Privacy Notice
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This notice is provided by Prof. Dr. Aysel Pelit (the “Clinic”), as data controller, under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”). It covers visitors to this website, people who contact the clinic by phone, WhatsApp or email, and patients who receive examination services. The Turkish version of this notice prevails in case of discrepancy.
1. Data controller
Prof. Dr. Aysel Pelit
Gürselpaşa Mah. Şehit Polis Şahin Polat Aydın Cad. No:1, Merkez Plaza, Kat 11, Daire 50, 01200 Seyhan / Adana
Email: kvkk@ayselpelit.com
Phone: 0 (322) 000 00 00
2. Personal data processed
| Category | Examples | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Name, surname, date of birth, national ID number | From you, when booking and during the visit |
| Contact | Phone number, email address | Phone, WhatsApp, email, appointment request form |
| Health data (special category) | Symptoms, examination findings, test results, prescriptions and reports | During the examination |
| Transaction | Appointment dates, payment and invoice details | Clinic records |
| Security | IP address, browser information, access time | Hosting provider server logs when you visit |
| Preferences | Your cookie choices | Cookie consent tool |
Appointment request form: The name, phone number, optional email, reason, preferred time and note you enter are sent to the clinic by email solely to schedule your appointment; they are not stored on the website server. These emails are deleted once the appointment has been arranged. You can submit the form after ticking the privacy acknowledgement on the form.
Please do not share detailed health information or documents through the form, WhatsApp or email; share them during your visit instead.
3. Purposes
- Receiving and scheduling appointment requests and contacting you,
- Providing examination, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up,
- Meeting record-keeping and reporting obligations under health legislation,
- Invoicing and financial obligations,
- Responding to requests from competent authorities,
- Securing this website and preventing misuse,
- With your consent, producing anonymous statistics about website use.
4. Legal grounds
Personal data is processed on the grounds set out in Article 5 KVKK: performance of a contract (5/2-c), compliance with a legal obligation (5/2-ç), being expressly provided for by law (5/2-a) and the controller’s legitimate interests (5/2-f).
Health data is processed under Article 6(3) KVKK by a physician bound by professional confidentiality, for the purposes of medical diagnosis, treatment and care.
Non-essential cookies and analytics are used only with your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time via “Cookie settings”.
5. Transfers
Personal data may be shared, only as necessary, with competent public authorities (such as the Ministry of Health, the Social Security Institution, tax offices and courts), with accounting, IT and hosting service providers, and with healthcare institutions and laboratories you are referred to. The website is delivered through a content delivery network (Cloudflare, Inc.) with servers abroad, which processes technical logs when you visit and delivers appointment request emails to the clinic; transfers abroad are carried out within the conditions of Article 9 KVKK. If you contact us via WhatsApp, your messages are transmitted through WhatsApp LLC / Meta Platforms, Inc., whose privacy policies apply.
6. Retention
Medical records are kept for the periods required by law; other data is kept for as long as the purpose requires and applicable limitation periods, after which it is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.
7. Your rights
Under Article 11 KVKK you have the right to learn whether your data is processed, request information about it, learn the purpose of processing, know the third parties to whom it is transferred in Türkiye or abroad, request correction or deletion, request that third parties be notified, object to decisions made solely by automated means, and claim compensation for unlawful processing.
You can submit requests using the Data Subject Request Form. Requests are answered free of charge within thirty days.