Personal Data Protection (KVKK)
ANKARA MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY INFORMATION NOTICE ON THE PROTECTION AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
Various personal data belonging to the stakeholders of Ankara Medipol University are processed in accordance with Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK) by Ankara Medipol University, which operates within the framework of the Higher Education Law, in its capacity as data controller. The purpose and method of processing personal data and the circumstances of their transfer are explained below.
Purpose of processing your personal data:
As a higher education institution, Ankara Medipol University collects and processes personal data primarily in line with its education, teaching and scientific research activities and in accordance with its operational purposes. In processing personal data, the University acts in compliance with the conditions set out in Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK, with due regard for the personal rights and freedoms provided for in the Constitution, personal privacy, compliance with the law, respect for individual values and preferences, and, where necessary, the explicit consent of the data subject.
Within this scope, personal data are collected and processed to the extent required by the relevant activity in the following cases:
- To carry out education and teaching activities, conduct assessment and evaluation, monitor academic progress, and retain the records required to be kept under Council of Higher Education (YÖK) legislation;
- To carry out activities relating to the administrative and academic staff of Ankara Medipol University and the employees of subcontractors providing services;
- To meet the essential needs of students, employees and short-term visitors residing in dormitories, staff housing, social facilities and similar areas on Ankara Medipol University campuses;
- To provide emergency, curative and preventive healthcare services to our students studying and residing on campus;
- Concerning visitors temporarily present on University campuses, in order to ensure a safe environment;
- Concerning individuals participating in events, courses, development programs, exhibitions, conferences, workshops and meetings organized by the University;
- To support graduates in career planning, monitor graduate success and build an alumni network;
- To preserve the cultural heritage of Ankara Medipol University, enabling the University History Archive to collect, preserve and organize information resources arising from interaction with the institutional identity, and to support work related to education, teaching, research and social, cultural and academic activities;
- To promote the fields of activity of Ankara Medipol University and reach suitable prospective students, employees and teaching staff, subject to the explicit consent of the individuals concerned.
Transfer of Your Personal Data:
In line with its education, teaching and scientific research activities, Ankara Medipol University may share your personal data for the following purposes within the framework of the conditions set out in Articles 8 and 9 of the KVKK:
- Personal information may be shared with subcontractors providing permanent or temporary services within the University and with third parties under contracts concluded with them, to the extent and for the duration required by the work. In such sharing, the rights of individuals are observed, and contracts ensuring commercial and legal security are put in place.
- In line with the University's international education and research goals, personal data may be shared, where necessary and with the explicit consent of the individual concerned, in the context of collaborations with educational institutions abroad, exchange programs, joint research, and activities carried out with the countries and diplomatic missions of foreign national staff.
Method of collecting your personal data:
Your personal data are collected through various methods, in written or electronic form, including via our institutional websites, by e-mail, and during various academic and administrative applications.
Your rights as a data subject:
Article 11 of the KVKK sets out the rights of data subjects regarding their personal data. Accordingly, natural persons whose personal data are processed by Ankara Medipol University have the right to:
- learn whether their personal data are processed;
- request information about the processed personal data;
- learn the purpose of processing and whether the data are used in line with that purpose;
- know the third parties in Turkey or abroad to whom their personal data are transferred;
- request the deletion or correction of their personal data if the reason for processing no longer exists;
- object to processing that they believe produces a result to their detriment,
as provided for in the KVKK.
For your questions and requests:
You may send your questions and applications under the KVKK, in writing and signed, together with your identity, telephone and address details, to the address below by post, deliver them in person, or forward them using a secure electronic signature to [email protected].
Your applications will be concluded free of charge within 30 days at the latest. If the request involves an additional cost, a fee may be charged according to the tariff determined by the Personal Data Protection Board.
Contact and Application Address:
Ankara Medipol University (Main Campus Rectorate)
Hacı Bayram Mah. Talatpaşa Bulvarı No: 2
Altındağ / Ankara
More information about the KVKK:
Visit http://www.kvkk.gov.tr/ for detailed information about the KVKK.