Protecting the privacy of visitors to the website (woologger.com) operated by Woologger (“COMPANY” or “Company Name”) as the data controller is one of our foremost principles. This Cookie Usage Policy (“Policy”) explains to all our website visitors and users what types of cookies are used under what conditions.

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device or on the network server by the websites you visit.

They are generally used to provide you with a personalized experience while using the website you visit, to improve the services offered, and to enhance your experience, and can contribute to ease of use while browsing a website. If you prefer not to use cookies, you can delete or block them from your browser’s settings. However, we would like to remind you that this may affect your use of our website. We will assume that you accept the use of cookies on this site unless you change your cookie settings from your browser.

WHAT TYPES OF DATA ARE PROCESSED IN COOKIES?

Cookies on websites, depending on their type, collect data related to your browsing and usage preferences on the device you visit the site from. This data includes information about the pages you access, the services and products you review, your preferred language option, and other preferences.

WHAT IS A COOKIE AND WHAT ARE ITS PURPOSES?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device or network server by browsers through the websites you visit. These small text files, which contain your preferred language and other settings on the site, help us remember your preferences on your next visit to the site and make improvements to our services to enhance your experience on the site. This way, you can have a better and personalized usage experience on your next visit.

The main purposes of using cookies on our website are listed below:

• To improve the services we offer to you by increasing the functionality and performance of the website,
• To improve the Website and offer new features through the Website and personalize the features offered according to your preferences,
• To ensure the legal and commercial security of you and Woologger on the Website, to prevent fraudulent transactions from being carried out on the Site,
• To fulfill legal and contractual obligations, especially those arising from Law No. 5651 on Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications and the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Regulation of Publications on the Internet.

TYPES OF COOKIES USED ON OUR WEBSITE

3.1. Session Cookies

Session cookies ensure that the website functions properly during your visit. They are used for purposes such as ensuring your security and continuity during your visit to our sites. Session cookies are temporary cookies, they are deleted when you close your browser and come back to our site, they are not permanent.

3.2. Persistent Cookies

This type of cookies is used to remember your preferences and is stored on your device via browsers. Persistent cookies remain stored even after you close your browser or restart your computer when you visit our site. These cookies are kept in the subfolders of your browser until they are deleted from your browser settings.

Some types of persistent cookies can be used to offer you special recommendations considering factors such as your purpose of using the Website.

Thanks to persistent cookies, if you visit our Website again with the same device, it is checked whether there is a cookie created by our Website on your device, and if there is, it is understood that you have visited the site before and the content to be delivered to you is determined accordingly, thus providing you with better service.

3.3. Mandatory/Technical Cookies

These are mandatory cookies for the website you visit to function properly. The purpose of this type of cookies is to provide necessary services by ensuring the site works. For example, they allow you to access secure areas of the website, use its features, and navigate on it.

3.4. Analytical Cookies

They collect information about how the website is used, the frequency and number of visits, and show how visitors access the site. The purpose of using this type of cookies is to improve the way the site functions by increasing performance and determining the general trend direction. They do not contain data that can identify visitors. For example, they show the number of error messages displayed or the most visited pages.

3.5. Functional Cookies

They remember the choices made by the visitor within the site and remember them on the next visit. The purpose of this type of cookies is to provide ease of use to visitors. For example, it prevents the site user from re-entering their password on each page they visit.

3.6. Targeting/Advertising Cookies

They allow measuring the effectiveness of advertisements presented to visitors and calculating how many times the ads have been viewed. The purpose of this type of cookies is to present advertisements customized to visitors’ areas of interest.

Similarly, they allow the detection of areas of interest specific to visitors’ browsing and the presentation of appropriate content. For example, they prevent the ad shown to the visitor from being shown again in a short time.

HOW ARE COOKIE PREFERENCES MANAGED?

To change your preferences regarding the use of cookies or to block or delete cookies, it is sufficient to change your browser settings.
Many browsers offer you options to control cookies, such as accepting or rejecting cookies, accepting only certain types of cookies, or being warned by the browser when a website requests to store a cookie on your device.

It is also possible to delete cookies previously saved in your browser.

If you disable or reject cookies, you may need to manually adjust some preferences, and some features and services on the website may not function properly because we cannot recognize and associate your account.

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

The Website Privacy Policy is dated [date]. In case of renewal of the entire Policy or certain articles, the effective date of the Policy will be updated. The Privacy Policy is published on Woologger’s website (www.woologger.com) and made available to data subjects upon request of personal data owners.

This Cookie Policy can be changed by Woologger at any time. The changes made come into effect on the date they are published on Woologger’s website. When you visit our site, you accept the current Cookie Policy. Therefore, we recommend that you review the Cookie Policy every time you visit our site.

If you have any questions about the Cookie Policy, please don’t hesitate to contact us. You can find our contact information on our website.