookies that we use, the third parties, which we have indicated in the list, with your permission, adds the relevant cookies on your computer and uses such cookies.
| Name | Provider | Explanation | Data Life Cycle |
| NID | Google Analytics | The cookie from DoubleClick is part of Google Analytics. This use assists in showing you customized ads on Google. | 1 Year |
| _IDE | Google Analytics | This cookie from Doubleclick.net includes information in relation to how the end-user uses the website and the ad the end-user might have seen before visiting the afore-mentioned website. | 1 Year |
| DSID | This cookie is used by Google AdSense DoubleClick to limit the frequency of the ads to prevent the user from seeing the same ad over and over. This cookie will expire when the session ends. | Session | |
| ANID | This cookie is used for the ads provided on the web and stored on google.com. | 2 Years | |
| 1P_JAR | This cookie provides information in relation to how the end-user uses the website and the ads the end-user has seen before visiting the afore-mentioned website. | 1 Month | |
| __Secure-3PAPISID __Secure-3PSID __Secure-3PSIDCC |
.youtube.com .google.com |
Used to establish a profile of the areas of interest of the visitor of the website to show customized Google ads. | 2 Years |
| CONSENT | .youtube.com | Used for storing the Google Network ad choices to be used in targeted advertising. | 18 Years |
| APISID | .youtube.com | These cookies are used by Google to show customized ads on Google sites based on last searches and previous interactions. | 2 Years |
| SAPISID | .youtube.com | Used to establish a profile of the areas of interest of the visitor of the website to show customized Google ads. | 2 Years |
| SSID | .youtube.com | Along with assisting in customizing Google ads by remembering your last searches, your interaction with previous ads, it is used to store information about how you use the website and any ad you might have seen before visiting such website. | 2 Years |
| OGPC | This cookie enables the functionality of Google Maps. | 2 Months | |
| SID | .youtube.com | Along with assisting in customizing Google ads by remembering your last searches, your interaction with previous ads, it is used to store information about how you use the website and any ad you might have seen before visiting such website. | 2 Years |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | These cookies are used to show ads that are more pertinent to you and your areas of interest. Additionally, they are used to limit the number of views of an ad and to measure the efficiency of the ad campaign. | 1 Year | |
| HSID | .youtube.com | Used to verify the digitally signed and encrypted records of Google account ID of a user and for Google to verify users ID, to prevent fraud in the use of log-in ID and for security for storing the most recent time of sign-in, which enables the protection of the user’s data from unauthorized parties. This can also be used to target for showing relevant and customized ad content. | 2 Years |
Efficiency and Functionality Cookies, are used for us to relay our services to you in a manner, which is better and of higher quality and for providing you a more functional service. We primarily seek your explicit consent for such cookies and following the consent provided by you, we start processing. In cases where you do not provide your consent, data processing is not carried out except for the cookies, which are required.
| Name | Processing Condition | Explanation | Data Life Cycle | |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | This cookie is set by YouTube. It is used to track the data of the YouTube videos, which are embedded in a website. | 6 Months | |
| YSC | youtube.com | It registers a unique identifier to keep the statistics of the videos, which are seen by the user on YouTube. | Session | |
| GPS | youtube.com | It registers a unique identifier on mobile devices to activate tracking based on geographical GPS location. | 1 Day | |
| remote_sid | youtube.com | It allows YouTube to store a unique user identifier. | Session | |
| OTZ | “OTZ” cookie is used by Google Analytics to track the website traffic data. | 1 Month | ||
3. Further information on the Cookie Policies of related firms are as follows;
- Google Analytics (https://support.google.com/analytics/topic/2919631?hl=tr)
- YouTube (https://policies.google.com/technologies/types?hl=en-US)
4. How Do You Delete or Block Cookies
You can at any time ensure that the cookies permitted by you are not used. In case the cookies used are deleted, our website will not process cookies until you provide your permission again. When you reload the page, your explicit consent for use of cookies will be sought again. In case you provide your explicit consent, cookies may be processed, otherwise, cookies will not be processed.
To guide you on how to delete cookies, you may find the explanations of the details of use for 4 (four) browsers in the below list.
- Cookies Settings for Internet Explorer
- Cookies Settings for Firefox
- Cookies Settings for Chrome
- Cookies Settings for Safari
In addition to the above choices, to receive information on all of the cookies and for cookie management, you may visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.EU.
5. Your Rights
If you believe that any personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to review, correct, or delete such information. Please contact us with your requests, suggestions, and complaints.
If you wish to obtain information on how we use your data, please contact us. Your request will swiftly be processed and we will support you about the subject as soon as possible.
As the data subject, in case you have a request about your rights listed in article 11 of the Law numbered 6698, you may apply by filling the Application Form regarding Protection of Personal Data, which you may procure from our website https://www.inforte.com/; and sending it by a message to our ‘REM’ address “infortebilisim@hs01.kep.tr”, with your e-mail address registered in your system sent to kvkk@inforte.com.tr or with a message sent with a secure e-signature, in each case meeting the minimum conditions stipulated in the Communiqué on the Principles and Procedures For Application to Data Controller, in-person in writing or via notary to our address “Kozyatağı Mh. Değirmen Sk. Ar Plaza A Blok No:16/15 Kadıköy, Istanbul.” We, as the Company, will conclude the application made by you as soon as possible depending on the nature of your request and at the latest within 30 days free of charge. However, in case the transaction requires an additional cost, the fee in the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board will be charged by the Company.