Privacy Notice on the Protection of Personal Data

This notice has been prepared under Article 10 of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK") to inform you about the personal data processed through sucendeksi.com. It is an English translation of the Turkish notice; in the event of any discrepancy, the Turkish version prevails.

1. Data controller

Your personal data is processed by the data controller Suç Endeksi (sucendeksi.com) within the scope described below. You can contact us at info@sucendeksi.com or through the contact form.

2. Personal data processed

• Identity and contact details: full name, email address and, if you choose, telephone number.
• Professional details: user type, organisation name, sector, position or title.
• Location preferences: the province you are in and the provinces you are interested in.
• Usage information: purpose of use and its description, interest in institutional data, and how you heard about the site.
• Content of requests: information you submit through the contact form, data applications and institutional access requests.
• Transaction security: session records, sign-in dates and an irreversible hash of your IP address used to prevent misuse.
• Sign-in with Google: if you choose this method, the email address, name and account identifier of your Google account.
• Visit statistics: the Google Analytics cookie identifier, the pages visited, device and browser information and approximate location.

3. Purposes of processing

• Creating accounts, sending sign-in links and maintaining sessions;
• Providing district-level data to registered users and enforcing the terms of use;
• Reviewing and responding to contact messages, data applications and access requests;
• Preparing institutional data and API offers;
• Ensuring the security of the service and preventing misuse;
• Producing aggregated statistics about the user base and measuring visit statistics;
• Sending emails about new data releases, institutional products and offers, if you have given consent.

4. Legal grounds

Your personal data is processed on the grounds set out in Article 5 of the KVKK: that processing is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract (providing the account and the service, and reviewing requests), the legitimate interests of the data controller (security and improvement of the service), and compliance with legal obligations. Promotional emails are sent only on the basis of the consent you give under Law No. 6563.

5. Transfers

Your personal data is not sold and is not shared for advertising purposes. To operate the service, we work with service providers for hosting and databases (Cloudflare), email delivery (Resend), authentication (Google) if you choose it, and visit statistics (Google Analytics). The servers of these providers may be located abroad; transfers are carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 9 of the KVKK. Data may be transferred to public institutions and organisations authorised by law upon their request, within the framework of the relevant legislation.

6. Method of collection

Your personal data is collected electronically through sucendeksi.com, by means of the registration and profile forms, the contact and application forms, the session cookie and Google Analytics cookies.

7. Retention period

Account and profile details are kept until your account is deleted. When you delete your account, your profile details and session records are deleted. Applications and requests are kept for as long as required for their review and any resulting contractual relationship and for the period set by legislation; when that period ends, they are deleted or anonymised.

8. Your rights

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed; to request information if it has been processed; to learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used in accordance with that purpose; to know the third parties in Turkey or abroad to whom it is transferred; to request correction if it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately, and deletion where the conditions are met; to request that these actions be notified to the third parties to whom the data has been transferred; to object to a result against you arising from analysis exclusively by automated systems; and to claim compensation if you suffer damage.

You can correct your profile details, withdraw your email consent and delete your account on the account page. For other requests, write to info@sucendeksi.com or choose the subject "Personal data request" in the contact form.

9. Cookies

The site does not use cookies for advertising. In addition to the cookies necessary for the service to work, Google Analytics cookies are used for visit statistics. You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings.