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Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK) Information Notice and Explicit Consent Form

Psychiatry practice

This is an English translation provided for information. In case of any discrepancy, the Turkish version prevails.

Under Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (the “KVK Law”) and the Regulation on Personal Health Data published on 21 June 2019, Dr. Duygu Biçer acts as the “Data Controller”. Our Personal Data Processing and Destruction Policies can be obtained at Caddebostan Mahallesi Bağdat Caddesi İskele Sokak Göksu Apartmanı No:10 Kat:4 Daire:8 Caddebostan Kadıköy/İstanbul.

1. Collection of clients’ personal data and method

Within the scope of the psychiatric examination, diagnosis and treatment services provided to you, the following personal data may be processed:

  • Identity information (name, surname, Turkish ID number, etc.)
  • Contact information (telephone number, e-mail address, home address, etc.)
  • Health data (psychiatric history, diagnosis, treatment plan, prescription information, test and assessment results, etc.)
  • Appointment and examination records
  • Financial data (payment and invoice information)

Your personal data may be collected through physical application, verbally, in writing or electronically, including via GSM technologies.

2. Purposes and legal grounds for processing personal data

Your personal data may be processed for the purposes listed below, without being limited to them. Your personal data will be processed where processing personal data belonging to the parties of a contract is necessary, provided that it is directly related to the establishment or performance of that contract; where it is mandatory for the data controller to fulfil its legal obligations; where it is expressly provided for by law; and where data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interest and for the establishment, exercise or protection of a right, provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms.

  • Providing services to clients,
  • Recording and tracking client information,
  • Communicating with clients and following up,
  • Recording and following up client requests,
  • Fulfilling administrative obligations under the relevant legislation, such as the Basic Law on Health Services, the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law, the Code of Obligations and the Consumer Protection Law.

3. Transfer of personal data to third parties

The procedures and principles applicable to transfers of personal data are regulated in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVK Law; the personal data and special categories of personal data of the data subject may be transferred to authorised public institutions and organisations and to other relevant third parties.

4. Your rights as a data subject under Article 11 of the KVKK

Dear clients, you may submit requests regarding your rights by completing and signing the form available at Caddebostan Mahallesi Bağdat Caddesi İskele Sokak Göksu Apartmanı No:10 Kat:4 Daire:8 Caddebostan Kadıköy/İstanbul. Depending on the nature of the request, it will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and within thirty (30) days at the latest. However, if the process requires an additional cost, the fee set out in the tariff determined by the Board will be charged.

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to:

  • learn whether your personal data is processed,
  • request information if your personal data has been processed,
  • learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used in line with that purpose,
  • know the third parties in Turkey or abroad to whom your personal data is transferred,
  • request correction if your personal data is incomplete or inaccurate,
  • request deletion or destruction of your personal data under the conditions set out in Article 7,
  • request that third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred be notified,
  • object to a result against you arising from analysis of the processed data exclusively by automated systems,
  • claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing of your personal data.

5. Exercising the rights of the data subject

You may submit requests regarding the rights listed in this information notice free of charge, together with information and documents that identify you, by completing and signing the Application Form available at Caddebostan Mahallesi Bağdat Caddesi İskele Sokak Göksu Apartmanı No:10 Kat:4 Daire:8 Caddebostan Kadıköy/İstanbul, using the methods below or other methods determined by the KVK Board.

  1. After completing the application form, by delivering a wet-signed copy in person or by registered mail with return receipt to Caddebostan Mahallesi Bağdat Caddesi İskele Sokak Göksu Apartmanı No:10 Kat:4 Daire:8 Caddebostan Kadıköy/İstanbul,
  2. By completing the application form and sending it to Caddebostan Mahallesi Bağdat Caddesi İskele Sokak Göksu Apartmanı No:10 Kat:4 Daire:8 Caddebostan Kadıköy/İstanbul.

Explicit consent statement

I declare that I have read and understood this Information Notice and, within this scope, that I

  • consent to the processing of my personal data and special categories of personal data (including my health data) for the purposes stated above,
  • consent to their transfer to relevant persons and institutions where necessary,

of my own free will, explicitly and in an informed manner.