Privacy Policy
Ford Otomotiv Sanayi Anonim Şirketi (“Ford Otosan” or “Company”) attributes great importance to the secure and transparent processing of your personal data in conformity with the law and good faith. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is prepared for the objective of explaining how and for which purposes data relating to you will be processed and how you can manage your rights.
Below, you will find an explanation of general principles for the processing of personal data by Ford Otosan, the purposes for which your personal data is processed and the rights that you have concerning your personal data under the ConnecTruck Mobile Application (“ConnecTruck”, “Application” or “App”) and related services (“Services”)offered by Ford Otosan.
This Privacy Policy has been executed in English.
While, being an entity located in the Republic of Turkey, Ford Otosan shall comply with the provisions of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“Law No. 6698”), the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) this laws apply for the processing of personal data by Ford Otosan.
Ford Otomotiv Sanayi Anonim Şirketi
Akpınar Mahallesi, Hasan Basri Cad. No:2, 34885 Sancaktepe, İstanbul, Turkey Company Registry No: 73232
JURCOM GRC SERVICES B.V.
Willemsweg 94 6531 DN Nijmegen, Netherlands
gdprrep@ford.com.tr
“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (a data subject) in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that individual.
If you install and use the ConnecTruck App on your phone or other device, Ford Otosan may collect and process Personal Data required for the operation of the App, its management and the provision of Services. Furthermore, Ford Otosan may collect and process Personal Data like your email address or phone number when:
We may collect information relating to the use of the App such as your name, contact details, contract status information (e.g. customer, user and driver records, contract information etc.), location information, mobile device information, transaction information, your requests and complaints, incident management and other related information relevant for the App’s operation and provision as well as development of related services.
We do not process sensitive Personal Data of special categories, as well as any biometric personal data.
The purpose of processing Personal Data is to ensure functioning and development of ConnecTruck. This purpose implies the following cases of Personal Data use:
The following types of processing Personal Data are applied: collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission or transfer, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
You may find additional detailed information about the purposes of processing Personal Data by Ford Otosan on its Policy on the Processing and Protection of Personal Data, which has been made available to the public through the web address www.fordtrucks.com.tr/en/policy-on-the-protection. The aforementioned Policy on the Processing and Protection of Personal Data shall be applied in conjunction with this Policy. However, to ensure observance of the GDPR in case of its applicability, provisions of this Policy have always priority.
Depending on the purposes of processing and its circumstances, in processing your Personal Data we may rely on the following legal bases in the priority of their order below:
We refer to Art. 6 para. 1 (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) GDPR.
Ford Otosan collects Personal Data directly from the individual through the App. Ford Otosan also receives Personal Data from the individual or legal person being responsible for the vehicle you are using and applying ConnecTruck (the ConnecTruck customer or other third parties authorized by this customer), Ford Otosan authorized dealers and services as well as other authorized third parties under the App (e.g. mobile network operators).
Ford Otosan processes the Personal Data alone or may give assignment to third parties to process your data. If we are involving data processors into the performance of our services and contractual obligations, we have entered into data processing agreements with them. Ford Otosan may also transfer your Personal Data within the scope of this Policy to business partners, shareholders, affiliates, legally authorized public institutions and individuals and in
particular to Ford Motor Company and Ford Otosan authorized dealers and services in order to realize the above-mentioned data processing purposes within the framework of this Policy.
Ford Otosan and some of its third parties are be located outside the EU, which have not been subject of an adequacy decision of the EU commission pursuant to Article 45 GDPR. Ford Otosan will ensure that the level of data protection guaranteed by the GDPR will be upheld by
International transfer of your Personal Data is required in order to ensure that you benefit from the System and the Services; otherwise, it may not be possible to make full or partial use of the System and the Services.
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including inter alia as appropriate:
In assessing the appropriate level of security account shall be taken in particular of the risks that are presented by processing, in particular from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to Personal Data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.
We need your Personal Data to enable the use of the System and to provide the Services in order to perform our contractual obligations with you. Without providing such Personal Data, we may not be able to operate the System and provide the Services you are intending to receive.
Consent and withdrawal
Any consent is provided freely. If you give your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. After your withdrawal we will stop processing your Personal Data, including storage, unless further data processing is legally permitted.
To withdraw your consent, please send us an e-mail to gdprrep@ford.com.tr or a letter to Akpınar Mahallesi, Hasan Basri Caddesi, No:2, 34885 Sancaktepe, İstanbul, Turkey.
You may object to the processing of your Personal Data based on legitimate interests of Ford Otosan or third parties. Unless your objection is directed solely against direct marketing by Ford Otosan, you have to explain your special situation, which makes the processing of your Personal Data based on legitimate interests unacceptable for you.
To object, please send us an e-mail to gdprrep@ford.com.tr or a letter to Akpınar Mahallesi, Hasan Basri Caddesi, No:2, 34885 Sancaktepe, İstanbul, Turkey.
We only keep your personal information in identifiable form for as long as one of the following applies:
You have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of your Personal Data, or restriction of their processing. Furthermore, you have the right to request data portability. If you are situated in the EU, you have the right to file a complaint to the relevant data protection authority.
If you have questions or concerns regarding our use of your information, or would like to exercise any of your rights, please send us an e-mail to gdprrep@ford.com.tr or a letter to Akpınar Mahallesi, Hasan Basri Caddesi, No:2, 34885 Sancaktepe, İstanbul, Turkey.
We may modify or update this information from time to time. Please check www.fordtrucks.com.tr/en/connectruck-mobile-application-privacy-policy for the actual version of the data protection notice.
Regarding my Personal Data being processed in the ConnecTruck Application: