Membership Agreement and Privacy Principles
MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT AND PRIVACY PRINCIPLES
This contract has been concluded between the www.bettyandsam.co website and its member under the following terms.
The member can start using the site by entering their email address and password, provided that they comply with the terms specified in this agreement, after completing the registration process on the site and confirming their email address. To establish this membership agreement, it is sufficient to enter the requested membership information and the password to be determined, and to press the "Create Account" button after giving the specified approvals and/or permissions.
In the event that the contract is executed on behalf of a legal entity, the person executing the contract acknowledges, declares, and undertakes that they are authorized to carry out such a transaction on behalf of the legal entity; otherwise (in the case of unauthorized transactions), they accept personal responsibility for all consequential transactions they have made or will make thereafter.
The Company reserves the right to change the conditions specified below, in accordance with the legislation and this contract, at its discretion, or by obtaining approval from the member by sending an email.
ARTICLE 1 – MEMBER'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
1.1. www.bettyandsam.co It is a site open to the use of everyone who is a member of the site. The services provided through the site are free.
1.2. The member accepts, declares, and undertakes to act in accordance with all the terms stated in the contract and the rules specified in the relevant sections of the site during the use of the site.
1.3. The member agrees to comply with the provisions of the "Obligations Law", "Turkish Penal Code", "Turkish Commercial Code", "Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works", "Protection of Trademark and Patent Rights", "Personal Data Protection Law" as well as any decrees having the force of law and other relevant legislation, and any announcements and notifications that will be published regarding the services of the site while benefiting from the services offered on the site. Any legal, criminal, and financial liability arising from the use contrary to these notifications and laws belongs to the member.
1.4. The member shall fully compensate the company for any damages it may incur due to actions contrary to the obligations undertaken in this contract; the company has the right to seek full recourse from the member for any compensation or administrative/judicial fines it may be required to pay to public institutions and/or third parties due to the member's actions contrary to the contract.
1.5. The member may not engage in actions that prevent or hinder other members and visitors from using the site; may not overload or lock the servers or databases with automated programs, may not make misleading attempts with the data; otherwise, they accept that their membership will be terminated and that they will assume all legal and criminal liability that may arise from this situation.
1.6. Any records related to the membership account terminated by the site or the member themselves may be retained by the company in accordance with the conditions stipulated by the "Personal Data Protection Law"; however, the company is free to delete such records from the moment the membership is terminated. The member cannot make any claims or requests for compensation regarding the deleted records. However, the right to be informed about personal data related to the member is reserved. This right may be exercised in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 below.
1.7. The member declares and undertakes that the personal and other information provided while registering on the site or making a purchase is accurate and up-to-date, and that in the event this information is not accurate or up-to-date, they will fully and promptly compensate the site for all damages it may incur as a result.
1.8. The risks related to the links on the site (connections that redirect to different websites) provided to visitors for information and convenience purposes belong to the member.
1.9. The visual and textual content presented on the site is for personal use only. All rights to the texts and photos included in the site's content are reserved; unless otherwise stated, they cannot be used for commercial or personal purposes without permission and without citation. It is prohibited to publish or link any element on the site in another medium or website without the company's permission.
1.10. The member may not use, resell, share, distribute, display, reproduce, process, create derivative works from, or prepare the works subject to copyright of the company available on the site in any way. Otherwise, the member is responsible for all damages that the company may incur.
ARTICLE 2 – RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY
2.1. In the situations specified below, the company has the right to cancel the relevant transactions, suspend the member's usage, terminate the member's membership, and unilaterally terminate this contract immediately, in addition to all rights arising from the law:
(a) In the event that incorrect, irregular, incomplete, and misleading information, expressions that do not comply with general moral rules, and information that does not comply with the laws of the Republic of Turkey are recorded on the site;
(b) In the event that the studies and data available on the site are copied and used in whole or in part, or attempted to be used;
(c) Members are directly responsible for the misuse of their username, password, and other information provided by the site or determined by themselves, in the event that their usage rights are shared with third parties. Similarly, a member cannot use another person's IP address, email address, username, or other information in the online environment, nor can they access or use the private information of other members without permission. Any legal and criminal liability arising from such use belongs to the member;
(d) The use of software that threatens the overall security of the site, prevents the operation of the site and the software used, the execution of activities, attempts to execute activities, and the acquisition, deletion, or modification of information;
(e) If the Member is found by the company to be abusing the sales system or the site by taking advantage of any flaw (technical, etc.) in the company's campaigns, causing harm to the company, obtaining an unjust benefit, or engaging in repeated practices;
(f) If the Member acts contrary to all the terms stated in the contract and the rules specified in the relevant sections of the site and the applicable legislation while using the site or shopping.
2.2. The company shall act in accordance with the privacy policy specified in this agreement during the use of the site. However, the site is obliged to retain member information that it is legally required to keep.
