Cookie Policy

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are very small text files, usually composed of letters and numbers, that are saved to your computer (or other devices such as smartphones or tablets) by browsers of the websites you visit. Cookies do not include personal information about visitors, such as name, gender or address.

Cookies are generated by servers that manage the website you visit. By this way, the server can understand when a visitor visits the same site. Cookies can be likened to identity cards that show website owners that the same visitor is visiting the site again.

WHO IS DATA CONTROLLER? 

As Pubinno İnovasyon Arge Pazarlama A.Ş (“Pubinno”) we are a data controller who is the legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data and is responsible for the establishment and management of the data filing system. 

HOW ARE DATA CONTROLLER COOKIES USED?

Data Controller cookies;

  • are used in order to remember your preferences and personalize your use of the website/mobile application/ mobile site. This utilization: 
  • includes the cookies that record your password and keep your website/mobile app/ mobile site logged in continuously, saving you the trouble of entering passwords multiple times each time you visit, and 
  • the cookies that remember and recognize you on subsequent visits to the website/mobile application / mobile site.
  • are used in order to determine how you use the website/mobile application/mobile site, including where and from which devices you connect to the electronic trading platforms operated by the Data Controller, what content you display on the website/mobile application/mobile site and in order to determine how you use the website/mobile application/ mobile site, such as the duration of your visit. 
  • Performing basic functions necessary for the operation of the Site. For example, Site members can login with membership information. 
  • Analyzing the Site and improving the performance of the Site. For example, identifying the numbers of visitors of the Site and adjusting performance accordingly or making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.
  • Increasing the functionality of the Site and providing ease of use. For example, remembering the username or search queries on a subsequent visit of the visitor to the Site or linking to third-party social media activities through the Site.
  • Performing personalization, targeting and advertising. For example, showing ads about visitors’ interests on the pages and products that visitors have displayed previously. 

HOW DOES THE DATA CONTROLLER USE THIRD PARTY COOKIES FOR ADVERTISING AND RETARGETING PURPOSES?

Data Controller cookies may also be used in order to offer you the advertisements that you may be interested in when you visit the website, mobile application or mobile site and/or websites of the Data Controller of the electronic trading platforms operated by the Data Controller or when you visit the websites on which the ads are placed by the Data Controller or when you visit the search engines, for the purpose of activating the “advertising technology” thereto. The advertising technology uses information about your previous visits to the website/mobile application /mobile site and to the websites / mobile / mobile site applications on which the ads are placed by the Data Controller, in order to offer you specific ads according to your interests. While offering such ads, a unique third-party cookie may be placed in your browser so that the Data Controller can recognize you.

The Data Controller is also using Google, Inc. (“Google”), which is a web analytics service provided by Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses cookies for the purpose of analyzing how the visitors use the website/mobile application/ mobile site through statistical information/reports thereof. For more information about using the Google Analytics (including rejection options), please visit the following website: https://www.google.com/intl/tr/policies/privacy/#infocollect. As Data Controller we are using Yandex Metrica to analyze how the visitors use the website/mobile application/ mobile site through statistical information/reports thereof. For more information about using the Yandex Metrica please visit the following website:  https://metrica.yandex.com/about/info/privacy-policy

In addition to this, your e-mail address is shared with these platforms, in order to offer you the ads that may be interesting for you on social media platforms and in order to create a special target audience. Your e-mail address is transmitted through secure channels and environments provided by these platforms. Social media platforms use your e-mail address only for matching purposes, by hashing your email. Your email address is not shared with third parties or other advertisers and it is deleted from the social media platforms, as soon as possible after the matching process is completed.

