Last updated: 18.12.2025
At beststays.co (“beststays”, “we”, “us”, or “the website”), we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Data Protection & Privacy Notice has been prepared in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and applicable data protection principles, and outlines how your personal data is processed and your rights as a data subject.
Data Controller
In accordance with applicable data protection laws, your personal data is processed by:
Data Controller: beststays.co
info@beststays.co
www.beststays.co
Personal Data We Process
Depending on your interaction with the website, the following categories of personal data may be processed:
- Identity information (such as name and surname, only if voluntarily provided)
- Contact information (email address)
- Transaction security data (IP address, log records)
- Usage and browsing data (anonymous data collected via cookies)
Purposes of Processing Personal Data
Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes:
- Ensuring the proper functioning and improvement of the website
- Enhancing user experience
- Responding to inquiries and communication requests
- Sending newsletters or informational content (with your explicit consent)
- Fulfilling legal and regulatory obligations
Methods and Legal Grounds for Processing
Personal data is collected through:
- Website forms
- Newsletter subscription forms
- Cookies and similar technologies
Data is collected through automatic or partially automatic means and processed based on the legal grounds set out under applicable data protection laws, including:
- Explicit consent of the data subject
- Compliance with legal obligations
- Legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that fundamental rights and freedoms are not harmed
Transfer of Personal Data
beststays.co does not sell, rent, or unlawfully share personal data with third parties.
However, personal data may be transferred:
- To authorized public institutions and authorities where required by law
- To third-party service providers solely for technical infrastructure, hosting, and analytics services, limited to the purpose of service provision
Retention Period of Personal Data
Personal data is retained for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is processed and in accordance with applicable legal retention periods. Once the retention period expires, personal data is deleted, destroyed, or anonymized.
Your Rights as a Data Subject
Under applicable data protection laws, you have the right to:
- Learn whether your personal data is being processed
- Request information if your personal data has been processed
- Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in accordance with that purpose
- Know the third parties to whom personal data is transferred domestically or abroad
- Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data
- Request deletion or destruction of personal data in accordance with the law
- Request notification of correction or deletion to third parties to whom data has been transferred
- Object to outcomes resulting exclusively from automated data processing that may negatively affect you
- Claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing of personal data
To exercise your rights, you may contact us at info@beststays.co.
