Privacy Notice

Dear Visitor,

At Legal Studio Law Firm (“Legal Studio”), we prioritize the privacy and security of your personal data and are committed to protecting it.

To provide transparency and ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws, we have prepared specific privacy notices for the forms located in relevant sections of our website. Additionally, we have separate privacy notices for our employees, employee candidates, interns, and visitors to our office premises.

With this Privacy Notice, we aim to inform visitors to our website, as well as our business partners, clients, and prospective clients, about the processing of personal data within the scope of our activities.

What Types of Personal Data Do We Process, For What Purposes, and on What Legal Basis?

Website Visitors:

When you visit our website, we process your IP address and user data to classify and evaluate website usage, conduct website analytics, improve our services, and enhance the user experience. This processing is based on Article 5/2(f) of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“Law”), as it is necessary to protect our legitimate interests without infringing on your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Additionally, our website includes links to our social media accounts. By clicking the icons of these social media platforms, you may access our respective accounts. However, please note that these social media providers may collect and process your personal data independently, and Legal Studio has no control over such data collection or processing activities. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies and terms of use of these platforms before engaging with them.

If you visit our website without sharing any information directly, other data may still be collected during your visit. Please refer to our Cookie Policy, which explains the limited types of cookies we use to meet your needs and analyze your visit. For example, during your visit, we may collect browser language, time zone, time spent on specific pages, and search engine optimization details. Such data is shared with us only in aggregated and anonymized formats through the tools we use, and no personal data is shared with us by these tools.

Clients

We process personal data of our individual clients or representatives, officers, or employees of our corporate clients as part of the consultancy or litigation services we provide. This processing is carried out to deliver legal services, represent our clients, establish an attorney-client relationship, and fulfill service contracts, pursuant to Article 5/2(c) of the Law, as it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract.

We may also process such personal data to manage our professional relationship, communicate with clients, and inform them about legal updates and developments. This processing is based on Article 5/2(f) of the Law, as it is necessary to protect our legitimate interests without infringing on your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Business Partners and Suppliers

We process personal data of individual business partners or representatives, officers, or employees of corporate business partners and suppliers in the context of contract negotiation and execution. This processing is carried out under Article 5/2(c) of the Law, as it is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract.

In addition, personal data may be processed to manage our business relationships, communicate effectively, and provide updates about legal developments, based on Article 5/2(f) of the Law, as it is necessary to protect our legitimate interests without infringing on your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Prospective Clients and Stakeholders

We process the personal data of prospective clients who request service proposals, representatives or employees of prospective corporate clients, and other relevant individuals such as stakeholders, academics, and colleagues we meet at events or whose information is lawfully obtained from publicly available sources. This data is processed for contact management, communication purposes, and providing updates on legal developments or events, under Article 5/2(f) of the Law, as it is necessary to protect our legitimate interests without infringing on your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Personal data of our website visitors, clients, business partners, prospective clients, and stakeholders may be disclosed to official authorities without your explicit consent when required by applicable laws or mandatory legal provisions. Such data may also be used or shared with courts, legal authorities, or other competent institutions in connection with legal disputes or potential disputes affecting Legal Studio. In such cases, data processing is carried out under Article 5/2(ç) of the Law for the fulfillment of Legal Studio’s legal obligations, or under Article 5/2(e) for the establishment, exercise, or protection of Legal Studio’s legal rights.

To Whom and For What Purposes Can Your Personal Data Be Transferred?

Your personal data may be shared with third-party partners, service providers, consultants, or public authorities to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes specified above. Where personal data is transferred abroad, we ensure that all necessary measures are taken to safeguard your data in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable laws.

Your data may also be shared with competent authorities upon lawful requests or in the event of disputes, in compliance with applicable legal provisions.

How Do We Collect Your Personal Data?

Your personal data is collected through the online forms available on our website, as well as through other communication channels such as our phone number and email addresses. Additionally, it may be collected through our business partners via verbal, written, or electronic means. To better understand your request, we may contact you and request additional information either verbally or in writing, through automated or non-automated means. Such information will only be processed within the scope outlined above.

What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?

Under the Law on the Protection of Personal Data and relevant regulations, you have the following rights with regard to your personal data:

To confirm whether your personal data is being processed,
To request details about how your personal data is being processed,
To understand the purposes for processing your personal data and whether it is being used for those purposes,
To identify the third parties with whom your personal data has been shared, whether domestically or internationally,
To request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data, and to have third parties notified of these corrections where applicable,
To request the deletion or anonymization of your personal data in cases where the legal basis for processing no longer exists, and to have third parties notified of these actions where applicable,
To object to any adverse outcomes resulting from the automated processing of your personal data, and
To claim compensation for damages resulting from unlawful processing of your personal data.

We are fully committed to ensuring that you can exercise these rights at any time. To make a request or raise a concern about how your personal data is being handled, you may contact us at hey@legal.studio.

Legal Studio takes all necessary steps to handle your personal data securely and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.