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COOKIE CLARIFICATION TEXT

Last updated: May 24, 2022

The purpose of this clarification text is to inform you regarding the processing of personal data obtained through the use of cookies during the operation of the website located at www.fuzulholding.com ("Website"), which is managed by Fuzul Holding A.Ş. ("Fuzul Holding"), belonging to Website users/members/visitors ("Data Subject").

Fuzul Holding has prepared this clarification text in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 ("Law") in force in the Republic of Türkiye, to explain which cookies are used on the Website and how Data Subjects can manage their preferences regarding this matter.

As Fuzul Holding, we may stop using the cookies we employ on the Website, change their types or functions, or start using new cookies. Therefore, we reserve the right to amend the provisions of this clarification text at any time. Any changes made to the current clarification text will become effective upon being published on the Website or any public medium. The last updated date is provided at the beginning of the text.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files, usually consisting of letters and numbers, placed in the browser or device memory when you visit any website or view any message.

Cookies are created by the servers that manage the website you visit. This way, when a visitor returns to the same website, the server can understand this. Cookies can be compared to identity cards that show website owners that the same visitor is re-visiting the website.

Cookies facilitate the use of a website by storing the status and preference settings related to that website. They are designed to obtain statistical information regarding how many people use the website in a time-proportioned manner, for what purpose, how many times a person visits the website, and how long they stay, and they are used for these purposes.

Most browsers are initially designed to accept technical communication files. However, users can always change their browser settings so that technical communication files are not accepted or a warning is given when a technical communication file is sent.

Cookies can be classified based on their owners, lifespans, and purposes of use.

For What Purposes Are Cookies Used?

As Fuzul Holding, we process your personal data through various cookies we use on the Website. Generally, the purposes of processing your personal data via cookies are listed below:

• To perform core functions necessary for the operation of the Website: For example, ensuring that logged-in members do not need to re-enter their passwords while visiting different pages on the Website.
• To analyze the Website and improve its performance: For example, integrating different servers on which the Website operates, determining the number of visitors to the Website, making performance adjustments accordingly, or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.
• To increase the functionality of the Website and provide ease of use: For example, sharing to third-party social media platforms through the Website, or remembering the username or search queries of a visitor during their subsequent visits.

In accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of the Law, your personal data is processed for the purposes listed above and based on your explicit consent where required under the Law. As Fuzul Holding, we may transfer your personal data, limited, connected, and measured with the fulfillment of the purposes set forth above and in compliance with the provisions of the Law and relevant secondary legislation, to third parties whose services our Company utilizes, our business partners, shareholders, affiliates, legally authorized public institutions and organizations, and private individuals and organizations. We would like to state that the parties to whom the data is transferred may store your personal data on their servers anywhere in the world.

Which Cookies Are Used?

Below you can find information regarding the different types of cookies we use on the Website. Both cookies placed by the website you visit (first-party cookies) and cookies placed by servers other than the website you visit (third-party cookies) are used on the Website.

• Mandatory Cookies: The use of certain cookies is mandatory for the Website to function correctly and functionally. For example, authentication cookies that active when you log into the Website ensure the continuity of your active session when you switch from one page to another on the Website.
• Functionality and Preference Cookies: These cookies remember your preferences and choices on the Website, ensuring that the services offered on the Website are personalized for you. For example, they allow us to remember your language selection on the Website or the font size you chose while reading a text.
• Performance and Analysis Cookies: Thanks to these cookies, we can analyze your use of the Website and its performance to improve the services we provide to you. For example, through these cookies, we can detect which pages our visitors view the most, whether the Website is working as intended, and potential error codes.

How Can I Control the Use of Cookies?

It is possible to delete cookies that are already on your computer and block internet browsers from saving/placing cookies. Internet browsers are pre-defined to automatically accept cookies. Since managing cookies varies from browser to browser, you can consult the help menu of the browser or application for detailed information.

Most internet browsers allow you to do the following:

• View saved cookies and delete whichever you wish
• Block third-party cookies
• Block cookies from specific sites
• Block all cookies
• Delete all cookies when you close the internet browser

When you choose to delete cookies, your preferences on the website are deleted. Furthermore, if you choose to block cookies completely, many websites and digital platforms may not function properly.

To Control Cookies on Your Mobile Device:

On Apple Devices:

• You can clear your browsing history and cookies by following the steps "Settings -> Safari -> Clear History and Website Data".
• To delete cookies while keeping your history, you can follow the steps "Settings -> Safari -> Advanced -> Website Data -> Remove All Website Data".
• If you do not want history data to be kept while visiting sites: You can activate private browsing by following the steps "Safari -> icon -> Private -> Done".
• You can block cookies with the steps "Settings -> Safari -> Block All Cookies". However, when you block cookies, some websites and features may not function properly.

On Android Devices:

• You can clear your cookies with the option "Chrome app -> Settings -> Privacy -> Clear browsing data -> Cookies, media licenses and site data -> Clear Data".
• You can allow or block cookies with the option "Chrome App -> Settings -> Site Settings -> Cookies".