2.3. Various information of users and members visiting and/or shopping on the site (personal data such as name, surname, email address, phone number, gender, date of birth, billing and delivery addresses) as well as non-personal aggregated statistical data such as visitor movement, frequency of site visits, time and duration of visits, time of order placement and IP address at the time of order, statistics of the product pages visited and the products ordered, analyses of survey questions whose responses are entirely left to the user's preference, and similar data may be processed for various purposes such as improving the quality of the services offered by the site, designing special promotional activities for member profiles, and customer classification studies aimed at preventing unwanted emails. The information obtained or all personal data shared by the member may be used to carry out, complete, and ensure relevant communication regarding members' order processes, provide information about products, services, campaigns, and promotions, conduct "classification" studies to prevent unwanted emails in line with members' communication preferences, perform trend and statistical analyses aimed at enriching and developing the site content, strengthen the security of the site, and provide members with a more personalized and effective shopping experience, and may be used in promotional, advertising, supply, and similar matters, or shared with the company's domestic and international business partners (such as cargo, shipping, call center, database service companies) for these purposes, provided that appropriate security measures are taken.
On our site, cookies, which can be defined as small data files stored on members' computers during their visit, are used within the scope of the purposes mentioned above. These files are industry-standard files used to make members' shopping more efficient and secure, found on all shopping sites. If you do not want to use these files or would like to be informed about their usage, you can make the necessary changes in your browser.
2.4. In addition, the member is deemed to have accepted that when using a credit card for payment of the product obtained through the site, the credit card number, the expiration date of the credit card, the CVV2 code, and similar information must be shared with the relevant financial institutions for the purpose of completing the transaction.
2.5. The Company has the right to use all information related to membership for its marketing activities, subject to compliance with this contract and applicable legal regulations, including the "Personal Data Protection Law", during the term of the contract or even after the termination of the contract.
2.6. The member agrees that they will benefit from the services subject to the contract, except for technical failures, and that the information shared by the member will not be shared with third parties, except in cases where it is necessary to share with third parties to achieve the purposes mentioned above and legal obligations.
ARTICLE 3 – ASSIGNMENT OF THE CONTRACT, SCOPE, DURATION AND ENTRY INTO FORCE
3.1. The member is deemed to have undertaken to comply with this agreement from the moment they complete the registration process and confirm their email address, or from the moment they use this system to receive any service or place an order. The agreement will become null and void automatically without any notice upon the termination of membership or upon the occurrence of any of the termination cases specified in the agreement.
3.2. The member accepts in advance that the company may cancel the site membership and terminate this "Membership Agreement" by notifying the member of the reason, if deemed necessary.
3.3. The company may make unilateral changes in this contract to ensure the continuity of the services it has committed to. Provided that the ultimate purpose of the site and the services it offers remain fundamentally the same; the company has the right to unilaterally suspend the service it provides, either permanently or temporarily, without providing any justification, as well as to change or cancel the content of the service, including the prices published on the site. If deemed necessary, the company will publish the updated membership terms on the site under the same link, along with a date update, and will notify the member via electronic mail. The updated membership terms will become effective from the moment they are published on the site, and the use of the site or services will be subject to the new membership terms from that moment on.
3.4. Different rules and obligations specific to the relevant section may be established in certain areas of the site. A member using these sections is deemed to have read and accepted the relevant rules.
3.5. The member irrevocably accepts, declares, and undertakes that the company may transfer the contract to third parties and that by this contract, they have already granted permission for the transfer of the contract in accordance with Article 205 of the "Obligations Law."
ARTICLE 4 – GENERAL PROVISIONS
4.1. The validity, interpretation, and execution of this contract are subject to the laws of the Republic of Turkey, and the courts and enforcement offices in Istanbul are authorized to resolve any disputes arising from the contract.
4.2. The email address provided by the member to the company shall be considered as the legal notification address for any notifications related to this contract.
4.3. The parties agree that if they do not notify the other party of changes to their current email addresses within 3 (three) days, notifications made to the old email addresses will be valid and considered as having been made to them.
4.4. Any notification made using the member's registered email address will be deemed to have reached the member 1 (one) day after the email is sent by the site.
ARTICLE 5 – MEMBER'S RIGHT TO ACCESS PERSONAL DATA
5.1. The Member, pursuant to Article 11 of the "Law on the Protection of Personal Data" info@bettyandsam.co by sending an email to the address, their personal data;
(a) learning whether it has been processed or not;
(b) if processed, request information;
(c) learning the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with its purpose;
(d) knowing third parties to whom it is transferred inside/outside the yurt;
request for correction if it has been processed incorrectly/incorrectly;
(f) request for deletion/destruction within the framework of the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of the "Law on the Protection of Personal Data";
(g) request the notification of the transactions carried out in accordance with the clauses (e) and (f) listed above to the 3rd parties to whom it is transferred;
(h) objection to the emergence of a negative result due to being analyzed exclusively by automated systems;
(i) you have the right to request compensation for damages in the event that you suffer damage due to unlawful actions.
5.2. The company will conclude the requests stated in the application free of charge as soon as possible, depending on the nature of the request. However, if the process requires an additional cost for the site, a fee may be charged according to the tariff determined by the "Personal Data Protection Board."
The member declares, accepts, and undertakes that they have read, understood, and accepted all the provisions contained in this agreement and that they confirm the accuracy of the information they have provided.