COGNITIME COOKIE POLICY

1. What Are Cookies?

A cookie (“cookie”) is a small text file placed on your browser or device by the websites you visit. Thanks to these files, the site can remember your preferences, measure its performance, and improve your user experience.

2. What Types of Cookies Do We Use?

Cookies used on the Cognitime website are classified as follows according to their purposes, durations, and parties:

2.1. By Purpose of Use

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for the basic functions of the website. For example, processes such as logging in and filling out forms cannot be performed without these cookies.
• Functional Cookies: Enable remembering of your personal settings such as language preference and region selection.
• Performance (Analytics) Cookies: Used to analyze site traffic, improve user experience, and measure engagement with content.
• Targeting and Advertising Cookies: Used to show content and ads tailored to your interests.

2.2. By Duration

• Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser.
• Persistent Cookies: Remain on your device for a certain period of time or until you manually delete them.

2.3. By Party

• First-Party Cookies: Cookies belonging to domains directly managed by Cognitime.
• Third-Party Cookies: Cookies placed by our partners that provide analytics services or measure site performance.

3. Legal Basis and Purposes of Cookies

Personal data collected through cookies is processed based on the following legal grounds:

• Being directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract (KVKK Art. 5/2 (c)),
• Being necessary for improving the performance of the website within the scope of legitimate interest (KVKK Art. 5/2 (f)),
• Your explicit consent (KVKK Art. 5/1): use of analytics, functional, or advertising cookies.

Cognitime uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Ensuring the secure and error-free operation of the website,
• Analyzing site traffic,
• Improving service quality,
• Remembering visitor preferences,
• Personalizing user experience.

4. Managing Cookies

You can also manage cookies through the browser you use:

• Google Chrome: “Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data”
• Mozilla Firefox: “Options → Privacy and Security → Cookies and Site Data”
• Safari: “Settings → Privacy → Block all cookies”
• Edge: “Settings → Privacy, Search and Services → Cookies and Site Permissions”

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the basic functions of our site; therefore, they cannot be disabled.

5. Security of Your Personal Data

• Data is encrypted with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) technology.
• Access rights are restricted and regular security tests are performed.
• The Information Security Management System is operated with an architecture designed on the basis of international information security and data privacy best practices.

6. Your Rights

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the following rights:

• Learning whether your personal data is processed,
• Requesting information if it has been processed,
• Learning whether it is used in accordance with its purpose,
• Requesting correction of incorrectly or incompletely processed data,
• Requesting its deletion or anonymization,
• Objecting to a result against you arising from analysis by automated systems.

You may submit your requests to [email protected] via email or in writing to Cognitime Yazılım Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi, Battalgazi Mah. Eskişehir Yolu Blv. A.N.S. Kampüsü Küme Evleri Zafer Teknopark Bina No: 5/43 Kat: 1 Ofis: 210 MERKEZ / AFYONKARAHİSAR.

7. Updates

Cognitime reserves the right to update this Cookie Policy at any time in line with changes in applicable legislation or operational requirements.