Cookie Usage Policy
Cookie Privacy Notice
As İnfina Yazılım A.Ş. (the “Company”), we attach importance to the protection of your personal data obtained through cookies and similar technologies used when you visit our website (the “Site”).
This Cookie Privacy Notice has been prepared to inform you, within the scope of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”), about the personal data processing activities carried out through cookies and similar technologies used on the Site.
a) What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device through your browser by the websites you visit or that enable access to information previously stored on your device, where applicable.
Cookies and similar technologies are used to ensure the secure and efficient operation of the Site, remember language and similar user preferences, record your cookie preferences, analyse use of the Site, and enable third-party content available on the Site, such as videos, to function.
b) What Types of Cookies Do We Use?
Cookies used on the Site are categorized based on their purposes of use as follows:
Functional (Strictly Necessary) Cookies
These cookies are technically stored to ensure the proper and secure operation of the Site, maintain active sessions, and save user cookie preferences. Functional cookies are active at all times, regardless of user preference, as they are essential for the Site to function. Personal data processing activities carried out through these cookies are based on the applicable legal grounds specified under relevant data protection laws (including Article 5, Paragraph 2 of the KVKK / GDPR equivalent).
Statistics (Performance and Analytics) Cookies
Statistics cookies are technical storage or access mechanisms used to understand how the Site is used, measure visitor and session information anonymously/statistically, and evaluate and improve Site performance. These cookies are disabled by default upon your first visit to the Site and are activated only with your explicit consent.
Marketing Cookies (YouTube, Targeting, and Advertising)
Marketing cookies are used to build user profiles, deliver advertisements, or serve and measure interactions with embedded third-party content, such as YouTube videos on the Site. These cookies are disabled by default upon your first visit to the Site and are activated only with your explicit consent. If you do not allow these cookies, you may continue to use the core functions of the Site; however, certain features and content, such as embedded YouTube videos, may not load or function properly.
c) Cookies Used on the Site
Information regarding the cookies and similar technologies used on the Site is set out in the table below:
Cookie / Technology | Provider | Purpose of Use | Category | Retention Period |
_cfuvid | Cloudflare | Ensuring session continuity, security, and request management | Strictly Necessary | Session |
pll_language | Polylang / Site | Remembering the user’s selected language preference | Strictly Necessary | 1 year |
cookieyes-consent | CookieYes | Recording the user’s cookie preferences and consent choices | Strictly Necessary | 365 days |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | YouTube / Google | Storing privacy and cookie preference status relating to YouTube content | Strictly Necessary | 6 months |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube / Google | Enabling the YouTube player to function and measuring bandwidth | Functional | 6 months |
yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube / Google | Storing device and user preferences for embedded YouTube videos | Functional | Persistent |
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube / Google | Storing information regarding the most recent interaction performed via YouTube | Functional | Persistent |
yt-remote-device-id | YouTube / Google | Storing device and video preferences in the YouTube player | Functional | Persistent |
yt-remote-session-name | YouTube / Google | Storing session and video preferences in the YouTube player | Functional | Session |
yt-remote-fast-check-period | YouTube / Google | Managing connection and playback preferences of the YouTube player | Functional | Session |
yt-remote-session-app | YouTube / Google | Storing interface and user preferences of the YouTube player | Functional | Session |
yt-remote-cast-available | YouTube / Google | Storing the availability status of the Cast feature | Functional | Session |
yt-remote-cast-installed | YouTube / Google | Storing status information and preferences relating to the Cast feature | Functional | Session |
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishing users and analysing use of the Site | Performance and Analytics | 1 year, 1 month, 4 days |
_ga_* | Google Analytics | Maintaining session status and measuring use of the Site | Performance and Analytics | 1 year, 1 month, 4 days |
YSC | YouTube / Google | Ensuring the security of YouTube services and managing/measuring embedded video interactions | Performance and Analytics | Session |
yt.innertube::nextId | YouTube / Google | Storing technical information relating to YouTube video content and interactions | Advertising and Marketing | Persistent |
yt.innertube::requests | YouTube / Google | Storing information relating to YouTube video interactions and content requests | Advertising and Marketing | Persistent |
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | YouTube / Google | Delivering new features on YouTube and measuring their impact | Advertising and Marketing | 6 months |
__Secure-YEC | YouTube / Google | Supporting security, abuse prevention, and service functionality in YouTube services | Advertising and Marketing | 13 months |
* The information in the table has been prepared on the basis of technical checks concerning the cookies used on the Site and the current information identified through CookieYes Cookie Manager. The cookies used and their retention periods may vary depending on changes made to the technical configurations of third-party service providers.
d) Legal Grounds for the Use of Cookies
Personal data processing activities carried out through strictly necessary cookies, for the purposes of ensuring the secure and proper operation of the Site and recording users’ cookie preferences, are based, depending on the nature of the specific processing activity, on the personal data processing conditions set out in Article 5(2) of the KVKK.
Personal data processing activities carried out through functional, performance/analytics, and advertising/marketing cookies that require explicit consent are based on your explicit consent pursuant to Article 5(1) of the KVKK.
Cookies falling within this scope are disabled by default when you first visit the Site and are not activated unless you have provided your explicit consent.
e) How Can You Manage Your Cookie Preferences?
When you first visit the Site, only cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the Site are active. Other cookies requiring explicit consent are disabled by default.
Through the cookie management panel displayed to you, you may:
- accept all cookies requiring explicit consent,
- reject all such cookies, or
- set your preferences separately for each cookie category.
If you reject cookies or have not yet made any selection, cookies requiring explicit consent will not be activated. Accordingly, for example, embedded YouTube videos on the Site may not be displayed or function unless the relevant cookies are permitted.
Your cookie preferences are not permanent. You may reopen the cookie management panel at any time by using the cookie preferences icon available on the Site, change your preferences, or withdraw any explicit consent you have previously provided.
You may also delete cookies stored on your device through your browser settings or prevent your browser from accepting cookies.
f) Transfer of Personal Data
Your personal data obtained through cookies and similar technologies may, where the conditions for the transfer of personal data set out in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK are satisfied and only to the extent necessary for the relevant transfer purpose, be shared with the relevant service providers for the purposes of operating the technical infrastructure of the Site, ensuring its security, remembering user preferences, measuring Site usage and performance, and providing third-party services used on the Site.
The Site uses technologies provided by Cloudflare, CookieYes, Google Analytics, and YouTube/Google.
Where the use of these services entails a transfer of personal data abroad, such transfer will be carried out on the basis of an applicable transfer mechanism provided for under Article 9 of the KVKK.
g) Your Rights under the KVKK
Detailed information regarding your rights under Article 11 of the KVKK and the applications you may submit to our Company in order to exercise those rights is available in the Website Privacy Notice and the Data Subject Application Form.
h) Amendments and Updates
This Cookie Privacy Notice may be updated in line with changes to applicable legislation, the cookies used on the Site, or our Company’s personal data processing activities.
The current version of the Cookie Privacy Notice is made available to data subjects through the Site.