Client Privacy Notice

Your personal data is processed by Günser + Partners Law & Consultancy in its capacity as data controller, within the framework of Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, Attorneyship Law No. 1136 and the provisions of the relevant legislation.

The contact details of the data controller are as follows: Title — Günser + Partners Law & Consultancy; Address — Aziziye Mahallesi, Refik Belendir Sokak No:109 D:3, 06690 Çankaya/Ankara; Telephone — 0533 701 24 51; Email — info@gunserlaw.com.

Depending on the nature of the attorney and legal consultancy service, the following personal data may be processed:

Identity data: name, surname, national ID number, date of birth, signature, power of attorney information and identity document information.

Contact data: telephone number, email address, address and other contact information.

Client transaction data: appointment records, meeting notes, application and request contents, file tracking information.

Legal transaction data: litigation and enforcement file information, petition and statement contents, notification records, court and enforcement office documents, information relating to mediation and settlement processes, contract and application documents.

Financial data: attorney fees, payment records, bank account information, receipts, invoices and accounting records.

Special categories of personal data: depending on the nature of the service and the dispute, health data, information relating to criminal convictions and security measures, criminal record information, information relating to family life, or other special categories of personal data that are mandatory with respect to the subject of the lawsuit.

Special categories of personal data are processed only where necessary for carrying out the legal service or for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right, or where the other processing conditions provided for in the legislation exist.

Your personal data is processed for the purposes of providing attorney and legal consultancy services, establishing, conducting and terminating the attorney-client relationship, and following up litigation, enforcement proceedings, mediation, settlement, administrative applications and similar legal processes.

Your data is also processed for the purposes of preparing petitions, contracts, notices, applications and other legal documents, carrying out the necessary procedures before courts, enforcement offices, public prosecutors, law enforcement, notaries, mediation offices and relevant public institutions, and communicating with the client and providing information about the process.

In addition, your data is processed for the purposes of carrying out attorney fee, litigation cost, expense and accounting processes, fulfilling legal obligations, the establishment, exercise or protection of a right, and conducting professional record-keeping, file archiving and document retention processes.

Your personal data may be processed, depending on the specific processing activity, on the basis of the following legal grounds: its being directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract; its being expressly provided for by law; and its being mandatory for the data controller to fulfil its legal obligation.

In addition, the following legal grounds are relied upon: that processing is mandatory for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right; that processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject; and, where necessary, the presence of your explicit consent. Your special categories of personal data are processed where the conditions provided for in the KVKK exist and with the necessary technical and administrative measures taken.

Your personal data may be collected through face-to-face meetings, telephone, email, WhatsApp and similar communication channels, website forms, physical or electronic documents, powers of attorney, contracts, litigation and enforcement files, court and official institution records, and the information and documents submitted by the client.

Your personal data may be processed through automated or non-automated methods and may be retained limited to the periods provided for in the relevant legislation.

Pursuant to the Attorneyship Law, attorneys may not disclose matters entrusted to them or learned by reason of their attorney duties. Within this scope, the information, documents and personal data belonging to clients are protected within the framework of the duty of professional confidentiality.

The duty of confidentiality continues even after the attorney-client relationship has ended. Client data is processed and transferred only to the extent required by the legal service, in accordance with the legislation and with the necessary security measures taken.

Your personal data may be transferred, for the purpose of carrying out the attorney and legal consultancy service and to the extent necessary, to courts, enforcement and bankruptcy offices, public prosecutors, law enforcement units, notaries, mediation offices, experts, specialists, official institutions and organizations, opposing party attorneys, financial advisors, audit and accounting service providers, and to the suppliers from whom technical service and archiving service are obtained.

Your personal data is transferred only to the extent required by the legal service and in accordance with the relevant legislation. In cases requiring transfer abroad, the transfer is carried out only where the conditions provided for in the KVKK exist.

Your personal data is retained throughout the duration of the attorney-client relationship and, after the relationship ends, throughout the retention, limitation, proof and archiving periods provided for in the relevant legislation. Within this scope, the periods set out in the Attorneyship Law, the Turkish Code of Obligations, the Turkish Commercial Code, the Tax Procedure Law and other relevant legislation may be taken into account.

Where the reasons requiring the processing of personal data cease to exist and the retention periods expire, the personal data is deleted, destroyed or anonymized in accordance with the relevant legislation.

As a data subject under the KVKK, you have the rights to learn whether your personal data is being processed, to request information if it has been processed, to learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose, and to know the third parties to whom the data is transferred domestically or abroad.

In addition, you have the rights to request the rectification of your personal data in the event that it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately, the deletion or destruction of your personal data within the framework of the conditions provided for in the legislation, the notification of these operations to the third parties to whom the data has been transferred, to object to a result arising against you as a consequence of the analysis of the data exclusively through automated systems, and to request compensation for the damage you suffer due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.

You may submit your requests regarding your rights under the KVKK to Günser + Partners Law & Consultancy in writing or through the other methods provided for in the legislation.

You may make your applications through the following channels:

Address: Aziziye Mahallesi, Refik Belendir Sokak No:109 D:3, 06690 Çankaya/Ankara

Email: info@gunserlaw.com

Your requests are concluded, depending on their nature, as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest. Where the operation additionally requires a cost, a fee determined within the scope of the relevant legislation may be charged.