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Dolpinger Smart Interactive – Privacy Notice (KVKK)

Data controller: Yılmaz ÖZCAN – Dolpinger Akustik Teknolojileri, Mimar Sinan Mah. Yavuz Selim Cad. Beşyıldız Sitesi 2. Etap Alışveriş Merkezi No:3 İç Kapı No:12 Çekmeköy / İstanbul / Türkiye, Sarıgazi Tax Office 6710038662, info@yunuskoruyucu.com, +90 532 340 26 52 ("Dolpinger").

This notice is issued under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK). It covers the data that the Dolpinger Smart Interactive device you bought collects while working and sends to Dolpinger. The information you give for your order, invoice and delivery (name, phone, address) is covered by our general privacy notice.

Giving explicit consent is optional. If you do not consent, you buy the same device and use all of its features; only the device's records are not collected by Dolpinger and no monthly report is sent.

1. What data is processed

  • Device information: device ID (a number derived from the device's hardware address), software version, battery status, operating and charging times.
  • Usage and acoustic records (only with your explicit consent): the periods the device was in the water; dolphin detection records (time, click count, estimated direction of movement), the deterrent sound the device played and whether the dolphin moved away afterwards.
  • Location (only with your explicit consent): when the device is charging and connects to the internet, technical information about the Wi-Fi networks it sees around it and the approximate location calculated from them; the IP address of the connection. The device has no GPS; the location is the approximate place where the device is charged on shore, not the position of the net at sea.
  • The device does not record sound; no speech or ambient sound is stored. Only measurements of dolphin clicks (count, interval, strength) are kept.
  • The fisher's name, boat, licence or similar details are not added to these records.
  • Your contact details (only if you asked for the monthly report): your e-mail address or mobile number, depending on the channel you chose; the report is sent there.

2. Purposes

  1. Operation of the device, software updates, fault finding, warranty and service;
  2. Storing the usage and acoustic records and giving them to you only at your request. Dolpinger does not track these records, does not monitor them on your behalf and does not share them with any other person or institution;
  3. If you wish, sending you the device report for the previous month at the start of each month through the channel you chose (e-mail or WhatsApp). The report is meant to help you plan when to take extra care with your net and device, and contains:
    • time the device worked in the water and number of days;
    • number of dolphin encounters and number of days with encounters; encounters per 10 hours in the water;
    • the time window when dolphins came most often and the split of encounters by time of day (night, morning, afternoon, evening); the busiest days;
    • number and share of dolphins that moved away after the deterrent sound, and the average encounter length;
    • a comparison of these figures with the previous month.
    The report is prepared automatically and sent only to you; it does not include species or distance estimates. If you do not want it, no report is sent.

3. Legal grounds

  • For (a): conclusion and performance of the contract (KVKK art. 5/2-c) and legitimate interest (art. 5/2-f);
  • For (b) and the processing of location data: your explicit consent (art. 5/1);
  • For (c), the monthly report: your explicit consent (art. 5/1); if you chose WhatsApp, also your explicit consent to the transfer abroad (art. 9).

4. Who receives the data

  • Your records are not transferred to any conservation, research or public institution; they are given only to you, if you ask.
  • Service providers: server hosting (Türkticaret.net, Turkey) and e-mail delivery — only as far as the service requires.
  • Transfer abroad: the records are stored on servers in Turkey (Türkticaret.net) under Dolpinger's control and are not transferred abroad. The only exception: if you choose WhatsApp for the monthly report, the report message and your phone number are delivered through the WhatsApp infrastructure (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. and its affiliates; servers located abroad). This transfer relies only on your explicit consent; if you choose e-mail or no report, nothing is transferred abroad.
  • Public authorities legally entitled to request it, on request.

Devices sold to individual customers are never assigned to an institution. If an institution (cooperative, municipality, association, university, etc.) bought the device in its own name, the records of those devices are shown only in that institution's own monitoring account and are for the institution's own use.

5. How the data is collected

If you have given consent, the data is sent automatically and electronically to Dolpinger's servers when the device is charging and connected to a Wi-Fi network. Without your consent the server does not accept or store these records.

6. Retention period

Each record is kept for 5 years from the date it was created and is then deleted automatically.

7. Your rights (KVKK art. 11)

You have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed; to request information if it is; to learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used for that purpose; to know the third parties to whom it is transferred; to request correction if it is incomplete or inaccurate, and deletion or destruction under the conditions of KVKK art. 7, and to request that these actions be notified to the recipients; to object to an outcome against you that results solely from analysis by automated systems; and to claim compensation if you suffer damage from unlawful processing.

8. Withdrawing your consent

You can withdraw your explicit consent at any time by writing to info@yunuskoruyucu.com. If you only want to stop the monthly report or change its channel (e-mail / WhatsApp), you can write to the same address or use the stop link in the report. If you withdraw your consent, your device keeps working fully, exactly as before; only its records are no longer collected, the monthly report stops and, if you wish, previously sent records are deleted. Basic device information needed for updates and warranty (ID, version, battery, IP) continues to be processed.

9. Applications

You can send your requests to info@yunuskoruyucu.com or in writing to Mimar Sinan Mah. Yavuz Selim Cad. Beşyıldız Sitesi 2. Etap Alışveriş Merkezi No:3 İç Kapı No:12 Çekmeköy / İstanbul / Türkiye. Your request will be answered free of charge within 30 days at the latest. If the English and Turkish texts differ, the Turkish text prevails.

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