Nicomart Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti. (“Nicomart,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us when visiting www.nicomart.com.tr, requesting a quotation, completing a contact form, or using our international trade services.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following information:
- Full name
- Company name and job title
- Email address and telephone number
- Country and business address
- Product requirements and enquiry details
- Import and export information
- Supplier or buyer information provided by you
- Website usage data, including IP address, browser type, device type, and visited pages
- Any other information you voluntarily provide through our forms, email, telephone, or messaging platforms
2. How We Collect Your Information
We may collect personal information when you:
- Complete a contact or quotation form
- Contact us by email, telephone, WhatsApp, or social media
- Request product sourcing or international trade services
- Subscribe to our newsletters or business updates
- Visit or interact with our website
- Enter into a commercial relationship with Nicomart
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information to:
- Respond to enquiries and quotation requests
- Source products and communicate with manufacturers or suppliers
- Manage import, export, procurement, and international trade operations
- Prepare quotations, contracts, invoices, and shipping documents
- Coordinate product inspections, customs procedures, and delivery arrangements
- Provide customer support and shipment updates
- Improve our website, services, and customer experience
- Send relevant business news, offers, and marketing communications where permitted
- Meet our legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations
- Prevent fraud, misuse, and security risks
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process personal information when:
- You have provided your consent
- Processing is necessary to respond to your request
- Processing is required to perform or prepare a contract
- We must comply with a legal obligation
- Processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided these interests do not override your rights
Personal information is processed in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including Türkiye’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK), where applicable.
5. Sharing Your Information
We may share relevant information with trusted parties when necessary to provide our services, including:
- Manufacturers and suppliers
- Freight forwarders and transportation providers
- Customs brokers and inspection companies
- Warehousing and distribution partners
- Banks, payment providers, accountants, and professional advisers
- Website hosting, email, analytics, and technology service providers
- Government authorities where legally required
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
6. International Data Transfers
As Nicomart operates in international markets, your information may be shared with suppliers, service providers, or business partners located outside your country.
Where required, we take reasonable measures to ensure that international transfers are handled securely and in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
7. Cookies and Website Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Ensure the website functions correctly
- Remember user preferences
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Measure website performance
- Improve our content and services
- Support relevant marketing activities
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to:
- Respond to your enquiry
- Provide the requested services
- Maintain our commercial relationship
- Resolve disputes
- Meet accounting, tax, contractual, and legal requirements
When personal information is no longer required, it may be securely deleted or anonymized.
9. Data Security
We apply reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of online transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
10. Your Rights
Depending on the applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Ask whether we process your personal information
- Request access to your personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion or restriction of your information
- Object to certain processing activities
- Withdraw previously provided consent
- Request information about third parties with whom your data has been shared
- Submit a complaint to the relevant data protection authority
To exercise your rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
11. Marketing Communications
We may send you information about products, services, offers, or business opportunities where permitted by law.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe option in our emails or by contacting us directly.
12. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, or external services. Nicomart is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of these external websites.
We recommend reviewing their privacy policies before providing personal information.
13. Children’s Privacy
Our services are intended for businesses and individuals aged 18 or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If we learn that a child has provided personal information without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, website practices, or legal obligations change.
The latest version will always be published on this page with the updated revision date.
15. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is processed, please contact:
Nicomart Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti.
Istanbul, Türkiye
Website: www.nicomart.com.tr
Email: info@nicomart.com.tr