What Is a Cookie?
When you visit websites, they can store small pieces of information on your computer or phone and later read this information when you revisit the same site. The files where this information is stored are called cookies (or “cookies” in English). Cookies are generally used to improve your browsing experience on the internet and to personalize websites. For example, if you tick the “remember me” option when logging into a site, that site stores a cookie in your browser containing your username (or a special ID number). Only the site that created a cookie can read it. The length of time that a cookie is stored is also determined by the website.
Use of Cookies
COOKIE (“COOKIE”)
We use cookies so that you can make the most efficient use of our website (www.alanadi.com) and to improve your user experience. When you enter our website, you are asked whether you accept the use of cookies. After selecting the “Accept” option, cookies will become active. If you later change your mind and prefer not to allow the use of cookies, you can always delete or block cookies from your browser settings. However, please note that this may affect your use of our website. Unless you change your cookie settings in your browser, cookies will continue to be used on this site. The purposes for which cookies are used and how long they are stored are explained below.
In order to use the services on our website, you share certain information and data with us directly or indirectly. This information includes personal data you provide when registering on the site (such as name, e-mail address, phone number) or data we collect during your use of the site (such as IP, device, location and browser information, navigation and interaction content, date and connection time). We take the utmost care in storing your information and data. Our website does not share cookie data stored on our servers with third parties. Cookie data stored by external services (such as Live Chat plugins, Facebook plugins, YouTube videos, Twitter content, etc.) are under the responsibility of those external services. For this reason, please review our 'Privacy Notice', 'PDPL' and 'Privacy Policy' pages. (Edit according to your own website.)
Cookies Used on the Website
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If you are under the age of 18, you must visit the Website under the supervision of your parents. You must not use this Website without your parents’ supervision and you must not share any personal data.
What Is a Cookie and Why Is It Used?
Cookies are small text (data) files that are stored on your device or on a network server via your browser by the websites you visit.
- To improve the services offered to you by increasing the functionality and performance of the Website,
- To improve the Website, to offer new features on the Website and to personalize the features offered according to your preferences,
- To ensure the legal and commercial security of the Website, you and our company (or our business, our site, etc.).
Types of Cookies
Cookies, whose main purpose is to provide convenience to users, are basically grouped into four main categories:
- Session Cookies: These cookies allow you to benefit from various features, such as transferring information between web pages and systemically remembering information entered by the user, and are necessary for the proper functioning of the website’s functions.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information such as the frequency of visits to pages, possible error messages, the total time users spend on relevant pages, and how they use the site, and are used to improve the performance of the website.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies are used to remember previously selected options in order to provide convenience to the user and aim to provide users with advanced internet features within the website.
- Advertising and Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies belonging to third-party providers and allow the use of certain functions on the website and the tracking of advertisements (showing relevant ads).
Purposes of Using Cookies
The purposes of use of the cookies used by www.alandi.com are as follows:
- Security-related uses: ornekalanadi.com may use cookies that enable use of the functions on this site or detect irregular behavior to ensure the administration and security of its systems.
- Functionality-related uses: ornekalanadi.com may use cookies that remember users’ information and past choices in order to facilitate the use of its systems and to provide user-specific usage features.
- Performance-related uses: ornekalanadi.com may use cookies that evaluate and analyze interaction with messages sent and user behavior in order to increase and measure the performance of its systems.
- Advertising-related uses: ornekalanadi.com may use cookies to deliver advertisements and similar content to users within the scope of their interests via its own or third-party systems, and to measure the effectiveness of these advertisements or analyze click-through status.
Cookies are used for the purposes of detecting suspicious activities directed at the website and ensuring the necessary security, increasing the functionality and performance of the website in line with visitors’ preferences, improving and personalizing the services and products offered on the website and making access to these services and products easier, and fulfilling the legal obligations of the website. In addition, advertising cookies and the sharing of information with third parties are also used in order to connect website visitors with more comprehensive service providers. (You can delete this last part if no ads are published on your site.)
What Personal Data Are Processed Through Cookies?
Identity information (name, surname, nickname, date of birth, etc.) and contact information (residential address, e-mail address, phone number, IP address, browser information, computer information, location information, etc.) may be obtained, recorded, stored and updated by us through cookies present on the website, through automatic or non-automatic methods or software, and sometimes through third parties such as advertising networks, analytics software, search and traffic information providers, and relevant software or technologies. This will be done in accordance with the terms of processing personal data and within the scope and duration of our terms and services agreement, in compliance with the law.
Use of Cookies for Advertising Purposes
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www.alanadi.com uses the Google Adsense (or whichever systems you use; specify each one separately) advertising system(s). This system includes the DoubleClick DART cookie used by Google in advertisements served on publisher websites where AdSense ads are displayed.
As a third-party vendor, Google uses cookies to display ads on our site. By using these cookies, it serves ads to your users based on their visits to your site and other sites on the internet. You can visit the Google Advertising and Content Network Privacy Policy page to disable the use of the DART cookie.
When providing advertising services on our website, Google uses third-party advertising companies. These companies may use information (excluding your name, address, e-mail address or phone number) about your visits to these and other websites in order to show you advertisements for products and services that may be of interest to you. To learn about this practice and to learn what your options are to prevent such information from being used by these companies and for more information, you can refer to Appendix A of the document NAI Self-Regulatory Principles for Publishers (PDF).
Controlling and Deleting Cookies
To change your preferences regarding the use of cookies or to block or delete cookies, it is sufficient to change your browser settings. Many browsers offer options to control cookies, such as allowing or rejecting cookies, accepting only certain types of cookies, or being notified by the browser when a website requests to store a cookie on your device. It is also possible to delete cookies that have previously been saved to your browser. The procedures for controlling or deleting cookies may vary depending on the browser you use. Instructions for allowing or blocking cookies, or deleting cookies, in some popular browsers are shown below.
The method for changing the cookie usage preference may vary depending on the type of browser you use and can be obtained from the relevant service provider at any time.
How Can You Prevent the Use of Cookies? Although the use of cookies enables the Website to provide a better service, you can prevent the use of cookies if you wish. However, please note that in this case the site may not function fully and you may not be able to benefit from all its features. To prevent the use of cookies, you need to change the settings of the internet browser you use. These changes vary depending on the device and internet browser you use. Below are instructions on which steps to follow to prevent the use of cookies through different internet browsers:
• Internet Explorer
- Open your computer desktop and click or tap the “Internet Explorer” icon on the taskbar.
- Click the “Tools” button and then “Internet Options”.
- Click or tap the “Privacy” tab, then move the slider under settings upwards to block all cookies, and click the “OK” button.
• Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot icon in the upper right corner of your “Microsoft Edge” browser and go to the “Settings” section.
- In the new window that appears, click “Choose what to clear”, then select the cookies you want to clear.
- There are many options here. You can start the clearing process by selecting the cookies you want.
• Google Chrome
- On your computer, open Google Chrome.
- Click “More Settings” at the top right.
- Click “Advanced” at the bottom.
- Click “Content Settings” under “Privacy and security”.
- Then click “Cookies”.
- Under “All cookies and site data”, search for the name of the website you have logged into.
- Click the “Remove” icon on the right of the site.
• Mozilla Firefox
- From your “Firefox” browser, click the “Menu” button and go to “Options”.
- Select the “Privacy & Security” panel and go to the “History” section.
- Change the Firefox setting to “Use custom settings for history”.
- Click the “Show Cookies” button. The Cookies window will appear.
- Type the name of the site whose cookies you want to delete in the search field. Cookies that match your search and the website will be displayed.
- Select the cookie(s) you want to delete and click the “Remove Selected” button.
- Click the “Close” button to close the cookies window. Then close the “about:preferences” page.
• Safari
- Open the “Safari” browser and go to “Preferences”.
- Click the “Privacy” tab.
- Click “Manage Website Data”.
- Select one or more websites and then click “Remove” or “Remove All”.
You can also delete all cookies left behind by the websites you visit via third-party software.
This Site Uses the Google Analytics Visitor Tracking System (Within the Cookie Policy, visitors should be given the option to “opt-out of Google Analytics”.)
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Cookies Used on the Site: In the Cookie Policy, the cookies used on the site must be listed one by one and each of them must be explained with its description. In addition, how long each cookie is stored, what features it has, etc. should also be listed one by one.
Types of Cookies in Terms of Storage Period
Persistent Cookies: These are cookies that remain on the user’s computer until a certain date or until they are deleted by the user. These cookies are mostly used to measure users’ site movements and preferences.
Session Cookies: These cookies are used to divide the user’s visit into sessions and do not collect data from the user. The cookie is deleted when the user closes the web page visited or remains inactive for a certain period of time. On the Website, target and tracking cookies are used to help third parties, especially advertising services, provide services and to increase the effectiveness of these services. These cookies can remember the web pages and sites you visit and can collect personal data, primarily the IP address of the user’s device. The Website uses both first-party and third-party cookies to collect information, remember your interests and demographic data, provide you with targeted advertisements, improve advertisements, determine the number of visits and advertising displays, other uses of advertising services, and the ratio between these advertising displays and interactions related to advertising services. The Website uses social plugins that connect to social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn. When you visit the Website and use these plugins, the Website connects directly to the server of the selected social network. The content provided by the plugin is then transmitted directly from the social networks to your web browser and added to the website you are visiting. Thus, the relevant social network can access and process your data and combine it with the data of your account on that social network.
Please note that we have no influence or control over the scope of the data processed by social networks through plugins. For more information on the purposes, methods and duration of processing of your personal data by social networks, please carefully review the personal data processing policies published by the relevant social networks.
