LİNK LOJİSTİK HİZMETLERİ A.Ş. COOKIE POLICY
- GENERAL
As Link Lojistik Hizmetleri A.Ş. (“LİNK”, “we” or the “Company”), we may use technologies such as cookies, pixel tags, flash cookies and web beacons that enable certain data to be recorded and collected on the computers, mobile phones, tablets and similar devices you use when accessing our website at https://www.linklogistics.com.tr (the “Website”), our mobile applications, electronic platforms and other applications, and the e-mail messages or advertisements we send you. In this Cookie Policy (the “Policy”), the term “cookie” is used to refer to cookies and similar technologies that may be used by LİNK. While it is possible for users' personal data to be collected through cookies, not all data collected through cookies may constitute personal data. Where data obtained through cookies constitutes personal data under Turkish law, this Policy forms an annex to the Website Privacy Notice. Accordingly, we recommend that you also read the Website Privacy Notice to learn how your personal data may be processed and how you can exercise your rights in this regard.
- WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookies are small pieces of information stored by browsers on the computer's hard drive. They are used to offer visitors a personalised experience while using the website visited, to develop the services offered and to improve experiences. They can contribute to ease of use while browsing a website.
- TYPES OF COOKIES
Cookies can be categorised by duration or by the domain to which they belong.
- When classified by duration, cookies are divided into two types: “session cookies” and “persistent
cookies”:
- a) Session cookies: Session cookies are used during each session in which the Website or the Company's other applications or environments are visited, and are deleted automatically when you leave the Site or application. The purpose of these cookies is to ensure the continuity and security of the visit.
- b) Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are stored, for a predetermined fixed period, during access on
the computer or other devices used by the user, and are not deleted automatically when the session or application is closed. Persistent cookies are used when we need to remember who you are across more than one session. The purpose of these cookies is to increase the site's functionality by offering visitors a faster and better service.
- When classified by the domain to which they belong, cookies are divided into two types: first-party cookies and third-party cookies:
- a) First-party cookies: First-party cookies are cookies placed on the website by the domain visited, which can only be read by that site.
- b) Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are cookies placed by a domain other than the one visited. A third-party cookie arises when parties other than the domain visited place cookies on the user's device via the domain visited.
- PURPOSES OF USING COOKIES
As LİNK, we may use the cookies on our websites, platforms, applications, advertisements and messages for the purposes set out below:
- Operational uses: We may use cookies deemed necessary for the administration and security of our websites, platforms, applications or services. Examples of cookies used for operational purposes include technologies that allow you to use the functions on websites, applications and platforms, and cookies used to detect irregular behaviour on these channels.
- Functional uses: We may use the necessary cookies to make our websites, platforms, applications or services easier to use or to customise them for our users. Examples of cookies used for functionality include technologies that enable us to remember user information and preferences.
- Performance uses: We may also use the necessary cookies to measure and improve the performance of our websites, platforms, applications or services. Examples of cookies used for this purpose include cookies that help us understand how users use our websites, applications, platforms and services and analyse user behaviour, and technologies that allow us to understand whether the messages we send have been interacted with.
- Advertising uses: We may use first-party and third-party cookies to deliver advertisements and similar content tailored to users' interests via websites, platforms and applications belonging to the Company or to third parties. Examples of advertising uses include cookies that measure the effectiveness of advertisements and cookies that show whether a particular advertisement has been clicked or how many times it has been viewed.
- REJECTING AND DELETING COOKIES
Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically by default. However, users can reject or delete cookies at any time by changing their browser settings. The method of changing the settings varies by browser, and information on how to disable cookies should be obtained from the provider of the browser used. You can generally reject cookies using the methods below:
(i) Changing your browser settings so that you are notified when you receive a cookie,
(ii) Disabling existing cookies,
(iii) Setting your browser to reject cookies automatically.
Please note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites, applications,
platforms or services.
You can change your browser settings by clicking the relevant link in the table below.
- AUTHORISED SERVICE PROVIDERS
As LİNK, we may obtain assistance from certain service providers we have authorised in connection with the operation and promotion of the Website, our platforms, applications and services. These service providers authorised by our Company may also place cookies and similar technologies (third-party cookies) on users' computers and other devices and may collect information used to identify the user's device, such as the IP address, unique identifier and device identifier.
- COOKIES USED BY LİNK
Operational, functional and performance cookies used by LİNK:
They do not harm your computer and contain no viruses.
They are essential for the website interface and features to be used as intended.
They help us understand how visitors use the website, allowing us to compile statistical data and develop content accordingly.
They allow you to speed up your activities during future visits.
Under no circumstances do they collect or store data by which you can be identified, nor enable us to process such data; they do not constitute personal data.
Targeting and advertising cookies are used to personalise advertisements and analyse site traffic, within the scope of our legitimate interests, provided that they do not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms, and subject to the necessary legal undertakings having been obtained.
In the table below you can find the cookies used by LİNK and information on the purpose for which each cookie is used.
COOKIE NAME COOKIE PURPOSE
Google Analytics:
A type of cookie used to determine visitors’:
links through which they reach the Website,
number and distribution across the areas of the Website,
tabs of interest on the Website and the time spent there.
- THIRD-PARTY SITES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Our websites, platforms or applications may contain various links to websites, products and services belonging to third parties. Such links are subject to the cookie and privacy policies of the third parties concerned, and you should be aware that third parties and their websites are independent of LİNK and that LİNK is not responsible for the cookie and privacy practices of third parties. If you visit linked websites, we recommend that you read their cookie and privacy policies.
