Protection of the personal data is among top priorities of Characterix Educational Services Inc. (hereinafter referred to as 'Characterix'), and it makes the maximum effort to comply with all applicable legislation in this regard. Herein Personal Data Protection, Processing and Privacy Agreement ('Agreement') brings provisions in line with the Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698 ('LPPD' or “Law”) and provides the necessary transparency by informing data subjects. With the full awareness of our responsibility within this scope, your personal data is processed and protected in accordance with this Agreement. We present the following explanations to the attention of our customers and third parties using our website, in order to fulfill our obligation to inform as stipulated by the Article 10 of the LPPD numbered 6698. By visiting the website www.characterix.com and requesting to make use of the services that we offer via this website, you are deemed to have agreed with the terms of conditions of the Agreement hereby.

Characterix aims to protect fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, especially the privacy of the private life, at the highest level. The relevant legal regulations in force regarding the protection and processing of personal data will primarily be applied. Accordingly, Characterix accepts and undertakes that it will take the highest level of care for the security and privacy of your personal data, and that it will fulfill all responsibilities stipulated by the LLPD.

The Protection and Processing of Personal Data Policy aims to protect automatically obtained personal data of our customers, prospective customers, employees, customers or employees of the companies working in a solution partnership with us or any other persons, and includes regulations regarding those. Characterix reserves the right to update this policy any time in accordance with any changes in the legislation in force.

By 'Characterix Educational Services Inc.', in its capacity as Data Controller in accordance with the LLPD numbered 6698, in the framework of this Agreement, your personal data will be saved, stored, updated, can be disclosed/transferred to third persons when allowed by the legislation, classified and processed in the ways mentioned in the LLPD.

We process your collected personal data in order to perform, offer and develop the Characterix product/services. These purposes are; We use your personal data in order to offer, troubleshoot, and develop Characterix Services, and to ensure the functionality, evaluate the performance, fix the errors and improve the effectiveness and practicality of the Characterix Services. Recommendations and personalization; We use your personal data in order to identify your preferences, personalize your Characterix Services experience, and recommend features, products and services that might be of interest to you by sending electronic messages of advertisement, promotion, campaign, presentation, etc. Providing quality service by collaborating with solution partners; Characterix offers its personality inventory with analytical reporting capabilities to its customers which can be used in professional life, personal development, or education by conducting online tests and subsequently preparing personalized reports, and also offers consultancy services regarding these test and reports. Characterix processes/uses your personal data in order to obtain accurate data from the personality tests which can be accessed on www.characterix.com, and then to offer the service of creating a personalized report and to present it to the customer. With the approval of our customers, aforementioned test and reports can be shared with the individuals, institutions and our solution partners that make use of our services. To adapt the services we provide to our customers to the requirements of the Contract and the technology, to improve offered products and services, To communicate with our customers and related parties about the conditions, current status and updates of the Distance Sales Contract, Corporate Sales Contract or other contracts concluded with Characterix, to be able to provide the necessary notifications, To be able to offer suggestions to our customers by our contracted institutions and solution partners, to inform our customers about our services, To be able to evaluate customer complaints and suggestions regarding our services, To be able to fulfill our legal obligations and to use our rights arising from the current legislation, To be able to provide information to public officials on public security issues upon request and in accordance with legislation, Planning commercial and business strategies, Your personal data may be processed in order to ensure legal, technical and commercial-business security of the related persons or institutions that have a business relationship with Characterix.

