Protection of Your Personal Data: Consent Text on Processing Personal Data of Prospective Employees

This Disclosure Text is prepared in line with Law No. 6698 on Protection of Personal Data (“LPPD”) and the “Communiqué on Principles and Procedures for Fulfillment of Disclosure Obligations,” by Acar Ergönen Attorney Partnership, operating at Maslak Mah. Eski Büyükdere Cad. No:7 Giz 2000 Plaza Apt. No:67-68 Sarıyer, Istanbul, with its partners being Att. Duygu Acar Yücesoy and Att. Onur Ergönen, herein referred to as “Acar Ergönen,” acting as the data controller.

Security measures for the protection of your personal data by Acar Ergönen are provided at an appropriate level considering technological capabilities and potential risks.

  1. Purposes and Legal Grounds for Processing Personal Data of Prospective Employees

Your personal data is acquired by Acar Ergönen directly from you, from current employees, the website, career portals, former employers, or references through telephone, email, visual/audio recordings, or web portals, and processed within the fundamental principles stipulated by the Law for the purposes and legal reasons listed below, and securely stored during determined retention periods.

i. Personal data processed based on the legal reason of “Being directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract”:

  • Management of application processes for prospective employees
  • Execution of contract processes

ii. Personal data processed based on the legal reason of “Legitimate interest provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the related person”:

  • Planning of human resources processes
  • Management of prospective employee selection and placement processes
  • Execution of communication activities
  • Ensuring physical space security

iii. Our personal data processing activities in the following processes are based on your explicit consent:

Activity Name

Processing Purpose

Data Category

Processing Applications of Disabled Prospective Employees

Management of Application Processes

Health Information (Disability Info)

Confirmation of References of Prospective Employees

Management of Application Processes

Identity, Personal and Professional Experience Data
  1. Categories of Personal Data Processed Relating to Prospective Employees

The categories of personal data regarding prospective employees processed by Acar Ergönen are indicated in the table below.

Identity Info

Communication Info

Personal Info

Professional Experience Info

Health Info (Disability Info)

Visual and Audio Records
  1. Transfer of Personal Data Relating to Prospective Employees

Personal data of prospective employees processed by Acar Ergönen may be shared with our business partners/suppliers for the following purposes, in accordance with the principles and conditions prescribed by the Law:

  • Providing information to authorized individuals, institutions, and organizations
  • Management of application processes for prospective employees

In transferring personal data, commitments regarding data security are obtained from third parties involved in data transfer, and the data transfer is done securely.

  1. Rights of the Data Subject

At any time, you can submit your requests regarding your rights stipulated in Article 11 of the LPPD to Acar Ergönen in writing or through other methods explained in the LPPD. As Acar Ergönen, we will evaluate your request as soon as possible and conclude it within a maximum of thirty (30) days.

  • To learn whether your personal data is processed or not
  • If your personal data has been processed, to request related information
  • To learn the purposes of processing your data and whether they are used in line with these purposes
  • To know the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, domestically or internationally
  • To request rectification in case personal data is processed incompletely or inaccurately
  • To request the deletion or destruction of personal data under the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the Law
  • To request notification of operations made pursuant to subparagraphs (d) and (e) of Article 11 to third parties to whom personal data have been transferred
  • To object to the occurrence of a result against you due to the analysis of the personal data solely through automated systems
  • To claim compensation for the damages due to unlawful processing of personal data

Yours sincerely,

Acar Ergönen Attorney Partnership