Effective date: 1 January 2025 · Last updated: 1 June 2025
At bulent-durak we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, and how you can control it.
We collect information you voluntarily provide (name, email) when you subscribe to our newsletter or submit a contact form.
We automatically collect usage data such as IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on site via analytics tools.
We do not collect sensitive personal data such as financial details or government ID numbers.
To respond to your enquiries and send newsletters you have opted into.
To analyse site traffic and improve the quality of our content and user experience.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third party for marketing purposes.
We use essential cookies (session management) and analytical cookies (Google Analytics) to understand how visitors interact with bulent-durak.
You may disable non-essential cookies via your browser settings or our cookie banner at any time.
Disabling cookies may limit certain site functionality.
We use Google Analytics (analytics), Mailchimp (email delivery), and may embed maps or videos from Google Maps and YouTube — each governed by their own privacy policies.
These processors may receive limited data (e.g. IP address) necessary to deliver their service.
We do not authorise third parties to use your data for their own marketing.
EU/EEA residents have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, portability, and to object to processing of their personal data.
California residents may request disclosure of data collected, opt out of any sale of personal information, and request deletion.
To exercise any right, email us at [email protected] — we will respond within 30 days.
Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe.
Contact form submissions are deleted within 12 months of resolution.
Anonymised analytics data may be retained indefinitely.
We use HTTPS encryption for all data in transit and apply access controls to limit who can view personal data.
No method of transmission over the internet is 100{85a227e99649d34fd7fda2ce5068edf4525b6fecf6d494c0888fe651bd3dc95a} secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security but take commercially reasonable precautions.
bulent-durak is not directed at children under 13 years of age.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time; the revised version will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Continued use of bulent-durak after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Data Controller: bulent-durak, Istanbul, Turkey.
Email: [email protected] | Phone: +90 212 555 0198
For GDPR-related requests, include 'Data Request' in your subject line.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to the website bulent-durak.com and does not cover any third-party websites linked from our content. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.
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