Cookie Notice

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy applies to www.amd-media.com operated by AMD Media and sits in line with Turkey`s Personal Data Protection Law (“Law 6698”), the EU`s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”).

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies (for convenience, all of these are collectively referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties contracted by us. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

 

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. If you then return to the same website, the website recognizes the cookie and remembers your device, the choices you have made, and acts in accordance with the specific objective a cookie has. As such cookies have a name and value and one or more defined characteristics, which are returned to the website as “user-related” information. So, thanks to cookies, a website knows who you are and offers you your usual default settings.
 
 

Origins and Lifespans of Cookies

There are however classes of cookies, namely first-party cookies which are placed directly by the website. As well as third-party cookies which are created by a partner website or server. And since it would not be very beneficial if all cookies would save the same information for the same period of time, each cookie stores different data and has a lifespan (that can vary from a few minutes to a few years). In this sense, we know understand that cookies are automatically placed in the cookie folder, effectively the “brain” of your browser, that each can have a different origin, holds different information, and can have a different lifespan depending on its objective. Because of that there are several types of cookies
 
 

What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code used to provide functionality and interactivity to our website. This code is executed on our servers or on your device.
 
 

What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (also called a pixel tag), is a small invisible fragment of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on the website. To make this possible, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
 
 

Types of Cookies

The least privacy invasive type of cookies are Essential or Necessary cookies. These cookies are essential or necessary to ensure that a website works properly and is secure so that you can navigate a website and use its features. Without these cookies, certain features of a website would not function, and thus you would not be able to use certain services.

There are also Functional cookies or sometimes called convenience cookies. These cookies allow a website to remember the options a user has made (including user ID`s stored, consents given, or languages selected) and other personalization options you have selected when browsing.

Further there are also Analysis and performance cookies, which are used to monitor and improve the function and service of a website. Those can track down problems when using a website, facilitate online surveys, record visitor numbers, and provide analytics metrics.

Lastly, advertising cookies or targeting cookies. They are used to deliver customized advertising to the user. This can be very convenient, but also very annoying.

 
 

Cookies placed by us

Below you can find the cookies we use listed in accordance with their Name, Description, Lifespan, and Type. Please keep in mind that this list may be updated from time to time.

  • _ga_BCZ5Z8905H
    • This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
    • 2 years
    • Analytics
  • _ga
    • The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
    • 2 years
    • Analytics
  • _ga_TXKEC01C3E
    • This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
    • 2 years
    • Analytics
  • tccl_visitor
    • This cookie is set by the web hosting provider GoDaddy. This is a persistent cookie used for monitoring the website usage performance.
    • 1 year
    • Performance
  • _tccl_visit
    • This cookie is set by the web hosting provider GoDaddy. This is a persistent cookie used for monitoring the website usage performance.
    • 30 minutes
    • Performance
 

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics from Google Inc to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on the activities and to provide other services related to the use of our website in order to improve the user experience. When Google Analytics is used, interactions of website visitors are primarily recorded and systematically evaluated with the help of cookies. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics:

  • 3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address),
  • the website called up,
  • the website from which the user reached the accessed page of our website (referrer),
  • the subpages accessed from the website,
  • the time spent on the website
  • the frequency with which the website is accessed.

Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser accordingly. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

 
 

Google Remarketing (Google Ads)

As a further tracking technology, we have integrated Google Remarketing services on our website. Google Remarketing is a function of Google Ads that enables a company to display advertisements to Internet users who have previously visited the company’s website. The integration of Google Remarketing thus allows a company to create user-related advertising and consequently to display interest-relevant advertisements to the Internet user.

The purpose of Google Remarketing is to display interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing enables us to display advertisements via the Google advertising network or to have them displayed on other Internet pages that are tailored to the individual needs and interests of Internet users.

You have the option to object to interest-based advertising by Google. To do this, the data subject must call up the link www.google.com/settings/ads from any of the internet browsers he or she uses and make the desired settings there.

 
 

Consent

When you first visit our website, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. Once you click “Accept”, you give us your consent to use all the categories of cookies and plugins you have chosen as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies through your browser, but please note that our website may not function properly if you do so.
 
 

Your rights in relation to personal data

You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • You have the right to know why your personal data is used, what happens to it and how long it is kept.
  • You have the right to access your personal data known to us.
  • You have the right to have your personal data completed, corrected, deleted or blocked whenever you wish.
  • You have the right to request all of your personal data from one data controller and to have it transferred in its entirety to another data controller.
  • You can object to the processing of your data. We will comply unless there are legitimate grounds for processing.
  • If you have given us your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw this consent and have your personal data deleted.

To exercise these rights please contact us.

 
 

Activation/deactivation and deletion of cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify whether specific cookies should not be placed. Another option is to set your internet browser to notify you each time a cookie is placed. For more information on these options, see the instructions in the help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete the cookies from your browser, they will be placed again when you return to our website.

 
 

Questions and/or comments

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us. This Cookie Policy was last updated on Monday, 07 November 2022