Privacy Policy

1. Our commitment to Privacy

Protecting your privacy and your information is a top priority for Skill-Ed. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to explain how your personal and business information that you provide to us (collectively “Information”) is protected, what information is collected and how it is used by Skill-Ed. Those Privacy Policy provisions are part of our terms of use.

By visiting and registering in Skill-Ed, customers consent to our collection and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and accept the practices described herein. We do not transfer, sell or rent your business information to third parties in any way other than what it is stated in this Privacy Policy.

Please note that your access to our services may be subject to certain third-party terms and conditions and privacy policies, including but not limited to third party online storage services and payment providers. Skill-Ed cannot be held responsible for any such third-party terms and conditions and their use of your information. Unless stated otherwise, this Privacy Policy only deals with the use and communication of information collected by us, Skill-Ed.

2. What information is collected

i) We collect the following information from you:

Registration is required for the use of our services. You can register through our Website by filling in a registration form. During the registration process, you have to provide us with the following information:
• Your first and last name
• Your e-mail address
• Your country
• Your town/city
Customers have the obligation to state truthfully, accurately and fully their up-to-date information in the registration process. If the information is not in compliance with these provisions or if Skill-Ed has reasonable suspicions that your Information is not in accordance with these provisions, Skill-Ed has the right to reject your application for registration or to suspend or terminate immediately your account without prior notice. You agree that you have no right to any compensation for the rejection of your application.

ii) Other Information

IP addresses:
We automatically track and collect your IP address. We use IP addresses to monitor the regions from which you navigate our website and sign-up to use our services. Your IP-address is also registered for statistical purposes and to better our advertising and layout of the website. In specific, we use your IP addresses for the following reasons:
1. Send the most appropriate advertising based on geographic area or information derived from your IP address. Many IP addresses are commonly associated with internet service providers, universities, or major corporations in specific regions or localities. Aggregate information derived from IP addresses may also be reported to advertisers.
2. Estimate the total number of users visiting Skill-Ed from specific countries or regions of the world.
3. Assist third party advertisers to track effectiveness of the promotions they run on our website, visits to and business at third party’s websites.
Correspondence information:
If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on our Website, we may store such information in our servers.
Payment Information
To protect you against fraud, unauthorized transactions (such as money laundering), claims and other liabilities, we do not collect credit card information.
We allow our third-party payment vendor to collect information for the purpose of collecting fees from our customers on the website. We do not have access to the payment information that you provide to our third-party payment vendor and this information is subject to the privacy policy of the third-party payment vendor. For more information regarding what payment information our third-party payment vendor collects and how it uses this information, please read their privacy policy.
You consent to our access to and collection of such information described as above under clause 2.

3. How the information is used

We use your Information as follows:
• We use your information in order to resolve disputes; troubleshoot problems; measure consumer interest in services; inform you about offers, products, services, and updates; customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; enforce our terms of use; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. At times, we may look across multiple customers to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular we may examine your information to identify users using multiple usernames or aliases. We may compare and review your information for errors, omissions and for accuracy.
• We use your e-mail to send you system e-mails about the functionality of our Website that you cannot opt out from and you will have to receive if you want to use our website. If you want to stop receiving our system e-mails, you will have to stop using our services or de-activate your account by e-mailing us at contact@skilled.com.tr
• We use the e-mail that you provided us in order to send you newsletters and promotions in conjunction with your use of our services. If you do not wish to receive newsletters you may unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscribe link in the newsletter e-mail.
• We use website navigation data to operate and improve the website. We may also use website navigation data alone or in combination with your information to provide aggregated information about Skill-Ed.
We do not transfer, sell or rent your Information to third parties for their marketing purposes other than what is stated in this Privacy Policy. We request only the information that we need to operate our services and improve our website’s user experience. We do not use your information to create any advertising creative.
Use of Information by third parties
• We partner with third-party advertising networks to either display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other websites. These ad network partners do not collect and do not have access to any information. They may, however, anonymously track your internet usage.
• Skill-Ed reserves its right to share your Information with a third party in case of sale merger, control changes, reorganization or liquidation of the company, Skill-Ed, its subsidiaries or branches. All actions will naturally be completed in compliance with applicable laws of personal data and privacy.
All the information, described in this clause 3, will be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We do not use your Information in any other context other than the one described in our terms of use and Privacy Policy.

