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ADVANCITY CORPORATE WEBSITE
TERMS OF USE & GDPR

BEFORE YOU BEGIN USING OUR WEBSITE, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY ALL THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS.


Your visit to and/or use of our website implies that you have the legal right, authority and legal capacity to sign contracts according to the laws and/or legal entity representation, that you have read, understood, agreed upon, and are bound by these terms of use. If any of the conditions listed below are not acceptable to you, please do not use our website. Otherwise, we do not accept responsibility for the ineffective and legally incompetent use of our website.

1. Parties

These terms of use have been prepared between Caz Informatics Services Joint Stock Company (“Advancity” or “Our Company”), registered at Esentepe Mh. Akademiyolu Sk. Teknoloji Geliştirme Bölgesi No. 10 D/206 Serdivan, Sakarya and the user ("user" or "customer") who uses and benefits from our website with the domain name www.advancity.com.tr, created by our company ("Site"). These conditions determine the terms of use of the Site and the obligations of the parties in relation to the use of the Site. Our Company and the User together may be referred to as "the Parties," and individually as "the Party."

2. Purpose

The Site is created with the purpose of introducing Advancity products and innovations within the framework of our company's mission as a sector leader, bringing information about the e-learning sector, developments, and new projects to customers and potential customers.

With these terms of use, users are deemed to have committed to complying with these provisions from the moment they visit and/or start using the Site.

3. Utilization of Services, Obligations and Commitments

The services provided on the Site are prepared for customers and potential customers.

 

The information shared by users with our company for purposes such as obtaining information about Advancity products and innovations, developments in the e-learning sector, and new projects must be clear and truthful. It is obligatory for the communication information shared for such purposes to be the user's own communication information; otherwise, the user is solely responsible for the violation of the rights of third parties.

 

In transactions, information, and/or correspondence conducted by Advancity, the information provided by the user is taken as a basis and used.

 

Our company believes that all information provided is accurate and acts accordingly. Advancity cannot be held responsible for errors that may arise from information declared incorrectly, erroneously or contrary to the truth.

Advancity reserves the right to unilaterally make changes to these Terms of Use at any time without notice. The changed provisions of these Terms of Use become effective on the date they are announced. Users cannot unilaterally modify these Terms of Use.

The user acknowledges that if they violate the obligations and commitments they have accepted with these Terms of Use and/or engage in illegal sharing on the Site, Advancity has the right to intervene as necessary, prevent their future use of the Site, and/or take legal action against them.

The user cannot engage in misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent behavior.

The user agrees not to reproduce, copy, distribute, process, use, or engage in actions that could be considered unfair competition directly and/or indirectly with any element on the Site, such as images, text, visual and audio images, files, databases, catalogs, and lists.

If the Site interface provided by Advancity is used for any purpose other than obtaining information about Advancity products and innovations, e-learning, and new projects, or if actions such as copying, accessing, processing, modifying, transferring to other databases, allowing unauthorized access and use by third parties are taken regarding the announcements, customer information, designs, codes and software, and information in the database, Advancity reserves the right to claim, demand, sue, and follow up for any damages that may arise.

The use of the entire Site or any part thereof for the purpose of destroying, changing, reverse engineering, and the attempt to access the Site with the intention of preventing the communication or technical systems of the Site, disrupting or intervening in the systems is illegal. Any damage or loss that may be caused by such actions gives Advancity the right to demand, sue and pursue.

Attempts to threaten the security of the Site, preventing the operation of software or other users' access to the Site, unauthorized access to data or software of other users, unauthorized access and use of content contrary to the terms specified in these Terms of Use are illegal, and Advancity reserves the right to demand, sue, and follow up for any damages and losses that may arise.

The use of the Site interface provided by Advancity for any purpose other than obtaining information about Advancity products and innovations, e-learning, and new projects, or the attempt to access the Site in a way that may disrupt the communication or technical systems of the Site is illegal. Any damage or loss that may be caused by such actions gives Advancity the right to demand, sue, and pursue.

