KVKK Notice

النص الملزم باللغة التركية؛ فيما يلي الترجمة الإنجليزية.

Version v02 · effective 2026-10-21 · The Turkish text is binding; this English text is a translation.

Prepared for Middle East Spine Congress (middleeastspine.org) under Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK).

Data controller

• Name: BVS Doctors Ltd
• Address: 71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
• E-mail: support@bvscongress.com
• Phone: +44 20 4634 9990

Data processed and purposes

• Identity and contact (name, e-mail, phone, institution, country): registration, information and correspondence.
• Invoice details (paid registration): issuing the invoice.
• Technical logs (IP, browser): site security.

Form: no form at present; correspondence by e-mail.

Legal grounds (KVKK Art. 5)

• Formation and performance of a contract (registration, payment) — Art. 5/2-c,
• Legal obligation (invoice, tax records) — Art. 5/2-ç,
• Legitimate interest (security logs, answering correspondence) — Art. 5/2-f.

Transfers

Data is transferred only to the companies providing the service:

The data controller is established in the United Kingdom, and some of these services operate outside Türkiye. Transfers are made in line with KVKK Art. 9 and only as far as the service requires.

How it is collected

Electronically, through the forms on this site and the e-mails we exchange with you.

Retention

Registration and payment records are kept for 10 years as required by Turkish tax law; mailing-list subscriptions until you unsubscribe; contact e-mails for up to 2 years; server logs for up to 30 days.

Your rights under KVKK Art. 11

You may learn whether your data is processed and request information about it; learn the purpose and whether it is used accordingly; know the third parties it is transferred to in Türkiye or abroad; ask for incomplete or inaccurate data to be corrected, and for deletion or destruction under KVKK Art. 7, and for these actions to be notified to the third parties concerned; object to a result against you arising solely from automated analysis; and claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.

How to apply

Send your request by e-mail to support@bvscongress.com or in writing to 71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom. Requests are answered free of charge within 30 days at the latest. If you are not satisfied with the answer, you may complain to the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board.