Dear Participant,

In the Article 3 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, data controller is defined as “the natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data and is responsible for the establishment and management of the data filing system”. In this context, the information about the data controller, TURKISH MAARIF FOUNDATION, (hereinafter referred to as "MAARIF FOUNDATION" or "FOUNDATION") is as follows.

Data Controller: TURKISH MAARIF FOUNDATION

Address: ALTUNİZADE MAHALLESİ ORD. PROF. DR. FAHRETTİN KERİM GÖKAY CADDESİ ERDEM SOKAK NO: 5 ÜSKÜDAR / İSTANBUL

Phone : +90 216 323 35 35

E-mail : iletisim@turkiyemaarif.org

This information notice has been prepared by MAARIF FOUNDATION as the data controller, within the scope of the article 10 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 and the Communiqué on Principles and Procedures to be Followed in Fulfilment of the Obligation to Inform.

Your personal data to be obtained within the scope of the Maarif Photo and Video Contest is requested from you by the MAARIF FOUNDATION in order to carry out the program/contest, its continuation and the development of the studies after the program. In this context, your personal and sensitive personal data are processed by the MAARIF FOUNDATION for the purpose of realizing the program/contest, achieving the intended benefits of the program, and using them in other works and organisations to be developed in order to progress after the program.

Your personal data shared within the program are processed automatically and non-automatically through written, verbal and electronic ways with the following legal reasons as per the Article 5 of the Law No. 6698: if it is expressly provided for by the laws; if processing of personal data of the parties of a contract is necessary, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of the contract; if it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the data controller is subject; if data processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or protection of any right; if processing of data is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the data controller, provided that this processing shall not violate the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

Again, your sensitive personal data, which you have shared with the Foundation within the scope of the program, are processed automatically and non-automatically through written, oral and electronic ways, based on the legal reason of explicit consent, within the framework of the Article 6/2 of the Law No. 6698.

Personal data and/or sensitive personal data obtained by the MAARIF FOUNDATION with your participation in the program are transferred outside the Foundation within the scope of this information notice. Your personal data and/or sensitive personal data are transferred within the framework of the Article 8/2 of the Law No. 6698. The data processing and transferring carried out in this context complies with the Law No. 6698 and other legislation provisions.

In accordance with the Article 11 of the Personal Data Protection Law, you have the right to request as follows, regarding your personal data and/or sensitive personal data that you share with the MAARIF FOUNDATION:

a) to learn whether his/her personal data are processed or not,

b) to demand for information as to if your personal data have been processed,

c) to learn the purpose of the processing of your personal data and whether these personal

data are used in compliance with the purpose,

ç) to know the third parties to whom your personal data are transferred in country or abroad,

d) to request the rectification of the incomplete or inaccurate data, if any,

e) to request the erasure or destruction of your personal data under the conditions referred to in Article 7 titled as “erasure, destruction or anonymization of personal data”,

f) to request reporting to third parties to whom your personal data have been transferred, of the operations on rectification of incomplete or inaccurate data or erasure or destruction of the data upon the request of the related person,

g) to object to the occurrence of a result against the yourself by analyzing the data processed solely through automated systems,

h) to claim compensation for the damage arising from the unlawful processing of your personal data.

 You must submit your requests regarding your rights arising from the Law No. 6698 to our Foundation with the procedure presented in the Comminuque on the Principles and Procedures for the Request to Data Controller. Your requests will be answered by our Foundation within thirty days at the latest. Although the applications are free of charge, if a fee is foreseen by the Personal Data Protection Board, the fee determined by the board may be requested from you by our Foundation. You can find detailed information about your right to apply and the application form on our website.

☒ I declare that I have been informed by the TURKISH MAARIF FOUNDATION within the scope of Personal Data Protection Law and that I have read and understood this information notice.

☒ I give my explicit consent to the processing of my personal data by the Data Controller TURKISH MAARIF FOUNDATION in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698.

TURKISH MAARIF FOUNDATION