This notice is provided under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles for Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform. It explains how personal data is processed through the sofwedding.com website and Sof Wedding’s contact channels.
1. Data Controller
- Data controller: Sabahattin Gökbel (sole proprietorship), trading under the Sof Wedding and SOF Media brands
- Address: Çınarlı Mah. 1557 Sk. No: 2 İç Kapı No: 78, Konak / İzmir, Türkiye
- Tax office: Kordon
- Email: sof.wedding@gmail.com
- Phone: +90 537 564 66 76
2. Personal Data We Process
- Enquiry form: your names, wedding date, venue and city, estimated number of guests, the services you are interested in and your message. The form uses these details to prepare a WhatsApp message in your browser; they are not sent to the website’s server and are not stored on the site. The message reaches us only when you press send in WhatsApp.
- Direct contact: when you reach us by WhatsApp, phone, email or Instagram — your phone number, profile name, email address and the content of our correspondence.
- Technical logs: access logs kept by the server that hosts the website for security and operation (IP address, date and time, page requested, browser details).
The website uses no cookies, analytics or advertising tools. We do not ask for special categories of personal data (such as health, religion or ethnic origin); please do not include such information in your messages.
3. Purposes of Processing
- answering questions about dates and availability, preparing a tailored proposal and holding pre-service discussions,
- contacting you about your enquiry,
- keeping the website secure and running.
4. How Data Is Collected
Your personal data is collected electronically, partly by automated means, when you use the enquiry form, contact us by WhatsApp, phone, email or Instagram, and visit the website.
5. Legal Grounds
- Enquiry and contact data: KVKK Article 5(2)(c) — processing is necessary for the establishment or performance of a contract, provided it relates directly to it (your request for a proposal and services); and Article 5(2)(f) — processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms (responding to your enquiry).
- Technical logs: Article 5(2)(f) — our legitimate interest in website security.
6. Transfers
Your personal data is processed only for the purposes above, through the following providers whose services we use:
- Hosting: the website is hosted by Güzel Hosting on servers in Türkiye.
- Communication platforms: messages you send us on WhatsApp or Instagram are carried and stored by Meta Platforms services; emails are carried and stored by Google’s Gmail infrastructure.
Because these platforms’ servers may be located outside Türkiye, your personal data may be transferred abroad when you contact us through them. You choose the channel; you can also reach us by phone.
Your personal data may also be shared with competent public authorities where a legal obligation requires it. We do not sell your personal data or share it with third parties for marketing.
7. Retention
- Enquiries and correspondence: one year from the conclusion of the enquiry. If your enquiry becomes a service contract, the contract and related records are kept for the periods required by law.
- Technical logs: for the period set by the hosting provider’s security practice.
When these periods end, or the reasons for processing no longer apply, your personal data is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.
8. Your Rights
Under Article 11 of the KVKK you may apply to the data controller to:
- learn whether your personal data is processed,
- request information about the processing,
- learn the purpose of processing and whether data is used accordingly,
- know the third parties in Türkiye or abroad to whom data is transferred,
- request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data,
- request deletion or destruction under the conditions of Article 7,
- request that corrections, deletions or destructions be notified to the third parties to whom data was transferred,
- object to a result against you arising from analysis exclusively by automated systems,
- claim compensation for damage arising from unlawful processing.
9. How to Apply
In line with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, you may submit your request in Turkish and in writing:
- by a signed letter sent to or delivered by hand at the address above,
- by email to sof.wedding@gmail.com signed with a secure electronic or mobile signature,
- by email to sof.wedding@gmail.com from an email address you have previously given us and that is registered in our records.
Your application must include your name and surname, your signature if written, your Turkish ID number (or, for foreign nationals, nationality and passport or ID number), your residential or business address for notifications, your email address for notifications if any, your phone number and the subject of your request.
Requests are answered free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest. Where the process involves an additional cost, a fee may be charged according to the tariff set by the Personal Data Protection Board. If your application is rejected, you find the answer insufficient or it is not answered in time, you may complain to the Personal Data Protection Board under Article 14 of the KVKK.
10. Contact
For questions about this notice, write to sof.wedding@gmail.com or call +90 537 564 66 76.