MANAGEMENT OF COOKIES 

Depending on your Internet browser type, you can exercise your right to learn about cookies and allow or reject the cookies by following the below given steps:

  • Google Chrome: You can allow or block cookies from the “Cookie” tab by clicking the “lock mark” or “i” in the “address section” of your browser.
  • Internet Explorer: Click on the “Tools” section at the top right corner of your browser and click on the “Security” segment and manage your cookies either by “allowing” them or by “not allowing” them.
  • Mozilla Firefox: Click on the “open menu” section at the top right corner of your browser and click on the “Options” segment and manage your cookies by using the “Privacy and Security” button here. 
  • For other browsers (such as Opera, Microsoft Edge), you may review the help or support pages of relevant browsers. 
  • Safari: Select the “safari” segment from the “Adjustments” section of your smartphone and manage your cookies by using the “Privacy and Security” section. 
  • Along with the above-mentioned options, you may also visit the address of: https://www.allaboutcookies.org, https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ in order to learn more about all of the cookies and for cookie management or you may use the “Privacy Badger” application. (https://www.eff.org/tr/privacybadger)
  • For the management of the cookies or SDK in mobile applications, you may follow the instructions given in the Privacy or Adjustments sections of your device or you may download and use the Lumen Privacy Monitor (https://haystack.mobi) to your smartphone. 

If you reject the persistent cookies or session cookies, you may still continue to use that website, mobile application or mobile site, however you may not be able to access the overall functions of that website, mobile application or mobile site or you may have limited access. This matter may vary depending on the mobile applications. 

COOKIE TYPES 

Types of Cookies depending on the durations of use: The electronic trading platforms operated by the Data Controller use session cookies and persistent cookies on the websites, mobile applications and mobile sites according to their duration of use. The session cookie ends when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard disk for a long time or indefinitely.

Types of cookies depending on the owner or the party placing the cookie: Data Controller cookies “first party cookies” and “third party cookies” are used on the websites, mobile applications and mobile sites of the electronic trading platforms operated by the Data Controller, depending on the party placing such cookies on such websites. Data Controller cookies are generated by the Data Controller and the third-party cookies are managed by third party companies that we work in collaboration with. 

Types of cookies depending on the intended use: The technical cookies, verification cookies, targeting/advertising cookies, personalization cookies and analytical cookies are used on the websites, mobile applications and mobile sites of the electronic trading platforms operated by the Data Controller, depending on their intended use. By using these cookies, the Data Controller, determines the characteristics that separate the members from each other and segregates the members into large groups for the purpose of offering suitable campaigns and advertisements according to the preferences and tastes of the members and it conducts statistical studies in order to determine their spending habits basing on the categories such as average spending amounts, age, gender, shopping categories, mobile usage rate and etc. habits. 

Session Cookies 

Session cookies are temporary cookies used during our visitors’ visits to the Site, which are deleted after the browser is closed. The main purpose of using such cookies is to ensure the proper functioning of the Site during your visit. For example; it is enabled for you to fill multiple forms of online forms.

Persistent Cookies 

Persistent cookies are types of cookies which are used in order to improve the functionality of the Site and to provide a faster and better service to our visitors. These types of cookies are used in order to remember the preferences of our visitors and they are stored on the device used by browsers. Some certain types of these persistent cookies may also be used in order to provide you with specific recommendations, by taking into account your intended use of the Site.

By virtue of the persistent cookies, if you re-visit the Site with the same device, it will check whether your device has a cookie created by the Site, and if so, it will tell you that you have visited the site before, and the content to be communicated to you will be determined accordingly, and therefore a better service will be provided to you.

Technical Cookies

Technical cookies are used in order to ensure the operation of the Site and the non-functioning pages and areas of the website are determined by using these cookies. 

Verification Cookies

If visitors log into the Site using their passwords, such cookies will prevent the user from re-entering the password on each one of the pages visited, by identifying that the visitor is the site user during the visit of each page on the Site.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These are the types of cookies which are used in order to customize the ads offered to users on the Site and to prevent displaying such ads again.

Personalization Cookies

These are the types of cookies which are used in order to remember the preferences of the users, when visiting different Site pages. For example, remembering your choice of language.

Analytic Cookies

Analytical cookies are cookies that provide the production of analytical results such as the numbers of visitors of the Site, the detection of pages displayed on the Site, Site visit hours, Site page scrolling movements, etc.

The details regarding the cookies given place on the website of the Data Controller are given in the below table:

Cookie Service Provider

Cookie Name

Cookie Purpose

Cookie Type

Cookie Duration

Pubinno.com

age_gate

Storing age data for access permission

Session Cookie

Until the session ends

Pubinno.com

Is_smartpush

Used to track visitors on multiple websites in order to present relevant advertisements based on the visitor’s preferences.

