Data controller
This notice is provided for information purposes under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data controller: Lion Global Kükürt İthalat İhracat Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi (“Lion Global Sulphur”), Istanbul, Türkiye. Email: info@lionsulphur.com
What data we collect
This website is not a membership or e-commerce site. Apart from the cases listed below, it does not collect personal data from visitors; visitor statistics are collected only with your consent.
- Quote form: When you fill in the form, the information is not stored on this website; it opens as a ready-made message in your email app. If you send it, your name, company, email address, phone number and the details of your request reach us by email.
- Email, phone and WhatsApp: The contact details and correspondence you share when you write to us or call us directly.
- Server logs: For security and operational purposes, the server hosting the website may briefly log the IP address, date and time, requested page and browser information.
- Visitor statistics (only with your consent): If you select “Accept” in the cookie banner, Google Analytics collects online identifiers (cookie ID), the pages you visit, where you came to the site from, your approximate location (country, city), and device, operating system and browser information.
Cookies
Non-essential cookies are used only with your consent. No advertising, remarketing or social media cookies are used. Fonts, images and videos are loaded from the website’s own server.
Analytics cookies — Google Analytics 4: If you select “Accept” in the banner shown on your first visit, Google Analytics is loaded and the _ga and _ga_<ID> cookies are placed in your browser (maximum lifetime 2 years). If you select “Decline”, Google Analytics is not loaded at all and no cookies are placed. Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. The service provider is Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland).
Necessary record: Your cookie choice is kept in your browser’s local storage so that you are not asked again on every page. This record is used for no purpose other than remembering your choice and is not sent anywhere.
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time via the “Cookie settings” link at the bottom of every page. When you withdraw your consent, Google Analytics is no longer loaded and the cookies previously placed are deleted.
Purposes and legal bases
- Responding to your quote and information requests and conducting contract negotiations — processing directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract (KVKK Art. 5(2)(c); GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)).
- Keeping records of business correspondence — compliance with a legal obligation (KVKK Art. 5(2)(ç); GDPR Art. 6(1)(c)).
- Ensuring the security of the website — legitimate interest (KVKK Art. 5(2)(f); GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
- Measuring and improving the use of the website through visitor statistics — your explicit consent (KVKK Art. 5(1); GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). You may withdraw your consent at any time; withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.
Who we share data with
Your personal data is not sold and is not passed on to third parties for marketing purposes. Data may be shared only to the extent required by the service: with our email and hosting providers, with our logistics and inspection partners if your request turns into a shipment, and with legally authorised bodies.
As the servers of our email and hosting services are located abroad, your data is transferred abroad in accordance with KVKK Art. 9, within the framework of the conclusion of standard contracts announced by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board, adequacy decisions, or other legal safeguards provided for by the legislation. If you consent to Google Analytics, statistical data is processed by Google Ireland Limited and its affiliate Google LLC (USA); this transfer also takes place within the framework of the same legal safeguards.
How long we keep data
We keep your requests and correspondence for the duration of the business relationship and for the retention periods required by applicable law. At the end of these periods, the data is erased, destroyed or anonymised. Server logs are deleted automatically after a short time. Statistical data in Google Analytics is kept for a maximum of 14 months.
Your rights
Under KVKK Art. 11 and the GDPR, you have the right to:
- Learn whether your personal data is being processed and, if so, request information about it
- Learn the purpose of the processing and whether the data is used in line with that purpose
- Know the third parties to whom the data is transferred, in Türkiye or abroad
- Request rectification if the data is incomplete or inaccurate
- Request erasure or destruction
- Request that corrections and erasures be notified to the third parties to whom the data was transferred
- Object to an outcome against you resulting from analysis by automated systems
- Claim compensation if you suffer damage due to unlawful processing
How to apply
You can send your requests to ugur@lionsulphur.com from the email address you have previously notified to us and that is registered in our records, or use a secure electronic signature or KEP (Turkish registered electronic mail). Please include enough information for us to verify your identity and state your request clearly.
Requests are resolved free of charge within 30 days at the latest. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority or, if you are in the EU, with the data protection authority of your country.
Changes
This notice may be updated when necessary. The current version is always published on this page; the date of the last update appears at the top of the page.