As Devrecik (Devrecik Eğitim Teknolojileri A.Ş.), we process your personal data as data controller under Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK), for the purposes and on the legal grounds set out below and in line with the principle of proportionality.
Categories of personal data
- Student and parent identity and contact details
- Age, school year, school and programme details; attendance and progress reports
- Payment and invoicing information
- Certificate number and shortened student name (in the verification tool)
- Photos and videos taken at exhibitions and competitions (only with explicit parental consent)
Purposes
Running enrolment and contract processes, planning lessons and events, collecting fees and invoicing, communicating with parents, meeting legal obligations, answering requests and complaints and, where you have given explicit consent, promotional activities.
Legal grounds
Under Article 5/2 of the KVKK your data is processed for the formation and performance of a contract, where expressly provided by law, to meet legal obligations and on the basis of legitimate interest; sharing photos and videos and sending commercial electronic messages rely on your explicit consent under Article 5/1. Data of students under 18 is processed only with the approval of a parent or guardian.
Transfers
Data may be transferred to the Ministry of National Education for certificates and course records, to the relevant competition organiser for registration (team students only, with parental consent), to our accountant and payment institution for invoicing, and to authorities with legal powers. On the learning platforms used for students’ coding accounts, nicknames are used instead of children’s real names.
Retention
Data is kept for the periods set by the relevant legislation (10 years for commercial books and records) and is then deleted, destroyed or anonymised.
Your rights
Under Article 11 of the KVKK you may learn whether your data is processed, request information, ask for correction or deletion, learn the third parties it has been transferred to, object and claim compensation. You can send your request in writing to kvkk@devrecik.com.tr or to Barbaros Mah. Begonya Sok. No: 7, Ataşehir / İstanbul, in line with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller; requests are answered free of charge within 30 days at the latest. Questions: +90 216 456 72 30.