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Protection of Personal Data

Pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”)

Employee Information Text on the Protection of Personal Data

Pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”), as UYAR ÇELİK ENDÜSTRİSİ SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. (“Company”) established in Turkey, acting as the Data Controller, your personal data are processed for business purposes in the ways specified below, depending on the situation.

Within the scope of our commercial relationship or employment relationship; your personal data will be recorded, stored, preserved, rearranged, and transferred to third parties under the conditions stipulated by KVKK, in connection with and limited to the purposes that require processing, accurately and up-to-date as provided to us or as declared.

Our Company takes all necessary technical and administrative measures to prevent unlawful processing or access to your personal data and to ensure their protection.

Through this text, we aim to inform you, in accordance with Article 10 of Law No. 6698, about the purposes of processing your personal data, their legal grounds, and your rights.


1. Definitions

Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Examples of personal data include name, surname, date of birth, physical, economic, social, and other characteristics.

Processing of Personal Data: Covers all types of operations performed on data, such as obtaining, recording, storing, preserving, altering, rearranging, transferring, taking over, classifying, or preventing their use.

Data Controller: The natural or legal person who determines the purposes of processing personal data and is responsible for managing the data recording system.

Data Processor: The person or institution that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller in line with given instructions.


2. Processed Personal Data

As an employee, your personal data that may be processed during job application, recruitment, and subsequent processes are as follows:

CategoryProcessed Personal Data
Identity InformationName, surname, date of birth, country of birth, city of birth, gender, marital status, nationality, Turkish ID number, serial number, card number, father’s name, mother’s name, place of birth, province, district, neighborhood, volume number, family order number, order number, household number, page number, registration number, place of issue, reason of issue, date of issue, previous surname, copy of ID card
Contact InformationPhone number, full address, e-mail address, internal company contact information (extension number, corporate e-mail address), emergency contact phone and address information
Financial InformationFinancial and salary details, payrolls, bonus entitlements, bonus amounts, debt and file information related to enforcement proceedings, bank account information, minimum living allowance details, private health insurance amount
Special Categories of Personal DataDisability status, disability condition/definition/percentage, health data, employment entrance medical form, daily patient complaints, blood type, private health insurance policy, health reports, employment and periodic medical examination forms, pregnancy status, pregnancy report, health and maternity leave information, religion information in old ID card, blood type information in driver’s license
Education InformationEducational background, courses and seminar certificates, foreign language proficiency, trainings and performance information during employment, diploma details, resume
Visual and Audio DataPhotograph, CCTV footage
Employee Performance and Career Development DataTrainings and skills, training dates, e-mail, signed attendance form, personnel number, position title, department and unit, designation, last employment date, employment entry-exit dates, social security registration/retirement information, social security number, flexible working hours status, travel status, number of working days, projects worked on, monthly overtime details, severance pay base date, additional severance days, strike days, employee internet access logs, entry-exit logs, TTF number, tax office number, pension fund details, Bağkur information
Leave DataLeave entitlement base date, additional leave days, leave group, departure/return dates, number of leave days, reason for leave, address and phone number during leave
OtherMilitary service status, performance information, shoe size for safety equipment, clothing size measurements, shuttle bus and stop information, employee internet access logs, turnstile entry-exit records, daily activity data of employees

3. Purposes and Legal Grounds of Processing Personal Data

Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

  • Execution of employment contracts and implementation of human resources policies

  • Recruitment and suitability assessment

  • Ensuring company and customer security

  • Employee training and performance evaluations

  • Execution of financial processes

  • Legal compliance and adherence to legislation

  • Occupational health and safety processes

  • Internal communication, vehicle and facility management

  • Customer relations and improvement of service quality

When the purpose of processing your personal data ceases to exist, they will be deleted or destroyed automatically or upon your request. The processing duration cannot be less than the maximum periods stipulated by the relevant legislation.


4. Sharing of Personal Data with Third Parties

Your personal data may be shared with the following persons or institutions under the conditions stipulated in KVKK:

  • Public institutions and organizations (Social Security Institution, Employment Agency, Ministry of Finance, etc.)

  • Employer and partner companies

  • Audit and consultancy firms

  • Healthcare service providers

  • Lawyers and courts within the scope of legal proceedings

  • Affiliated or partner companies to ensure the company’s internal operations

Transfer abroad can only be carried out under the conditions specified in KVKK and with your explicit consent.


5. Your Rights Under KVKK

Pursuant to Article 11 of KVKK, you have the following rights:

  • To learn whether your personal data is being processed

  • To request information if it has been processed

  • To learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly

  • To know the domestic and international third parties to whom it is transferred

  • To request correction if it is incomplete or incorrectly processed

  • To request deletion or destruction

  • To request notification of the actions taken to third parties to whom the data was transferred

  • To object if a result arises against you due to analysis made exclusively by automated systems

You may submit your applications in writing or via KEP (registered e-mail), e-mail, secure electronic signature, or mobile signature to our Company. Your application will be finalized free of charge within 30 days at the latest.