6.1. Personal data are processed with the explicit consent of the data subject.
6.2. Personal data may be processed without seeking the explicit consent of the data subject in cases it is expressly provided by the laws, it is necessary for company's compliance with a legal obligation, establishment or protection of a right, or for the legitimate interests pursued by the company, and in other cases specified in the law.
6.3. Personal data of special nature is the personal data relating to the race, ethnic origin, political opinion, philosophical belief, religion, religious sect or other belief, appearance, membership to associations, foundations or trade-unions, data concerning health, sexual life, criminal convictions and security measures, and the biometric and genetic data. Personal data of special nature may be processed according to the terms stated in this agreement and by taking all necessary administrative and technical measures, including methods determined by the Board. Characterix may process personal data of special nature in order to provide better service and for the purpose it is collected with the consent of the data subject.
6.4. Regarding the data processed through automated systems, Characterix acts in accordance with the law. Information obtained from these data cannot be used against the persons without their express consent. However, Characterix can make decisions about the people it will take action on using the data in its own system.

The purpose of processing personal data is parallel with the purpose of transferring the data. Personal data may be transferred to our business partners, solution partners, legally authorized public institutions, private persons, organizations or third parties, in accordance with the fulfillment of the service and the requirements of the business relationship, within the framework of the conditions specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law.

Your personal data are collected electronically by Characterix in various ways in order to create a personality inventory and to provide testing and reporting services. Your personal data can be processed and transferred in accordance with the basic principles, data processing conditions and exceptions stipulated by the law.

We declare that as a data subject you are entitled to the following rights in accordance with the Article 11 of the law: Learn whether your personal data are processed or not, Request information if your personal data are processed, Learn the purpose of personal data processing and whether this data is used for intended purposes, Know the third parties to whom personal data are transferred at home or abroad, Request the rectification of the incomplete or inaccurate data, if any, and request notification of third parties to whom personal data has been transferred regarding the procedure carried out in this context, Request the erasure or destruction of personal data despite being processed under the provisions of this Law and other related laws, upon disappearance of reasons which require the process, and request notification of third parties to whom personal data has been transferred regarding the procedure carried out in this context, Object to the processing, exclusively by automatic means, of personal data, which leads to an unfavorable consequence for the data subject, Request compensation for the damage arising from the unlawful processing of personal data. You can send your request to exercise your above-mentioned rights to our company by filling out the contact form available at www.characterix.com. Depending on the nature of your request, your application will be concluded free of charge as soon as possible and the latest within thirty days; however, if the action requires an extra cost, we may charge you a fee according to the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board. Our company may act on the request or refuse it with an explanation of the grounds for the rejection.

Your personal data is within the scope of 'Confidential Data'. All necessary technical and administrative measures are taken to protect the personal data collected by Characterix and to prevent unauthorized access, and to prevent our customers and prospective customers from becoming victims. In this context, it is ensured that the softwares complies with the standards and that the data protection policy is respected within the company. Characterix shares individuals' test inventory and reports with their consent. Characterix will take the necessary measures to ensure that its solution partners and persons/instutions with whom it has a business relationship act in accordance with this confidentiality. For the privacy and security of your personal data, Characterix improves and updates its measures by following the developing technology.

11.1. The person taking the personality test must comply with the informative texts on solving the test on www.characterix.com, and take the test by providing accurate information sincerely. Only in this case will the report results be efficient. Even though these personality inventories are based on the scientific researches that Characterix has made for years and their unique software, there is always a margin of error as they are based on user statements. The result does not guarantee accuracy in reports. This test does not make an evaluation based on a scale of good/bad. The person accepts and declares that he/she will not enter into an argument on the accuracy/inaccurracy of the report and values resulting from the test or inventory and that he/she understands the purpose and nature of the tests.
11.2. Characterix reserves the right to change, stop or limit the scope and functionality of the website at any time. Even though it strives to provide services without technical failures, especially maintenance work, improvement work and/or other malfunctions may limit the availability of use and/or sometimes stop it. Meanwhile, data loss may also occur. For this reason, Characterix does not warrant the availability of the service or the absence of technical malfunctions or data loss.

All rights of the Characterix personality inventory, test questions, report contents, and the content of www.characterix.com website is exclusively owned by Characterix. These cannot be used, copied, reproduced, processed beyond the limits of personal use or for commercial purposes without the permission of Characterix.