Privacy and Security

This privacy statement explains the data collection and usage practices of the petekpastry.com website. Accessing this Site indicates that you accept the information collection and usage practices defined in this privacy statement.

Collection of Your Personal Information

Personal information requested on our site is kept on record for the provision of our services, information, communication, etc. The Site may collect certain information about your visits, such as the name of the internet service provider and the internet protocol (IP) address used to access the site, the date and time of your access to the site, the pages you accessed while on the site, and the internet address of the website that enabled you to connect directly to our site. This information is used to improve the site, analyze trends, and manage the site. As a rule, the transfer of collected personal data to 3rd parties is not performed without the consent of our customers. However, transfers may be made pursuant to Article 8/2-a and b of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data.

Use of Your Personal Information

Personal information collected on the site is used for the operation of the site and to provide the services you requested or authorized, or to fulfill transactions, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract (Law No. 6698, 5/2-c), is mandatory for the data controller to fulfill its legal obligation (5/2-ç), or is mandatory for data processing for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a right (5/2-e). We may use your personal information to provide information about the products or services you are using, including notifications.

Additionally, we may send you information about other Petek1942 products and services via SMS or e-mail. For research purposes, we combine data regarding site visits with anonymous demographic information, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more useful content.

When you sign up for a newsletter or agree to receive promotional emails, petekpastry.com may use customized links or similar technologies to track the emails you click. Each email includes unsubscribe links allowing you to stop receiving such messages.

Petek1942 may disclose your personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process served; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Petek1942; (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Petek1942 employees or agents, users of Petek1942 products, or members of the public.

Security of Your Personal Information

Petek1942 uses a wide variety of security technologies and procedures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the information you provide on computer servers with limited access located in controlled facilities.

Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it using encryption methods, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Furthermore, we do not store your credit card information in our systems in any way. Used credit cards are encrypted with special crypto methods and transmitted to the relevant bank.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may update this privacy statement at any time. Changes become effective the moment the Privacy and Security agreement is published on the website. We encourage you to review this privacy statement periodically to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

Security Notification

Petek1942 allows you to determine information such as your access password. In case the access password is forgotten, a link to create a new password is sent to the e-mail address you provided during registration.

In sections where confidential information is requested, SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method is used to prevent your information from falling into the hands of third parties.

Every stage of communication for credit card transactions on our site is secured.

Site-Visitor Communication Security

Communication between the site and the visitor on the order pages of our site takes place in SSL standard. This communication standard is a quality used safely even on sites with a very high volume of transactions.

Whether this communication form is present on the page where credit card information will be given is indicated by the address bar reading https://.. instead of http://.. when the page is accessed. When you access pages of this nature, a lock icon also appears in the lower right corner (or address bar) of the browser.

Site-Bank Communication Security

Security regarding the transfer of credit card information from the site to the bank is realized with the maximum security offered by the bank. In addition to numerous components of this security, the CVV2/CVC2 code is also used on our site as a precaution against shopping with stolen cards or card information.

On-Site Data Security

In transactions you perform in a secure environment, no person, institution, or organization other than you and the bank allocating the credit card to you can access your information. The credit card transaction page transmits card information directly to the bank POS system and notifies the customer of the transaction result. Credit card information is not transferred via e-mail or similar methods. It is not possible even for us to access the credit card information transferred as a result of the online transaction.

Cookie Policy

When you visit websites, you see warnings such as “Confirm Cookie Usage Principles and close”. What are these warnings and approvals for? What are cookies? What are they used for? Which cookies do we use? We will be informing you about this below.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file sent to and saved on your browser by the website to ensure the website remembers your visit.

Why Do We Use Cookies?

Cookies are generally used to facilitate, personalize, and improve your website user experience.

For example, if you check the “remember me” option when logging into a site, cookies save this information and remember you on your next visit so you do not need to log in again. At the same time, it can facilitate your next visit by remembering choices such as language selection, country selection, and personal choices you have made on that site.

What are the Cookie Types?

First and Third-Party Cookies: Our services may contain both first-party and third-party identification cookies.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on the user’s device for the period specified in the cookie. They are activated every time the user visits the website that created the cookie.
Session Cookies: These cookies allow website operators to link a user’s actions during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and ends when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. When you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
Social Media: These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the website to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks, log in to our services, and better reach you with relevant ads and content on these third parties.

Which Cookies Do We Use and Why?

We have listed the different cookie types we may use on our https://petekpastry.com site below.

We use Necessary, Functional, Application and Other Performance, Targeting, and Social Media cookies.

Information regarding the variables used is provided below. While those used by the software apply to every site, other cookies may vary depending on the site.

If the information we obtain through cookies is in the nature of personal information, the Privacy Policy, which complements this Cookie Policy, shall apply.

Functional Cookies

psid: Session variable for the site user.
l: Variable for whether the customer is logged in / not logged in.
abh: Variable for whether login is made / not made for the admin panel.
dc2u: Variable necessary for caching Site Language and currency fields.

Application Cookies

popup: Variable keeping track of whether the popup banner has been shown before.
Cookie Message: Variable keeping track of whether the cookie message has been shown to the customer before.
viewStyle: Variable keeping track of how products will be displayed on the product listing screen.

Other Cookies

__zlcmid: Zopim Live Support Variable.
_ga: Analytics device info – For use by applications in the Google Tag Manager system.
_gid: For user identification.
_gat: Variable used to lower the Analytics request rate.
__tawkuuid: Tawk Live Support Variable.
TawkConnectionTime: Tawk Connection variable.

How Can You Change Your Cookie Preferences?

You can choose not to allow cookies; most browsers provide the ability to manage cookies in a way that suits you best. In some browsers, you can ensure more detailed control over your privacy to manage cookies on a site-by-site basis. You may choose not to allow cookies from all sites except those you trust.

You Can Manage Your Cookie Settings As Follows You can reach the relevant cookie settings by clicking on the links below for whichever browser you are using.

For other browsers, please refer to the documentation provided by your browser manufacturer.