Modern Sanatlar Akademisi

0212 871 15 02

Personal Data Protection Notice (KVKK)

Under Turkish Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”), Modern Sanatlar Akademisi (the “Academy”), as data controller, would like to inform you about the purposes for which your personal data is processed and about your rights.

1. Data Controller

Modern Sanatlar Akademisi, Adnan Kahveci Mah., Yavuz Sultan Selim Blv. No:23 Floor 3, 34528 Beylikdüzü/Istanbul, Türkiye – Email: modernsanatlarakademisi@gmail.com – Phone: +90 212 871 15 02

2. Personal Data Processed

  • Identity details: first name, surname, date of birth (for students and parents)
  • Contact details: phone number, email address, postal address
  • Education details: enrolled discipline, timetable, attendance and progress
  • Financial details: payment and invoicing information
  • Visual and audio data: photos and videos taken at workshops, performances and events (with your explicit consent)
  • Website usage data: IP address, cookie data, messages sent through forms

3. Purposes of Processing

  • Responding to enrolment, initial consultation and information requests
  • Planning and delivering our educational services
  • Handling payments, invoicing and accounting
  • Contacting you about lessons, events and announcements
  • Fulfilling our legal obligations
  • Promotional and social media posts, with your explicit consent

4. Legal Grounds and Method of Collection

Your personal data is collected through the forms on our website, by phone, WhatsApp and email, and through registration forms completed at the academy. It is processed on the legal grounds set out in Article 5 of the KVKK: the formation and performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, legitimate interest and, where necessary, explicit consent.

5. Transfer of Personal Data

Limited to the purposes above, your personal data may be transferred to authorised public bodies, our accounting and legal advisers, payment service providers, and the suppliers we use for website hosting, email and forms. Some of these providers may have servers abroad; in that case, transfers are made in accordance with Article 9 of the KVKK.

6. Retention Period

Your personal data is kept for as long as the purpose of processing requires and for the legal retention periods set by the relevant legislation; when that period ends, it is deleted, destroyed or anonymised.

7. Your Rights

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you have the right to learn whether your personal data is processed; to request information if it is; to learn the purpose of processing; to know the third parties it is transferred to; to request correction if it is incomplete or inaccurate, or its deletion or destruction; to object to an outcome against you resulting from analysis by automated systems; and to claim compensation if you suffer damage due to unlawful processing.

You can send your requests in writing to the address above or by email to modernsanatlarakademisi@gmail.com. Your request will be resolved free of charge within 30 days at the latest.