Privacy Notice (GDPR)

Data Protection Policy (GDPR)

Kalpas Travel Agency values your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This notice outlines how we collect, process, and safeguard your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. DEFINITIONS

  • Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
  • Processing: Any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, storage, use, disclosure, or deletion.
  • GDPR: The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, which governs data protection in the EU/EEA.
  • Data Controller: The entity that determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2. DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

Kalpas Travel Agency is the data controller of the personal data collected via our website kalpas.com.tr. We process your data in line with GDPR and applicable national laws.

  • Contact form submissions, device details, and IP addresses
  • Membership data: name, email, birth date, gender
  • Usernames, content, and IP addresses used when submitting comments
  • Session/exit times, geolocation, cookie data
  • Participation in campaigns

3. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING

  • To deliver, customize, and improve services
  • To fulfill legal obligations
  • To manage events and marketing campaigns
  • To administer recruitment processes
  • To ensure data and platform security

4. DATA SHARING

Personal data may be shared with domestic business partners, consultants, and official authorities when required by legal or service processes.

5. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER GDPR

  • To know whether your data is being processed
  • To request information regarding such processing
  • To learn the purpose of the processing
  • To know third parties to whom data is transferred
  • To request correction of inaccurate data
  • To request deletion of data
  • To object and claim compensation if harmed

6. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS

You may submit a request to exercise your rights by sending an email to info@kalpas.com.tr or by postal mail to our company address. All requests will be processed within 30 days free of charge.

7. COOKIE POLICY

We use session, persistent, technical, analytical, functional, and advertising cookies on our website. You can manage or delete cookies via your browser settings.

📌 This GDPR Privacy Notice was last updated on 28/07/2025.