Persistent Cookie

2 months

Google.com

_ga

Used to identify unique users

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

_gat

Used to throttle request rate

Persistent Cookie

1 minute

Google.com

_gid

Used to store information of how visitors use a website

Persistent Cookie

1 day

Google.com

1P_JAR

Register anonymous statistical data on embedded video

Persistent Cookie

1 month

Google.com

ANID

Used for advertising served across the web and stored in google.com

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

APISID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

HSID

Build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

NID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

6 months

Google.com

SAPISID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

SID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

SIDCC

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Google.com

SSID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

_Secure-1PAPISID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

_Secure-1PSID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

_Secure-1PSIDCC

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Google.com

_Secure-3PAPISID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

_Secure-3PSID

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Google.com

_Secure-3PSIDCC

Used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Google.com

OTZ

Provides an aggregate analysis of website visitors

Persistent Cookie

1 month

Google.com

DV

Used to save the user’s preferences and other information

Persistent Cookie

10 minutes

Yandex.metrica

_ym_d

Store first visit to the site

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Yandex.metrica

_ym_isad

Detecting whether user uses ad blockers

Persistent Cookie

2 days

Yandex.metrica

_ym_uid

Used to collect non-personal information on the visitor’s website behavior and nonpersonal visitor statistics.

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Yandex.metrica

_ym_visorc

Allows Session Replay to function correctly

Persistent Cookie

30 minutes

Yandex.metrica

_ym_mp2_substs

Used for Target Call

Session Cookie

Until the session ends

Yandex.metrica

_ym_mp2_track

Used for Target Call

Session Cookie

Until the session ends

Yandex.metrica

metrika_enabled

Checks whether other Yandex.Metrica cookies are installed correctly

Persistent Cookie

60 minutes

Yandex.metrica

i

Used for identifying site users

Persistent Cookie

10 years

Yandex.metrica

yandexuid

Used for identifying site users

Persistent Cookie

20 years

Yandex.metrica

yuidss

Used for identifying site users

Persistent Cookie

20 years

Yandex.metrica

ymex

Stores auxiliary information for Yandex.Metrica performance: ID creation time and their alternative values.

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Yandex.metrica

yp

Used to measure and analyze the traffic of this website.

Persistent Cookie

10 years

Yandex.metrica

usst

Stores auxiliary information for syncing site user IDs between different Yandex domains

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Yandex.metrica

yabs-sid

Session ID

Session Cookie

Until the session ends

Doubleclick.net

DSID

Used to identify a signed-in user on non-Google sites and to remember whether the user has agreed to ad personalization.

Persistent Cookie

2 weeks

Doubleclick.net

IDE

Used for serving targeted advertisements that are relevant to users across the web.

Persistent Cookie

18 months

Doubleclick.net

RUL

Determine whether website ads are properly displayed.

Persistent Cookie

6 months

Youtube.com

APISID

Enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

CONSENT

Register anonymous statistical data on embedded video

Persistent Cookie

20 years

Youtube.com

HSID

Enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

SAPISID

Enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

SID

Enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

SSID

Enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

LOGIN_INFO

Enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

SIDCC

Expanding insights into customers’ website behavior. Here we link a unique customer number for cross-device insights and CRM data.

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Youtube.com

PREF

Collects visitor information and adjusted preferred settings.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Collects visitor information and adjusted preferred settings.

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Youtube.com

YSC

Collects visitor information and adjusted preferred settings.

Session Cookie

Until the session ends

Youtube.com

__Secure-1PAPISID

Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

__Secure-1PSID

Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

__Secure-3PAPISID

Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

__Secure-3PSIDCC

Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Youtube.com

__Secure-3PSID

Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.

Persistent Cookie

2 years

Youtube.com

wide

Register anonymous statistical data on embedded video

Session Cookie

Until the session ends

Vimeo.com

player

Plays embedded video hosted on Vimeo

Persistent Cookie

1 year

Vimeo.com

vuid

Store the user’s usage history

Persistent Cookie

2 years