Cookie Policy

COOKIE POLICY

I. GENERAL

DENGE YATIRIM HOLDİNG ANONİM ŞİRKETİ (“DENGE HOLDİNG”, “we” or the “Company”) may use cookies or technologies such as pixel tags, flash cookies and web beacons that enable certain data to be stored on and collected from the computers, mobile phones, tablets and similar devices you use when accessing our website at https://dengeholding.com.tr (the “Website”), our electronic platforms and electronic mail messages sent to you. In this Cookie Policy (the “Policy”), the term “cookie” is used to refer to cookies and similar technologies that may be used by DENGE HOLDİNG.

Although cookies may enable the collection of users’ personal data, not all data collected through cookies may qualify as personal data.

Where data obtained through cookies qualifies as personal data under Turkish law, this Policy constitutes an annex to the Personal Data Processing Privacy Notice. In this context, we also recommend that you read the Personal Data Processing Privacy Notice to obtain information on how your personal data may be processed and how you may exercise your rights in this respect.

II. WHAT IS A COOKIE?

Cookies are small pieces of information stored on a computer’s hard drive within browsers. They are used to provide visitors with a personalized experience while using the website visited, to improve the services offered and to enhance user experience. They may also contribute to ease of use while navigating a website.

III. TYPES OF COOKIES

Cookies may be categorized according to their duration or the domain to which they belong.

1. When cookies are classified according to duration, they are divided into two categories: “session cookies” and “persistent cookies”:

a) Session cookies: Session cookies are used during each session in which the Website or the Company’s other applications or environments are visited and are automatically deleted when the user leaves the Website or application. The purpose of such cookies is to ensure the continuity and security of the visit.

b) Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are stored on the computer or other devices used by the user during access for a predetermined fixed period and are not automatically deleted when the session or application is closed. Persistent cookies are used when we need to remember who you are across multiple sessions. The purpose of such cookies is to improve website functionality by providing visitors with a faster and better service.

2. When cookies are classified according to the domain to which they belong, they are divided into two categories: first-party cookies and third-party cookies:

a) First-party cookie: First-party cookies are cookies placed on the website by the domain being visited and that can only be read by that website.

b) Third-party cookie: Third-party cookies are cookies placed by a domain other than the one being visited. A third-party cookie is involved where persons other than the domain being visited place cookies on the user’s device through the domain being visited.

IV. PURPOSES OF USE OF COOKIES

DENGE HOLDİNG may use the cookies employed on our websites, platforms and communications for the purposes set out below:

1. Operational uses: We may use cookies considered necessary for the monitoring and security of our websites, platforms, applications or services. Examples of cookies used for operational purposes include technologies that enable the use of functions available on websites, applications and platforms, as well as cookies used to detect irregular behavior on such channels.

2. Functionality uses: We may use cookies necessary to facilitate the use of our websites, platforms, applications or services or to customize them for our users. Technologies that enable us to remember user information and preferences may be given as examples of cookies used for functionality purposes.

3. Performance uses: We may also use cookies necessary to improve and measure the performance of our websites, platforms, applications or services. Examples include cookies that enable us to understand how users use our websites, applications, platforms and services and analyze user behavior, as well as technologies that allow us to understand whether users interact with the communications we send.

4. Advertising uses: We may use first-party cookies and third-party cookies to deliver advertisements and similar content tailored to users’ interests through websites, platforms and applications belonging to the Company or third parties. Examples of advertising uses include cookies that measure the effectiveness of advertisements and cookies that indicate whether a particular advertisement has been clicked or how many times it has been displayed.

V. REJECTING AND DELETING COOKIES

Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically by default. However, users may reject or delete cookies at any time by changing their browser settings. The method for changing these settings varies depending on the browser used, and information on how to disable cookies should be obtained from the service provider of the relevant browser. In general, you may reject cookies using the following methods:

(i) Changing your browser settings so that you are notified when you receive a cookie,

(ii) Disabling existing cookies,

(iii) Configuring your browser to reject cookies automatically.

Please note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to benefit from certain features of our websites, applications, platforms or services.

You can change your browser settings by using the relevant link in the table below.

VI. AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS

DENGE HOLDİNG may receive assistance from certain service providers authorized by us in relation to the operation and promotion of the Website, our platforms, applications and services. These service providers authorized by our Company may also place cookies and similar technologies (third-party cookies) on users’ computers and other devices and may collect information such as IP addresses, unique identifiers and device identifiers in order to identify the user device.

VII. COOKIES USED BY DENGE HOLDİNG

DENGE HOLDİNG uses operational, functionality and performance cookies that:

• Do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses.

• Are necessary for the website interface and features to be used as intended.

• Under no circumstances collect or store data by which we can identify you or enable us to process such data, and do not qualify as personal data.

The table below provides information on the cookies used by DENGE HOLDİNG and the purposes for which they are used.

VIII. THIRD-PARTY SITES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Our websites, platforms or applications may contain various links to websites, products and services belonging to third parties. Such links are subject to the cookie and privacy policies of the relevant third parties. Users should be aware that third parties and third-party websites are independent from DENGE HOLDİNG and that DENGE HOLDİNG is not responsible for the cookie and privacy practices of third parties. If you visit websites to which links are provided, we recommend that you read the cookie and privacy policies of those websites.