Cookie Policy
As Somplast Plastik Dış Ticaret ve Sanayi Ltd. Şti. (“Somplast” or the “Company”), we use cookies to improve the experience of users who visit the www.somplast.com.tr website (“Website”), ensure that the Website operates securely and effectively and, where necessary, obtain statistical information regarding the use of the Website.
This Cookie Policy has been prepared to inform visitors about the types of cookies used within the scope of the Website, their purposes of use and the methods available to users for managing their cookie preferences.
What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files that may be stored in the browser of the device you use or directly on your device when you visit a website.
Cookies may allow a website to remember your preferences, operate securely and improve the user experience.
Why Are Cookies Used?
Somplast may use cookies on the Website for the following purposes:
Ensuring that the Website operates securely and correctly,
Enabling the Website to perform its essential functions,
Remembering user preferences,
Analysing the performance of the Website,
Understanding visitors’ usage habits,
Contributing to the improvement of the Website,
Improving the user experience,
Ensuring compliance with legal obligations.
The purposes and scope of the cookies used may vary depending on the technical infrastructure and third-party services used on the Website.
Types of Cookies Used
The cookies actually used on the Website are listed in the cookie inventory below according to their provider, cookie name, purpose, type, legal basis and retention period. The inventory below has been prepared based on the Website’s existing technical structure before publication and the standard integrations planned. Following the full launch of the Website, the activation of Google Analytics and similar third-party services or changes to the technical infrastructure, the cookie inventory may be rescanned and updated.
| Provider | Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Legal Basis | Retention Period |
| Somplast | PHPSESSID | Maintaining the technical continuity of the session on the Website and ensuring that form and security operations function properly. | Strictly Necessary | Necessary for the Website to perform its essential functions and operate securely. | For the duration of the session |
| Somplast | cookie_consent | Remembering the user’s cookie preferences and activating non-essential cookies according to those preferences. | Strictly Necessary | Necessary for storing the user’s cookie preferences and operating the cookie-management mechanism. | 12 months |
| Google LLC / Google Analytics | _ga | Distinguishing Website visitors from one another and generating usage statistics. | Performance and Analytics | The user’s explicit consent. | 2 years |
| Google LLC / Google Analytics | _ga_<measurement-id> | Measuring session and visit activity and performing statistical analyses within the scope of Google Analytics 4. | Performance and Analytics | The user’s explicit consent. | 2 years |
3.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies may be necessary for the Website to perform its essential functions and operate securely.
As strictly necessary cookies are required for the operation of the Website, certain sections of the Website may not function properly if these cookies are disabled.
3.2. Functional Cookies
To the extent that they are not strictly necessary, functional cookies are activated only after the user has made an active and freely given choice. Users may subsequently change their preferences with the same level of ease.
For example, these cookies may be used to remember language, display or similar user preferences.
3.3. Performance and Analytics Cookies
To the extent that they are not strictly necessary, performance and analytics cookies are not activated without the user’s explicit consent. If the analytics service provider is located abroad or accesses data from abroad, the transfer requirements under Article 9 of the KVKK are also fulfilled.
Within this scope, if third-party analytics services are used on the Website, cookies belonging to the relevant service providers may also be used.
3.4. Marketing and Advertising Cookies
If third-party services are used on the Website for marketing or advertising purposes, relevant cookies may be used through these services.
Marketing and advertising cookies are disabled by default and, where required, are activated only after the user has provided prior explicit consent. The option to reject cookies must be as easy and accessible as the option to accept them.
4. Cookie Retention Periods
According to their duration of use, cookies are classified as follows:
Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that may be deleted when the browser is closed.
Persistent Cookies: Cookies that may remain on your device for a specified period and are removed when their retention period expires or when they are deleted by the user.
The retention periods of the cookies used may vary depending on the nature and purpose of each cookie.
5. Third-Party Cookies
All third-party technologies used on the Website are described in this Policy in accordance with the actual technical inventory. Where analytics, map, video, security, social media or similar third-party services use non-essential cookies or technologies, they are not activated before the necessary preference has been obtained. If data is transferred abroad, Article 9 of the KVKK also applies.
These services may be used for analytics, maps, videos, security, social media, communication or similar functions.
Where third-party services are used, the respective service providers’ privacy and cookie policies may also apply.
Somplast may update the nature and scope of the third-party services used on the Website where necessary.
6. Managing Cookie Preferences
When the Website is first accessed, non-essential cookies are disabled by default. Users are presented with the options “Accept All”, “Reject All” and “Cookie Settings” with equal visibility and accessibility. Preferences may subsequently be changed through a permanently accessible cookie-settings area on the Website, and explicit consent may be withdrawn as easily as it was given.
However, disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent certain functions of the Website from operating properly.
Where a cookie preference-management panel is provided on the Website, users may change their preferences concerning non-essential cookies through this panel.
7. Protection of Personal Data
Where personal data may be processed through cookies, the relevant personal data is processed in accordance with applicable legislation, particularly Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data.
Detailed information regarding the purposes for which personal data is processed, the legal grounds relied upon, the parties to whom it may be transferred and the rights of data subjects is available through the KVKK and Personal Data Protection Policy and the Privacy Notice.
Where applicable, explicit consent is also obtained for data-processing activities requiring such consent.
8. Updates to the Policy
Somplast may update this Cookie Policy in line with changes to applicable legislation, the Website’s technical infrastructure, the services used or cookie technologies.
The current Policy becomes effective on the date it is published on the Website.
9. Contact
If you have any questions or requests regarding the Cookie Policy, you may contact Somplast through the following communication channels:
Somplast Plastik Dış Ticaret ve Sanayi Ltd. Şti.
Address: Küçük Piyale Mahallesi Ağaç Köprü Sokak Kastel İş Merkezi B Blok No:26 Kat:4
Email: info@somplast.com.tr
Telephone: +90 212 251 30 54
Website: www.somplast.com.tr