Legal Information

KVKK Information Text

You can learn about how your personal data is collected, processed, and protected.

As Klinik Akademi Dental Clinic, as the data controller under the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK), we may process, record, store, classify, update, and in limited, measured cases permitted by law, disclose/transfer your personal data to third parties in accordance with the law and rules of integrity for the purposes explained below.

1. Data Controller

Klinik Akademi Dental Clinic acts as the data controller in the processing and storage of your personal data. In accordance with KVKK, your personal data is collected and processed by Klinik Akademi Dental Clinic as a data controller within the scope described below.

2. Purpose of Personal Data Processing

Your personal data may be processed for the following purposes, including but not limited to conducting necessary operations for you to benefit from Klinik Akademi Dental Clinic services, providing and planning healthcare services and tracking them, verifying your identity, creating and tracking appointments, managing treatment processes, conducting payment transactions, and other dental operations:

Conducting and improving healthcare services
Carrying out patient registration and admission
Conducting medical diagnosis, treatment, and care services
Planning and managing healthcare services financing
Providing appointment creation and reminder services
Managing billing and payment processes
Fulfilling legal and regulatory requirements
Conducting analyses on our healthcare services and improving our healthcare services

3. Categories of Personal Data Processed

The main categories of personal data processed by our clinic are as follows:

Identity and Contact Information:

Identity information (name, surname, ID number, date of birth, gender, etc.)
Contact information (phone number, email, address, etc.)
Financial information (bank account details, invoice information, etc.)

Health and Other Information:

Health information (medical history, diagnosis, treatment information, X-ray and imaging results, etc.)
Insurance information (private health insurance, social security, etc.)
Visual and auditory records (before and after treatment photos when necessary)

4. Transfer of Personal Data

Your personal data may be shared with the following domestic and international organizations in accordance with the purposes mentioned above, within the scope of the law and other legislation:

Ministry of Health and its affiliated sub-units
Private insurance companies and Social Security Institution
Lawyers and authorized public institutions and organizations for the purpose of conducting legal processes
Regulatory and supervisory institutions and official authorities
Third parties from whom services are procured domestically/internationally (laboratories and medical equipment suppliers, etc.)

Your personal data may be transferred within the framework of the personal data processing conditions and purposes specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Law.

5. Method and Legal Basis for Collection of Personal Data

Your personal data may be collected electronically or physically by Klinik Akademi Dental Clinic. In this context, your personal data is collected through the following methods and legal bases:

Information you share during patient admission, registration, and appointment creation processes
Health data obtained as a result of examinations and tests performed by the physician during the treatment process
Information you provide through our website, phone, email, and social media channels
Information sharing with regulatory and supervisory institutions for the purpose of financing and planning healthcare services
Information obtained from institutions from which services are procured (private insurance, social security, etc.)

Explicit Consent

For data processing activities that are not explicitly stipulated by law and require explicit consent, your personal data is processed by obtaining your explicit consent.

Legally Required

It is a legal obligation to process your data and share it with the relevant institutions within the scope of healthcare legislation.

Contractual Necessity

As Klinik Akademi Dental Clinic, your personal data is processed to fulfill the services arising from our contract with you and to establish a treatment relationship.