Users cannot engage in actions that may harm the general security of the Site, damage the Site, or intervene in the operation of the Site. The attempt to access the Site with programs, robots, spiders, web crawlers, data mining, data trawling, screen scraping software, or systems, or the use of automatic tools or manual processes in any way that may disrupt the operation of the Site is prohibited.

If it is determined that these conditions are violated by the user, if a complaint is received from another user, if there is a legal notice of infringement of intellectual property, or in case of any warnings for the removal of content, Advancity may claim any damages and losses that may arise from the user's actions.

The attempt to access the Site in a way that threatens its security, disrupts the operation of software or other users' access to the Site, unauthorized access to the data or software of other users, unauthorized access, and use of content contrary to the specified terms in these Terms of Use are illegal. Any damage or loss that may be caused by such actions gives Advancity the right to demand, sue, and pursue.

Users cannot engage in harmful behavior (e.g., viruses, harassing through tracking, hate speech, advocating violence against others) on the Site.

If it is determined that these conditions are violated by the user, if a complaint is received from another user, if there is a legal notice of infringement of intellectual property, or in case of any warnings for the removal of content, Advancity may claim any damages and losses that may arise from the user's actions.

The user is solely responsible for the consequences of using the Site and agrees to bear all liability for any damages or losses incurred by Advancity due to their actions.

4. Disclaimer of Liability and Limitation of Obligation

To the extent permitted by law and unless Advancity enters into a separate written agreement that supersedes these Terms of Use, Advancity will not be responsible for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages or any loss of data, opportunity, reputation, profit, or revenue (e.g., offensive or defamatory statements, interrupted time or loss, use or changes to personal information or content) in connection with users. Advancity will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use of the Site, including but not limited to interruptions in access to the Site and transactions conducted through the Site.


5. Intellectual Property

All rights to the software, visuals, designs, writings, logos, graphics, trademarks, and all other elements found on the Site (including intellectual and industrial property rights, etc.) belong to Advancity. Copying and/or using the information and/or software used in the design, content, and creation of the database of the Platform beyond the use of the Platform, and copying, distributing, processing, and using any kind of image, text, file, etc. elements found on the Platform in any way are strictly prohibited.

 

The user acknowledges, declares, and undertakes that they are solely responsible for any damage that may occur to other users, third parties, and/or Advancity due to the user's actions that constitute an infringement of intellectual and/or industrial rights.

 

6. Termination

If any of the clauses or conditions specified in these Terms of Use are not suitable for the user, the user may stop using the Site at any time. Advancity may modify, suspend, terminate, or discontinue some or all of the services or access to the Site without prior notice. The user acknowledges that they will not claim or be able to claim any damage as a result. In case of a legal obligation or in other cases deemed necessary, Advancity may provide the information declared by the user through various forms for the purposes specified in the Disclosure Statement and non-personal information to official or private institutions or third parties specified in the data protection. The user acknowledges that they cannot claim compensation from Advancity under any circumstances for this reason.

 

7. Disputes

Disputes that may arise between the parties will be primarily resolved through amicable means. In case an amicable resolution cannot be reached, the parties agree and declare that Istanbul (Central) Courts and Execution Offices are authorized. In case of a proper request for information and documents from judicial or investigative authorities, Advancity may share the requested information, documents, and records with these authorities.


8. Force Majeure

In legally recognized force majeure circumstances, Advancity will not be liable for late performance, incomplete performance, or non-performance, and no compensation obligation will arise. Events beyond Advancity's control, including but not limited to natural disasters, strikes, lockouts, general epidemic diseases, war, declaration of partial or general mobilization, decisions, actions, or transactions of official authorities delaying or rendering impossible the fulfillment of Advancity's obligations, adverse weather conditions, infrastructure and internet failures, improvements or renovations to the system, and any kind of malfunction, power outage, are considered force majeure events. Despite exercising due diligence, if Advancity cannot prevent these events, it will not be held liable.


