THE HEART DOCTRINE EXPLICIT CONSENT TEXT FOR THE TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO ABROAD ("Explicit Consent Text")

This Explicit Consent Text has been prepared by The Heart Doctrine – Can Üstünbaş (""Company") as the data controller in order to fulfill our obligations in accordance with the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK") and to inform data subjects about the transfer of their personal data abroad and to obtain their explicit consent in this direction.

The basic information about our company is as follows:

Article 9 of the KVKK titled "Transfer of Personal Data Abroad" stipulates that "Personal data cannot be transferred abroad without the explicit consent of the person concerned.". In this context, as the Company, it is part of our legal obligations to request your explicit consent to share your personal data with some institutions and organizations abroad for marketing purposes.

The Company, as the "Data Controller", shows utmost sensitivity to the security of your personal data that we collect while using our website ’www.theheartdoctrine.com’’ ("Website"). With this awareness, the Company attaches great importance to the processing and protection of personal data in accordance with KVKK. With the full realization of this responsibility, the Company, as the "Data Controller" defined in the KVKK, processes your personal data as described below and within the limits stipulated in the legislation.

As the Company, we assure you that we always pay the utmost attention to the security and confidentiality of your personal data. As the data controller, we strive to act in full compliance with the KVKK and to protect your personal data in the best way possible. This helps us to make sure that you and your data are safe and that you receive our services in the best possible way, with the highest level of security measures in place.

Your personal data that you have shared with us and that we may transfer depending on your explicit consent for the purposes of conducting marketing and analysis studies abroad in the capacity of Data Controller, conducting advertising/campaign/promotion processes and conducting product/service marketing processes are specified below. We request your explicit consent for the transfer of this data to some of our business partners abroad.

Your personal data that may be transferred abroad, the company to which your data may be transferred, the purpose of transfer and legal reasons are as follows:

To learn about your personal data in accordance with the KVKK by applying to our Company;

• To learn whether your personal data is processed or not, and if processed, to request information about it,
• Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with its purpose,
• Knowing the third-parties to whom it is transferred domestically or abroad,
• To request correction in case of incomplete or incorrect processing and to request notification of the transaction made within this scope to third-parties to whom personal data is transferred,
• Although it has been processed in accordance with the provisions of the KVKK and other relevant laws, to request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons requiring its processing disappear and to notify the third-parties to whom the personal data is transferred in this context,
• To object to the occurrence of a result to the detriment of the person himself/herself by analyzing it exclusively through automated systems (e.g. voice recording, website cookies, malware, etc.),
• In case of damage due to unlawful processing, to demand the compensation of the damage incurred.

If the applications to be made for these purposes require an additional cost, you may be required to pay the fee amount in the fee schedule to be determined by the Personal Data Protection Board. Your requests in your application will be finalized as soon as possible and within 30 (thirty) days at the latest, depending on the nature of the request.

How to Contact Us

In case you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this Explicit Consent Text or the processing of your personal data, together with the documents showing your identity in accordance with the procedures and principles in the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller dated 10.03.2018 and numbered 30356;

• You can always apply to our address 100.Yıl Mahallesi Umurbey sokak 5/2 G.O.P Çankaya/Ankara- 06700 with your inked signature.
• You can send an electronical mail to our address “info@theheartdoctrine.com”

The requests in your application will be evaluated and finalized as soon as possible and within 30 days at the latest. Our company reserves the right to charge a fee over the fee rate (if any) determined by the Personal Data Protection Board regarding the requests.

By approving this text, you are considered to have explicitly consented to the processing of your personal data mentioned above by the data controller and the data processor to be authorized by the data controller and to be transferred to third-parties when necessary.