Privacy Policy

Gülipek Hamit Fırat ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of everyone who visits or interacts with our website at gulipekhamitfirat.com. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, your rights, and how to contact us.

Our website loads Google Tag Manager to manage website measurement tags. Before a first-time visitor makes a choice, analytics and advertising storage preferences are set to denied through Google Consent Mode. If you consent to analytics, configured Google Analytics 4 tags may process data about how visitors use our website.

Google Tag Manager may also manage the Meta Pixel for advertising measurement. When you consent to marketing, configured Meta tags may process website and device information. Advertising consent signals are set to denied by default. Limited traffic or data processing by third-party services may still occur before you make a choice.

• Contact inquiries: If you use our contact form, email or call us, we may retain your name, email address, phone number, and the content of your message.
• Newsletter subscriptions: Your email address and optional name when you subscribe.
• Technical data: Hosting or platform providers may process technical information such as your IP address, browser type, pages requested, and time of visit. Our own website logs record basic information about requests, their outcomes and response times. They are not intended to include your form contents, email address, full IP address, sensitive access details or the contents of responses from service providers.
• Cookies: Small files placed on your device as described in the Cookies section below.
• Analytics and advertising measurement data (subject to consent signals): If you save analytics consent, configured Google Analytics 4 tags may collect:
  • Pages viewed
  • Website interactions and events (e.g. clicks on links or buttons)
  • Referral source (how you arrived at our website)
  • Device and browser information
  • Approximate geographic location (country/city level only)
  • Visit date and duration

  Our website's analytics events are not intended to include names, email addresses, telephone numbers or the contents of your inquiries. Third-party measurement tools may process information separately, and we cannot verify every aspect of their processing.

• To respond to inquiries and provide requested information about our textiles and services.
• To send occasional newsletters and updates about the house (only with your consent).
• To understand how our website is used and improve our online presence, subject to consent signals and provider behaviour.
• To comply with legal obligations.

• Consent: For newsletter subscriptions, optional analytics cookies, marketing cookies, analytics data collected by Google Analytics 4, and advertising measurement through the Meta Pixel.
• Legitimate interests: For website security, fraud prevention, and essential server logs.
• Legal obligation: Where required by applicable law.
• Contract performance: When processing data to fulfil a service or transaction.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties. We may share data with trusted service providers (e.g., hosting, email delivery) who process it only on our behalf and under confidentiality obligations. We will disclose data when legally required.

Google provides Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager. Our website communicates your saved preferences through Google Consent Mode, with analytics and advertising storage denied by default. If you consent to analytics, configured tags may process limited analytics information as described above. Limited traffic or processing may also occur before consent. Google's privacy practices are described at policies.google.com/privacy.

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, where applicable, provides the Meta Pixel through Google Tag Manager. If you save marketing consent, configured tags may process limited website interaction and device information for advertising measurement. The behaviour of these third-party tools is not independently verified, and limited traffic may occur before consent. Meta's privacy practices are described at facebook.com/privacy/policy.

We use hosting and other service providers to run this website. Their service locations may vary, and they may process personal data in countries outside your own.

Provider locations, transfer safeguards, and retention periods can change. They are described by the relevant provider's current terms and privacy notice. Data may be processed outside Turkey or your country of residence.

If you consent to analytics cookies, analytics data may be processed by Google in other countries. Please see Google's current privacy notice for information about its processing and transfers.

We store contact inquiries, including the information you submit through our forms. These records are not automatically deleted after a fixed period, and no fixed deletion date applies.

Newsletter subscriptions are processed by Brevo. After a subscription is accepted, our website may keep a temporary copy of your email address and optional name, but not a permanent newsletter archive. Brevo may retain your subscription record under its current terms and subscriber controls; we do not set a fixed retention period for that record.

Temporary records that help protect our forms have expiry periods. Their removal does not delete your inquiry or your subscription record with Brevo. Hosting, platform and other service providers may keep their own logs for separate periods outside our website's retention settings.

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access: Request a copy of your personal data we hold.
• Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
• Restriction: Request that we limit how we process your data.
• Portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
• California residents (CCPA): Rights to know, delete, and opt-out of sale of personal information. We do not sell personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@gulipekhamitfirat.com. We will respond within 30 days.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary: Required for the website to function. These cannot be disabled.
• Analytics (optional): Used by configured Google Analytics 4 tags to help us understand how visitors use our website. Analytics storage is set to denied by default, and your saved choice is communicated to the service. Google or other measurement tools may still receive limited consent-related traffic before consent. You may reject optional analytics without affecting your ability to browse the website.
• Marketing (optional): Used for advertising measurement through configured Meta tags, managed through Google Tag Manager. Advertising consent signals are set to denied by default and updated when you save your choice. Limited third-party traffic or processing may still occur before consent.
• Preference: Remember your choices (e.g., your cookie consent decision).

You can change your cookie choice at any time by clicking the Cookie Preferences button in the website footer. A new consent banner will appear allowing you to grant or withdraw analytics and marketing consent independently. Withdrawing marketing consent immediately returns advertising consent signals to denied.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have collected such data, please contact us immediately.

For any privacy-related questions, requests, or concerns:

Gülipek Hamit Fırat
Yağlıkçılar Caddesi, Cebeci Han Girişi No: 31
Beyazıt, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
Email: info@gulipekhamitfirat.com

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be published on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.