 

9. Effectiveness and Acceptance

These Terms of Use and any changes and/or updates within these conditions are considered accepted by the User from the moment the User starts using the Site and come into effect as of the date they are published on the Site.

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Caz Informatics Services Joint Stock Company ("Our Company" or "Advancity"), as the data controller, processes your personal data within the scope of this Information Note; your personal data is processed by our Company in compliance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 ("Law No. 6698"), as explained below.


1. Processing Purposes of Your Personal Data

Your personal data, belonging to you;

  • Receiving, evaluating, and concluding customer requests or complaints, such as being informed about Advancity products and innovations, information about the e-learning sector, and developments,

  • Planning and executing activities related to request and complaint management, evaluating and concluding requests and/or complaints from individuals, coordinating the necessary work with relevant business units and parties for this purpose,

  • Fulfilling obligations arising from contractual relationships or relationships between parties and carrying out the necessary activities for this purpose,

  • Conducting, managing, and recording customer relations and performing the necessary activities for this purpose,

  • Planning and executing activities for the development, monitoring, and control of commercial affairs, operations, and studies,

  • Fulfilling our obligations to keep internet access records within the scope of the Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and the Fight Against Crimes Committed Through These Publications, planning information security processes, auditing and executing them, establishing and managing information technology infrastructure, planning and executing studies for the physical/electronic security of our Company, and carrying out legally required processes/records and notifications,

  • Designing, developing, and executing corporate governance and communication activities, planning and/or executing business continuity activities, executing strategic planning activities, planning and executing record-keeping and listing activities related to parties in business relationships with the Company, planning and executing production and/or operational processes,

  • Providing information to authorized institutions and organizations due to legal obligations and/or fulfilling activities and obligations related to audits (together "Purposes") may be processed by our Company.

2. Method of Collection and Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Data

Your personal data is collected and stored by the Company through various channels and based on different legal grounds in physical and/or electronic environments. Your personal data is collected based on legal grounds such as providing you with rights and benefits, maintaining and improving specific internal activities of the Company, fulfilling our obligations within the scope of our relationship with you and the obligations arising from the legislation, ensuring and implementing our electronic and physical security.

3. Parties to Whom Your Personal Data May be Transferred and Purposes of Transfer

Your personal data may be transferred to individuals from whom services are procured, our business partners, suppliers, and other service providers, our subsidiaries, and also, in accordance with the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of Law No. 6698, to competent public institutions and/or private individuals both domestically and abroad within the scope of the Purposes mentioned above.

4. Rights of the Data Subject as Stated in Article 11 of Law No. 6698

As data subjects:

  • Learning whether your personal data is being processed or not,

  • Requesting information if your personal data has been processed,

  • Learning the purpose of processing your personal data and whether they are being used for that purpose,

  • Knowing the third parties, whether domestic or international, to whom your personal data has been transferred,

  • Requesting the correction of your personal data in case they are incomplete or incorrectly processed and requesting that the correction process be communicated to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred in this regard,

  • Despite being processed in accordance with Law No. 6698 and other legal provisions, if the reasons requiring processing cease to exist, requesting the deletion or destruction of your personal data and requesting that the process be communicated to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred in this regard,

  • Objecting to the emergence of an adverse result solely through the analysis of your processed data by automated systems,

  • You have the right to request compensation for damages if you suffer harm due to the unlawful processing of your personal data.

 

As data subjects, if you submit your requests regarding your rights to our Company in writing to the address Esentepe Mh. Akademiyolu Sk. Teknoloji Geliştirme Bölgesi No. 10 D/206 Serdivan, Sakarya, or through other methods specified by the Personal Data Protection Board, your request will be concluded as soon as possible and within a maximum of 30 (thirty) days, depending on the nature of the request.

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