Privacy notice (KVKK)

Under Article 10 of Turkey's Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK), we inform you about the personal data we process through our website and application forms.

Data controller: North Studio Danışmanlık ve Teknoloji Limited Şirketi, Cevizli Mah. Zuhal Cad. A Blok No: 46 İç Kapı No: 50, Maltepe / Istanbul, Türkiye. MERSIS no: 0632160550600001. Email: hello@north-studio.co

Data we process: In the application form, your full name, work email, the brand you want assessed, your role and your optional note; in the meeting form, your full name, work email, company and optional topic; and the language in which the form was submitted. Technical records kept by our hosting provider when you submit a form (IP address, browser information, time of submission). With your consent, analytics data on how you use the site (details in the Cookie Policy).

Purposes: To review your application; to prepare and send you Coherence Lite or Coherence Brief; to contact you and schedule the feedback conversation and any meeting you request; to protect the form against misuse; and, with your consent, to measure visits in order to improve the site.

Collection method and legal grounds: Data is collected electronically through the forms and cookies on the site. Legal grounds: the service relationship established at your request, that is, processing directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract (Art. 5/2-c); our legitimate interest in providing and improving the service securely (Art. 5/2-f); and your explicit consent for analytics cookies (Art. 5/1).

Transfers: Our website and forms run on the infrastructure of Netlify, Inc. (USA) and our email on that of Google LLC (USA); if you accept analytics cookies, measurement is carried out by Google LLC (USA). Your data is therefore transferred abroad, in line with the safeguards in Article 9 of the KVKK. We do not share or sell your data to anyone else; it may be shared with competent public authorities only where required by law.

Retention: Application data is kept for 6 months after the end of the pre-launch period and then deleted or anonymised. If a service relationship is established with you, the periods required by the applicable legislation apply.

Your rights: Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed and, if so, to request information about it; to learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly; to know the third parties to whom it is transferred; to request its correction if incomplete or inaccurate, and its deletion or destruction where the legal conditions are met, and to have these actions notified to the recipients; to object to a result against you arising exclusively from automated analysis; and to claim compensation if you suffer damage from unlawful processing.

How to apply: You can send your requests to hello@north-studio.co or in writing to our address above. We respond free of charge within 30 days at the latest.

This is a translation of the Turkish original. In case of any inconsistency, the Turkish text prevails.