Biyografya

Biyografya.com ("Company", "We" or "Platform") attaches the utmost importance to the privacy of its users and the security of their personal data. This Privacy and Data Protection Notice has been prepared to inform you transparently about how your personal data is collected, processed, transferred, and protected in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as the data controller.

1. What Personal Data Do We Collect?

Biyografya collects only the minimum and mandatory personal data necessary to provide its services and ensure platform security. Under no circumstances does our platform request ID numbers, passports, ID photocopies, or biometric data from its users. The data we collect includes:

Identity and Contact Data: Name, Surname, Title/Profession, and a valid Email address.
Verification Data: Your "Verified Social Media Profile Link" or "Corporate/Official Email Address" (provided voluntarily) for account verification processes.
Billing and Address Data: Address information strictly for billing purposes if applicable.
Transaction Security and Log Data: IP address, system login-logout times (timestamp), browser information, and log records, which are legally required to be kept.
Financial Data: If you make a payment, transactions take place via licensed secure payment infrastructures (such as Iyzico). Your credit card number or card security details are never stored or processed on Biyografya servers. We only receive the successful/unsuccessful transaction status (Order Code).

2. Purposes of Processing Personal Data

Your personal data is processed for the following purposes:

Providing "Create Biography" or "Claim Profile" services to you and fulfilling your requests,
Verifying your account to prevent impersonation and fraud on the platform,
Fulfilling our information security and legal logging obligations arising from relevant legislation,
Contacting you when necessary (password reset, support, approval processes),
Carrying out billing operations and keeping accounting records in accordance with tax laws.

3. Method and Legal Basis of Personal Data Collection

Your personal data is collected electronically when you fill out forms on our website, register, perform transactions on the payment screen, and contact us via email. This data is processed based on the following legal grounds outlined in GDPR:

"Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party" (Terms of Service),
"Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject",
"Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller", provided that such interests are not overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

4. "Hosting Provider" Status and Content Responsibility

Biyografya.com operates as a "Hosting Provider" under relevant internet broadcasting laws. Our company does not have a prior control obligation (censorship) over biography texts, photos, and social media links created or edited personally by verified users on our platform. All legal and penal responsibility for the content belongs to the user who created/approved the content.

5. Transfer of Personal Data

Biyografya respects the privacy of its users and does not share or sell personal data to any third party or company for commercial/advertising purposes. However, your data may be transferred in the following mandatory cases:

To authorized public institutions and organizations upon a lawful and proper request to fulfill our legal obligations,
To integrator institutions (Iyzico, Stripe, etc.) to realize payment collection and issue e-invoices,
To our cloud service providers (hosting, servers) providing the technical infrastructure of the system (provided that the data is encrypted and kept on secure servers).

6. User Rights Under GDPR

Under GDPR, every user has the following rights:

The right to be informed about how their personal data is being used,
The right to access the personal data we hold about them,
The right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data we hold about them,
The right to request that we delete their data (Right to be Forgotten).

You can send your requests regarding these rights in writing to [email protected] or via the contact form on the platform. Your requests will be finalized within 30 days at the latest.

7. Use of Cookies and Advertising Networks

Biyografya.com uses cookies to improve user experience, analyze site traffic (Google Analytics), and present relevant advertisements to you. Google AdSense and other third-party advertising networks are used on our platform to cover operating costs and sustain free services. In this context, you should know the following:

Third-Party Advertising Cookies: Google and other third-party vendors use cookies (e.g., the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to our platform or other websites.
Personalized Advertising: Through the use of cookies, Google and its partners may show you ads (personalized) tailored to your interests and browsing habits on the internet.
Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to anonymously analyze our visitor numbers and user behavior. These tools do not directly identify you personally but process your browser and device information through cookies.
Opt-out of Cookies: If you wish to opt out of personalized advertising, you can visit the Google Ads Settings page. Additionally, you can visit aboutads.info to opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies or disable cookies entirely through your browser settings.

By continuing to use our site, you are deemed to have consented to the processing of your data and the use of cookies by Google and our advertising partners in accordance with their own Privacy Policies and for the purposes explained herein.