4. How your information is protected

• You agree that Skill-Ed and its associated companies may use the information for marketing and promotional purposes which may be directed to our customers. Although Skill-Ed makes reasonable efforts to restrict access to the above-mentioned information only to Skill-Ed, we cannot guarantee that other third parties will not, without Skill-Ed’s consent, gain access to it.
• All our employees, independent contractors and agents have executed non-disclosure agreements, which provide explicit confidentiality protections. Any employee, independent contractor or agent who violates such privacy and/or security policies is subject to possible termination and civil and/or criminal prosecution.
• We do not make any of your information available to third parties for their marketing purposes. No data given or collected is shared with other social media platforms.
• If, however, we share your information with third parties, we will notify you. Please note that no transmission over the internet can guarantee confidentiality and non-disclosure, and as such, you transmit at your own risk.
• Skill-Ed uses robust security measures to protect data from unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and help ensure the appropriate use of data. When the services are accessed using the internet, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology protects your information, using both server authentication and data encryption. These technologies help ensure that your information is safe, secure, and only available to you and to whom you have granted access. Skill-Ed also implements other advanced technology measures to prevent interference or access from outside intruders.
• We do not tolerate Spam. To report Skill-Ed-related spam please contact us at contact@skilled.com.tr. You may not use our communication tools to send spam or otherwise send content that would violate our terms of use. We may check for spam, viruses, phishing attacks and other malicious activity or illegal or prohibited content of the website, but we will not permanently store messages sent through these tools.
• Skill-Ed does its utmost to secure communications and data storage in order to protect confidentiality of your information against loss and interception by third parties. However, it is important to know that there is no zero-risk against loss or interception by others of your Information. You are responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of your account’s username and password.

5. How the information is stored

We save your information in our database in order to improve our website’s and user experience and in accordance with our terms of use. If you wish that your information be permanently deleted from our database when you stop using our services, please notify us at contact@skilled.com.tr.

6. Cookies Policy

Skill-Ed is using cookies to improve your experience of our website.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored in your web browser that allows Skill-Ed or a third party to recognize you. Cookies might be used for the following purposes: (1) to enable certain functions; (2) to provide analytics; (3) to store your preferences; and (4) to enable ad delivery and behavioral advertising.
Cookies placed by the website you are visiting are sometimes called “first party cookies,” while cookies placed by other companies are sometimes called “third party cookies”.
When you visit or register on our website, Skill-Ed servers send a “first party cookie” to your computer’s or mobile phone’s web browser, that allow us, among other functionalities, to find out information about the product cart as a whole and assist us with finding out when the product cart’s data change. You can delete these cookies at any time through your web browser settings. Standing alone, cookies do not personally identify an individual. Cookies merely recognize the web browser. Unless an individual chooses to identify himself/herself to Skill-Ed, such as through registering and opening an account, individuals remain anonymous to Skill-Ed.
When you use our services, a third party may place a number of “third party cookies” in your web browser. Some of the cookies will only be used if you use certain features or select certain preferences, and some cookies will always be used. Third party companies like analytics companies and ad networks generally use cookies to collect user information on an anonymous basis.
You may also opt out of “third party cookies” by following the instructions provided by each third party in its privacy policy. In specific, we use google analytics as third-party cookies.
• For Google Analytics you may opt out here. You may see their privacy policy here.
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, you may contact us at contact@skilled.com.tr.

7. Legal requests

We cooperate with law enforcement authorities, as well as with other third parties, to enforce laws, intellectual property rights and to prevent fraud. In response to a verified request by law enforcement or other government officials relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity, we can, and you authorize us to, disclose your name, e-mail address and website use history, with or without a subpoena. Without limiting the above, we will not disclose your information to any law enforcement or other governmental officials without a subpoena or court order, except when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to protect our rights, enforce our policies, respond to claims that your use of our services violates Skill-Ed’s policies or rights or others, or protect anyone’s rights, property or safety.

8. Consent

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of your Information as described in this Privacy Policy and our terms of use.

9. Links to Other Sites

Our website contains links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by Skill-Ed. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personal information. This privacy policy applies only to information collected by this website.

10. Changes

If our Privacy Policy procedures change, we will post those changes immediately to our website. Any such changes will be effective immediately from the time they are posted, unless otherwise stated in the change provision. E-mail notification will be sent to Customers who request it.