Data controller
Under Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 ("KVKK"), your personal data is processed by Cem Göksu (BİTİG) as data controller, as described below.
Data we process
Identity (full name), contact (email address), professional information (country, city, field, sub-field, profession, seniority, organisation type and name, languages, expertise tags, biography, LinkedIn address), profile photo, content you create on the platform (forum topics, replies, listings, articles, messages) and security data (session records, hashed IP address).
Purposes
Evaluating your membership application; providing the member directory, forum, messaging and Joint Production Board; running author applications and article publishing; sending notifications; keeping the platform secure and preventing abuse; answering your contact requests.
Legal grounds
KVKK Art. 5/2-c (contract), 5/2-f (legitimate interest: platform security), 5/2-ç (legal obligation) and, where needed, Art. 5/1 (explicit consent). We do not ask for special categories of data such as ethnic origin, religion or political opinion; please do not share such information in your profile.
Transfers
Your data is shared only with infrastructure providers needed to run the service (database and hosting: Supabase, Vercel; email delivery: Resend), whose servers may be located abroad; transfers are made under KVKK Art. 9. Your directory information is shown only to approved members, according to the privacy settings you choose.
Retention
Your data is kept for as long as you are a member. When you delete your account your profile is deleted; forum and article content may be anonymised. Records that must be kept by law are retained for the required period.
Your rights
Under KVKK Art. 11 you may ask whether your data is processed, request information, correction or deletion, object, and claim compensation. Send your requests to kvkk@bitig.org. You can also delete your account yourself from the "Account" section of your panel.