Cookie Policy

I. GENERAL — As Valide Humanitarian Aid Association and the Association website, we may use technologies such as cookies, pixel tags, flash cookies and web beacons that allow certain data to be recorded on and collected from the computers, mobile phones, tablets and similar devices you use when accessing our website (“valide.org.tr”), our mobile applications, our electronic platforms and other applications, as well as the e-mail messages or advertisements we send you. In this Cookie Policy (the “Policy”), the term “cookie” is used to refer to cookies and similar technologies that may be used by Valide Humanitarian Aid Association. While it is possible to collect users’ personal data through cookies, not all data collected through cookies may qualify as personal data. Where data obtained through cookies qualifies as personal data under Turkish law, this Policy forms an annex to the Website Privacy Notice. In this context, we recommend that you also read the Website Privacy Notice to learn how your personal data may be processed and how you may exercise your rights in this regard. II. WHAT IS A COOKIE? Cookies are small pieces of information stored on the hard disk of a computer within browsers. They are used to offer visitors a personalised experience while using the website visited, to improve the services offered and to enhance the experience. They may contribute to ease of use while navigating a website. III. TYPES OF COOKIES — Cookies may be categorised by duration or by the domain to which they belong. 1. When classified by duration, cookies fall into two groups, “session cookies” and “persistent cookies”: a) Session cookies: Session cookies are used in each session in which the Website or other applications or environments of Valide Humanitarian Aid Association are visited, and are deleted automatically when the site or application is exited. The purpose of such cookies is to ensure the continuity and security of the visit. b) Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are stored on the computer or other devices used during access for a fixed period determined in advance, and are not deleted automatically when the session or application is closed. Persistent cookies are used where we need to remember who you are across more than one session. The purpose of such cookies is to increase site functionality by providing visitors with faster and better service. 2. When classified by the domain to which they belong, cookies fall into two groups, first-party cookies and third-party cookies: a) First-party cookie: First-party cookies are cookies placed on the website by the domain visited and readable only by that site. b) Third-party cookie: Third-party cookies are cookies placed by a different domain than the one visited. A third-party cookie arises where persons other than the domain visited place a cookie on the user’s device through the domain visited. IV. PURPOSES OF USING COOKIES — As Valide Humanitarian Aid Association, we may benefit from the cookies we use on our websites, platforms, applications and messages for the purposes set out below: 1. Operational uses: We may use cookies deemed necessary for the audit and security of our websites, platforms, applications or services. Examples of cookies used for operational purposes include technologies that enable the use of functions on the website, applications and platforms, and cookies used to detect irregular behaviour in these channels. 2. Functional uses: We may use cookies necessary to facilitate the use of our websites, platforms, applications or services, or to customise them for our users. Examples of cookies used for functionality include technologies that allow us to remember user information and preferences. 3. Performance uses: We may also use cookies necessary to improve and measure the performance of our websites, platforms, applications or services. Examples include cookies that allow us to understand how users use our websites, applications, platforms and services and to analyse user behaviour, together with technologies that allow us to understand whether the messages we send have been engaged with. 4. Advertising uses: We may use first-party and third-party cookies through websites, platforms and applications belonging to the Association or to third parties, in order to deliver advertisements and similar content aimed at users’ areas of interest. Examples of advertising uses include cookies that measure the effectiveness of advertisements and cookies that show whether a particular advertisement has been clicked or how many times it has been displayed. V. REFUSING AND DELETING COOKIES

Most browsers are set by default to accept cookies automatically. However, users may at any time refuse or delete cookies by changing their browser settings. The method of changing the settings varies according to the browser used, and how cookies may be disabled should be learned from the service provider of the browser concerned. You may generally refuse cookies by the following methods: (i) changing your browser settings so that you are notified when you receive a cookie; (ii) disabling existing cookies; (iii) setting your browser to refuse cookies automatically. We would like to point out that if cookies are disabled, it may not be possible for you to benefit from some features of our websites, applications, platforms or services. You may change your browser settings by clicking the relevant link in the table below.

Google Chrome http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Mozilla Firefox http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Safari https://support.apple.com/kb/ph19214?

Microsoft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/tr-tr/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

VI. AUTHORISED SERVICE PROVIDERS

As Valide Humanitarian Aid Association, we may receive assistance from certain service providers authorised by us in operating and promoting the Website, our platforms, applications and services. These service providers authorised by our Association may also place cookies and similar technologies (third-party cookies) on users’ computers and other devices and may collect information such as IP address, unique identifier and device identifier in order to identify the user’s device. VII. COOKIES USED BY OUR ASSOCIATION — The operational, functional and performance cookies used by Valide Humanitarian Aid Association: -> do not harm your computer and contain no viruses; -> are essential for the website interface and features to be used as intended; -> help us to understand how the website is used by visitors, to compile statistical data and to develop content in line with that data; -> allow you to speed up your activities during future visits; -> under no circumstances collect, store or enable us to process data by which your identity could be established, and do not qualify as personal data. Targeting and advertising cookies, on the other hand, are used within the scope of our legitimate interests and with the necessary legal undertakings obtained, in order to personalise advertisements and analyse site traffic, provided that they do not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms. In the table below you may find the cookies used by Valide Humanitarian Aid Association and information on the purpose of each cookie.

VIII. THIRD-PARTY SITES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Our websites, platforms or applications may contain various links to websites, products and services belonging to third parties. Such links are subject to the cookie and privacy policies of those third parties, and it should be noted that third parties and their sites are independent of Valide Humanitarian Aid Association and that Valide Humanitarian Aid Association is not responsible for the cookie and privacy practices of third parties. If you visit the linked websites, we recommend that you read the cookie and privacy policies of those sites.