Data Controller
Digital Asset Bulletin is operated by Hayri Orçun Onur, acting as the data controller for the personal data processing activities described in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Data We May Collect
The categories of personal data processed depend on how you interact with Digital Asset Bulletin.
How We Use Personal Data
Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:
- operating, maintaining and securing Digital Asset Bulletin;
- providing requested website functionality;
- responding to editorial, business or privacy enquiries;
- providing editorial newsletters or briefings where you have requested them;
- remembering privacy and cookie preferences;
- measuring aggregate readership and website performance where analytics consent has been given;
- detecting fraud, abuse, security incidents or technical problems;
- complying with applicable legal obligations and responding to lawful requests from competent authorities;
- establishing, exercising or protecting legal rights.
Legal Bases for Processing
Depending on the processing activity and applicable law, Digital Asset Bulletin may rely on one or more recognised legal grounds, including:
- your explicit consent where consent is legally required;
- processing necessary to respond to a request or communication initiated by you;
- compliance with legal obligations;
- the establishment, exercise or protection of legal rights;
- legitimate interests in operating, securing and improving the publication, provided those interests do not override applicable rights and freedoms.
Optional analytics and marketing technologies are not activated through Digital Asset Bulletin's consent mechanism unless the required permission has been provided.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Digital Asset Bulletin uses essential technologies required for site functionality, security and the storage of privacy preferences.
Optional analytics or marketing technologies, if deployed, are controlled through the site's privacy preference system and are disabled by default until the relevant permission has been provided.
Detailed information is available in the Cookie Policy .
When Personal Data May Be Shared
Digital Asset Bulletin does not sell personal data.
Information may, where necessary, be processed or shared with limited categories of recipients, including:
- website hosting and infrastructure providers;
- email or newsletter service providers;
- security and technical service providers;
- analytics providers where analytics have been permitted;
- professional advisers where reasonably necessary;
- courts, regulators, public authorities or other competent bodies where disclosure is legally required.
Service providers are used only for legitimate operational purposes and are expected to process information in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
International Data Transfers
Some technology, hosting, communications or analytics providers may operate infrastructure in jurisdictions outside Türkiye or outside the country in which a visitor is located.
Where personal data is transferred internationally, Digital Asset Bulletin will seek to use the transfer safeguards, contractual arrangements or other mechanisms required by applicable data protection law.
Data Retention
Personal data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including applicable legal, security, accounting and dispute-resolution requirements.
In general:
- subscription information is retained until you unsubscribe or the subscription service is discontinued, subject to necessary compliance records;
- communications may be retained for as long as reasonably required to address the enquiry and associated legal or operational requirements;
- security and technical logs are retained only for operational, security and legal requirements;
- privacy preference records may be retained as necessary to remember and demonstrate your choices.
Your Data Protection Rights
Subject to applicable law and the conditions specified by that law, you may have rights in relation to your personal data.
Rights under Türkiye's Personal Data Protection Law
Under Article 11 of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data, eligible individuals may request, among other matters:
- information on whether personal data is processed;
- information about personal data processing;
- information about the purpose of processing and whether data is used consistently with that purpose;
- information about third parties to whom personal data has been transferred;
- correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data;
- deletion or destruction of personal data where the applicable legal conditions are satisfied;
- notification of relevant correction, deletion or destruction measures to third parties where required;
- objection to a result arising against the individual through analysis exclusively by automated systems, where applicable;
- compensation for damage suffered as a result of unlawful processing where the applicable conditions are met.
Additional rights where other data protection laws apply
Depending on your location and the laws applicable to a particular processing activity, additional rights may include access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection and withdrawal of consent.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
Information Security
Digital Asset Bulletin takes reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or destruction.
No internet transmission or storage system can provide absolute security, and users should take appropriate precautions when transmitting information online.
External Websites and Services
Digital Asset Bulletin may link to third-party websites, publications, social platforms or other external services.
This Privacy Policy does not govern independent third parties. Their collection and use of personal data are subject to their own privacy practices and policies.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect changes to Digital Asset Bulletin's services, technology, processing activities or applicable legal requirements.
The current version and its effective date will be published on this page.
Privacy Requests and Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy or requests relating to personal data may be submitted to:
To protect personal data and prevent unauthorised disclosure, additional information may be requested where reasonably necessary to verify the identity of a person submitting a data protection request.