ATLAS DENTAL ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH CLINIC PATIENT/SERVICE RECIPIENT INFORMATION TEXT UNDER LAW NO. 6698 ON THE TURKISH PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION LAW

Atlas Dental Turkey is committed to providing transparency on how we use the personal data we collect from you when you use our website at https://atlasdentalturkey.com. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is in line with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 and General Data Protection Law. We aim to fulfil our obligation to inform data subjects about their right to know regarding the personal data you share with us when using our website. The Policy also refers to other key Atlas Dental Turkey policies and processes relevant to data protection, including information security policies.

As Atlas Dental Oral and Dental Health Clinic, in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”), we would like to inform you about the following topics, considering the data security of our patients and their relatives, the importance we give to the privacy of private life, and the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, as a Data Controller within the scope of our enlightenment obligation.

Which Personal Data Do We Process?

To provide health services to our Patients/Clients, we collect various personal data in accordance with the principles and conditions set forth in the PDPL and other relevant legislation. The following data are collected from our patients, other health institutions and organizations, or relatives of the patients by our clinic for the purpose of medical diagnosis, consultation, examination, treatment, and care services:

  • Your name, surname, Turkish ID number, passport number, place and date of birth,
  • Your gender,
  • Your address, phone number, email address,
  • Your patient protocol number and other identification data that can identify you,
  • Data specified in the consent form you provide in case of a medical intervention,
  • General and special quality personal data, such as your medical diagnosis, examination, treatment, and care services data, laboratory results, test results, examination data, check-up information, prescription information,
  • Closed-circuit camera system images and recordings, voice recordings during your visit to Atlas Dental Oral and Dental Health Clinic,
  • Personal data recorded in photos or videos for research, medical confirmation, or convincing other potential patients for medical procedures with your explicit written consent and permission.

For What Purposes Do We Process Your Personal Data?

Your Personal and Special Quality Personal Data are processed for:

  • Fulfilling legal obligations under the Basic Law on Health Services No. 3359 and other laws, regulations, directives, circulars, and other official regulations,
  • Protecting public health, preventive medicine, medical diagnosis, treatment, and care services, planning and managing health services and their financing,
  • Providing information about your appointment if you make one,
  • Planning and managing the internal operations of Atlas Dental Clinic,
  • Creating consent forms, treatment tracking, and information forms for our patients and clients, online or on paper,
  • Billing,
  • Verifying your identity,
  • Monitoring and preventing abuse and unauthorized transactions,
  • Responding to all kinds of questions and complaints about our health services,
  • Responding to requests from the Ministry of Health and other public institutions and organizations in accordance with the legislation,
  • Measuring and improving patient satisfaction following health services,
  • Processing, recording, storing, preserving, classifying personal data for Oral and Dental Health purposes, and providing information to prosecutors, courts, and relevant public officials in matters related to public security and legal disputes upon request or as required by law; data can be transferred to authorized public institutions and organizations, laboratories we cooperate with for dental health and design, and financial advisors, when necessary, for the purposes mentioned above.

Methods of Collecting Your Personal Data and Their Legal Reasons

The personal data mentioned above are processed, recorded, stored, preserved, classified, and can be transferred automatically (e.g., camera recordings) or non-automatically (e.g., forms filled out by you) for the purposes stated in this Information Text and in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the Law No. 6698 for the following reasons:

a) Being in accordance with the law and honesty,
b) Being accurate and updated when necessary,
c) Being processed for specific, clear, and legitimate purposes,
d) Being relevant, limited, and proportional to the purposes they are processed for,
e) Being stored for the period stipulated in the relevant legislation or necessary for the purpose they are processed.

What Are Your Rights Regarding the Processing of Personal Data and How Can You Access These Rights?

Article 20 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law states that everyone has the right to be informed about their personal data. The rights of the personal data owner within the scope of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law are listed in Article 11.

You can submit your requests related to your rights under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law in writing to Atlas Dental Oral and Dental Health Clinic or via registered email address, secure electronic signature, mobile signature, or by using the electronic mail address previously notified by the person concerned to the data controller and recorded in the data controller’s system.

Atlas Dental Oral and Dental Health Clinic, as a Data Controller, Processes Personal Data of the Following Groups of People:

  • Our employees,
  • Our job applicants (including the reference persons declared by applicants),
  • Our interns and job training course attendees,
  • Our patients and clients,
  • People who are contacted or communicated with for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment, or such services,
  • Relatives and companions of patients,
  • Parties to all kinds of commercial activities or people or companies we cooperate with or will cooperate with for commercial activities (supply, advertising, support, marketing, accommodation, transportation, reference sources, etc.),
  • Legal advisers, lawyers, and consultants of our company or the authorized or employees of consultancy firms,
  • Visitors,
  • Legal representatives, parents, guardians, or custodians of all data owners,
  • People involved in legal processes and their legal representatives,

Third parties who have communicated with our company despite having no commercial or legal connection.

Your requests under the law can be delivered by hand to the address Akdeniz Mah. Şehit Fethi Bey Cad. No:49/A Konak- İzmir, sent through a notary, or sent electronically to ozelatlasdental@hs06.kep.tr with an electronic signature.

Atlas Dental Oral and Dental Health Clinic (Özel Atlas Dental Ağız ve Diş Sağlığı Polikliniği)

Address: Akdeniz Mah. Şehit Fethi Bey Cad. No:49/A KONAK – İZMİR
Email: info@atlasdentalturkey.com