The Website uses the cookies listed below:
| Name of Cookie | Purpose of Use | Duration of Use |
| Google Analytics | Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze how visitors use the Website. Information regarding your use of this Website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google and stored by Google on servers in the USA. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for the Company and providing other services relating to Website activity and internet usage, but will not match your IP address with any other data held by Google. For more information about the use of Google Analytics (including opt-out options), you can visit: Google Privacy. | Persistent Cookies Session Cookies |
| Google Ads | Google Ads uses cookies to remember your safe search preferences, show you more relevant ads, determine how many visitors a page receives, help you sign up for our services, protect your data or remember your ad settings. This helps the website remember information about your visit (for example, your preferred language and other settings). Information regarding your use of this Website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google and stored by Google on servers in the USA. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for the Company and providing other services relating to Website activity and internet usage, but will not match your IP address with any other data held by Google. For more information on Google Ads cookie usage (including opt-out options), you can visit: Google Privacy | Persistent Cookies Session Cookies |
| RMC | RMC uses “cookies”, which are small text files containing a unique identifier belonging to your computer or a third-party analytics provider via a web browser. It uses these to improve services and websites. RMC uses Google Analytics to monitor the performance of certain marketing campaigns and some of its products. This allows third-party service providers to create tailored advertisements on behalf of RMC across different touchpoints. These service providers may collect your IP address and personally non-identifiable information that does not include your personal information, contact information, etc. These cookies also provide statistical information about how our website is used and its performance. For more information on RMC cookie usage (including opt-out options), you can visit: Related Digital Privacy | Persistent Cookies Session Cookies |
| Facebook uses cookies if you have a Facebook account, if you use Facebook products including sites and apps, or if you visit sites or apps that use Facebook products (including the Like button and other Facebook Technologies). Cookies enable Facebook to provide Facebook products to you and to understand the information it receives about you, including your use of other websites and apps, whether or not you are registered or logged in. It uses cookies for authentication, security and site integrity, ads, recommendations, measurement, analytics and reporting. In addition, in order to present advertisements that may be of interest to you on social media platforms and to create custom audiences, your personal data such as your e-mail address may be shared with these platforms. Your e-mail address is transferred to these platforms through secure channels and environments supplied by them. Social media platforms use your e-mail address as hashed data solely for matching purposes. Your e-mail address is not shared with third parties or other advertisers and is deleted from social media platforms’ systems as soon as possible after the matching process is completed. For example, Facebook ensures the confidentiality and security of your e-mail address and the collection of Facebook User IDs that make up your “custom audience”, by taking technical and physical security measures designed to (a) protect the security and integrity of your personal data while it is in Facebook systems and (b) protect your personal data stored in Facebook systems from accidental or unauthorized access, accidental or unauthorized use, modification or disclosure, including measures developed to protect your personal data. In addition, unless required by law or with your permission, Facebook will not provide access or information to third parties or other advertisers for your custom audience, will not add your custom audience information to information about our users, or create interest-based profiles, or use your custom audience for purposes other than providing services to you. For Facebook Custom Audiences terms, you can visit Facebook Custom Audiences, and for Facebook Privacy Principles you can visit Facebook Privacy. | Persistent Cookies Session Cookies |
On our site www.alanadi.com, information regarding the cookies we use is provided in the table below:
| Service Provider | Cookie Name | Cookie Purpose | Cookie Type | Cookie Duration |
| CV_BirthDate | User’s date of birth | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_CityName | User’s city of residence | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_Education | User’s university and department | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_EducationLevel | User’s education level | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_Gender | User’s gender | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_Geo | User’s location | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_LastJobTitle | Name of user’s last job position | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_LastJobTitleSegmentCode | User’s customer segment | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_Login | Information on whether the user is logged in | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_Login_Module | Information on which module the user logged in from | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_Ozgecmis | Whether the user’s resume is public | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_UpdateResume | Whether the user’s resume is up-to-date | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_WorkExperience | Information about how much work experience the user has | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month | |
| CV_WorkStatus | Information on whether the user is employed | Persistent Cookie | Up to 1 month |
The tables are for example purposes only. You must list and explain each cookie you use on your website one by one and also add their storage periods.
In light of all these explanations and the information provided to you, the issue of which cookies will be used on the website, except for mandatory cookies, is entirely left to the free will of the website visitors. You can manage your cookie preferences when you first enter the website, by deleting or blocking them from your browser settings, or you can change these settings at any time.
You can find more information on how to do this in other major web browsers at ESB or AboutCookies.
You can also delete all cookies left behind by the websites you visit via third-party software.
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Data Retention and Destruction Policy
For the deletion of your stored personal data, please review our Retention and Destruction Policy page. Our PDPL Page: PDPL (Add your page links.)
This 'Cookie Policy' was last updated on: 31 December 2021 (31.12.2021) (Adjust according to your own site.)
