COOKIE POLICY
Mark Valentine INC., operating at New York, USA, uses cookies (“Cookie/Cookies”) through the website www.markvalentineus.com
(“Website”) in connection with the services provided to registered members and visitors (collectively referred to as “User(s)”) during their visits to the Website.
The use of cookies is carried out in compliance with applicable legislation, primarily the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and other relevant regulations to which the Company is subject. The Company may not disclose Users’ personal data to third parties or use such data outside the purposes of processing, in violation of the Information Notice and KVKK provisions.
What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are very small text files, usually consisting of letters and numbers, that are stored on your computer (or other devices such as smartphones or tablets) via browsers by the websites you visit. Cookies do not contain personal data such as name, gender, or address.
How Are Cookies Used?
The Company uses cookies in order to:
Remember your preferences and personalize your website/mobile application/mobile site experience.
Store your password and keep your website/mobile application/mobile site session open, eliminating the need to re-enter your password during each visit.
Recognize and remember you on your subsequent visits to the website/mobile application/mobile site.
Identify how you use the website/mobile application/mobile site, including where and from which devices you access the platforms, which content you view, and the duration of your visit.
Provide content and advertisements tailored to your interests, in other words, for targeted advertising/promotional purposes.
Perform essential functions required for the operation of the platforms.
Analyze platforms and improve their performance.
Enhance platform functionality and ease of use.
Cookie Management
Depending on the type of internet browser you use, you may learn about cookies and exercise your right to allow or block them by following the steps below:
Google Chrome: Click the “lock icon” or the “i” symbol in the address bar, then manage cookies via the “Cookies” section.
Internet Explorer: Click “Tools” in the upper-right corner of your browser, select the “Security” tab, and manage cookie settings by allowing or blocking them.
Mozilla Firefox: Click the “Open Menu” button in the upper-right corner, select “Options,” and manage cookies via the “Privacy & Security” section.
Other browsers (such as Opera, Microsoft Edge): Please review the help or support pages of the relevant browser.
Safari: On your device, go to “Settings,” select “Safari,” and manage cookies via the “Privacy & Security” section.
Rejecting Persistent or Session Cookies
If you reject persistent cookies or session cookies, you may continue to use the website, mobile application, and mobile site; however, you may not be able to access all features or your access may be limited. This situation may vary for mobile applications.
Types of Cookies by Purpose of Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the platforms. They are required for system administration and prevention of fraudulent activities. If blocked, the platforms may not function properly.
Analytics / Performance Cookies
These cookies enable the analysis and understanding of platform performance and user interaction, allowing improvements to be made. The use of these cookies can be blocked.
Functional and Analytical Cookies
These cookies are used to provide users with a more convenient and enhanced experience. They remember previous preferences, enable easier access to certain content, ensure effective platform use, optimize platforms according to user requests, and analyze how visitors use the platforms. Due to their nature, such cookies may contain personal data such as usernames. The use of these cookies can be blocked.
Examples of functional and analytical cookies used on the platforms include, but are not limited to:
Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, Adform Data Management Platform, Criteo, Teads, Neustar, Pubmatic, and Oracle Data Management (BlueKai).
Targeting / Advertising / Commercial Cookies
These cookies are used to identify and display content, including advertisements, that may be of interest to users. They help deliver similar products or content based on users’ interests and preferences, providing a more personalized advertising experience and improving overall user experience.
Flash Cookies
These are cookies used to enable visual or audio content on the platforms.
Third-Party Cookies
The platforms work with trusted and well-known third-party advertising providers. These third-party service providers place their own cookies in order to deliver personalized advertisements. Cookies placed by third parties collect, process, and analyze visitors’ browsing information and how the platforms are used.
Types of Cookies by Storage Duration
Persistent Cookies
These cookies remain on the user’s computer or mobile device until deleted by the user or until they expire on a specified date. They are generally used to measure user preferences and site behavior.
Session Cookies
These cookies divide a user’s visit into sessions and do not collect personal data. They are deleted when the user remains inactive for a certain period or closes the platform.
Social Media Integration and Cookie Use
The platforms use both first-party and third-party cookies to collect information, remember demographic data and interests, measure advertisement impressions, and determine visit counts. When the platforms are visited and these plugins are used, the platform connects directly to the selected social network’s servers. The content provided by the plugin is transmitted directly from the social network to the web browser and integrated into the visited website.
The Company has no control over the data processed by social networks via these plugins. For more information about how social networks process personal data, including purposes, methods, and retention periods, users should carefully review the privacy policies published by the relevant social networks.
Certain cookies are mandatory for the proper functioning of the platforms. If cookie usage is blocked, users may need to re-enter information on each visit, and some services provided by the Company online may not function properly or certain pages may not be accessible.
This Cookie Policy has been prepared to inform Users about the cookies used or that may be used by the Company and to notify Users that they have control over cookie management. The Company reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy at any time.