KVKK Data Protection Notice

This notice has been prepared by Forces Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi ("Forces Kimya"), as data controller, in accordance with Article 10 of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK") and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to Be Followed in Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform. It covers people who visit the website at www.forceskimya.com and people who contact us through the website, by email, by telephone or via WhatsApp.

Data controller

Company name: Forces Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi. Address: Gaziler Mah. 250 Sk. No:1 Kepez / Antalya. Email: [email protected]. Telephone: 0242 255 07 19.

Personal data processed

Identity data: first name and surname.

Contact data: email address, telephone number and the name of the company you work for.

Request data: the subject you select on the contact form (quote, sample, technical documents, private label manufacturing, dealership or other), the product you are interested in and the content of your message.

Transaction security data: records relating to your use of the website, such as IP address, browser and device information, and the date and time of access.

Usage statistics: visit data collected through the analytics cookies described in the Cookie Policy, where you have given your explicit consent.

Purposes of processing

Your personal data is processed in order to receive, assess and respond to your requests for quotes, samples, technical documents, private label manufacturing and dealership; to contact you; to carry out sales and after-sales processes; to keep the website secure and prevent misuse; to analyse and improve the use of the website; and to fulfil our legal obligations and respond to requests from competent authorities.

Legal grounds

Your personal data is processed on the legal grounds set out in Article 5(2) of the KVKK, namely that processing is directly related to the formation or performance of a contract (subparagraph (c)), is necessary for the data controller to fulfil its legal obligations (subparagraph (ç)), is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right (subparagraph (e)), and is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms (subparagraph (f)). For processing that does not rely on these grounds, such as analytics cookies, your explicit consent is obtained under Article 5(1) of the KVKK.

Method of collection

Your personal data is collected electronically, partly by automated means, when you send it to us through the contact form on our website, by email, by telephone or via WhatsApp, and through cookies and server logs while you use the website.

Transfers

Limited to the purposes set out above, your personal data may be shared, in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK, with the suppliers from whom we obtain website hosting, email and information technology services, with our lawyers and advisers in legal disputes, and with competent public authorities and bodies upon request. Where service providers' servers are located outside Türkiye, the transfer is carried out in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 9 of the KVKK.

Retention period

Your personal data is retained for as long as the purpose of processing requires and for the periods prescribed by the applicable legislation. At the end of these periods, your data is erased, destroyed or anonymised.

Your rights

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to: learn whether your personal data is processed; request information about the processing if it has taken place; learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used in line with that purpose; know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom the data has been transferred; request correction if the data has been processed incompletely or inaccurately; request erasure or destruction under the conditions set out in Article 7 of the KVKK; request that these actions be notified to third parties to whom the data has been transferred; object to an outcome against you that arises from analysis of the processed data exclusively by automated systems; and claim compensation for damage you suffer because of unlawful processing.

Applications

You may submit requests concerning your rights in writing, together with information that identifies you, to Gaziler Mah. 250 Sk. No:1 Kepez / Antalya in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, or send them to [email protected] from an email address you have previously notified to us and that is held in our records.

Your application will be concluded free of charge within thirty days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request. If the action involves an additional cost, a fee may be charged in line with the tariff set by the Personal Data Protection Board.

Last updated: September 2026.