Effective Date: July 29, 2026
1. Data Controller
Pursuant to Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”), the data controller with respect to your personal data processed within the scope of the TT Institute Academy website is Tuba Balcı. TT Institute Academy currently operates as an independent individual venture and does not have a separate legal entity (company).
Contact: admin@ttinstituteacademy.com
Address: Istanbul, Turkey
Important Note: The site currently provides direct access to educational content without requiring membership or login. The membership system and the Article → Video Conversion Service are not yet active. Accordingly, data processing activities related to membership and payment processes will begin once the relevant systems are activated, and this text will be updated at that stage.
2. Personal Data Processed
Digital data (IP address, browser information, site usage statistics — via Google Analytics)
Cookie data
Social media interaction data (cookie/interaction data from platforms such as Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X)
Data to be additionally processed once the membership system becomes active:
Identity information (first and last name)
Contact information (email address)
Educational data (course progress information, quiz and exam results)
Article submission data (article content and files submitted under the Article → Video service)
Payment information (payment details to be processed through payment infrastructure providers)
3. Purposes of Data Processing
To provide access to educational content
To improve user experience
To conduct statistical analysis and measure site performance
To fulfill legal obligations
Once the membership system becomes active, additionally:
Membership and account management
Carrying out Article → Video conversion orders
4. Legal Grounds
Data processing activities are based on Articles 5 and 6 of the KVKK:
For site security and performance: legitimate interest
Fulfillment of legal obligations
Once the membership system becomes active, additionally:
For membership data (first name, last name, email): explicit consent
For Article → Video order data: performance of a contract
5. Third-Party Services
Personal data is shared with the following third parties only when necessary for the provision of the service:
Turhost (hosting, SSL, domain name services)
Google LLC (Google Analytics — site statistics)
Google LLC (YouTube — video playback; under YouTube's own platform policies, advertisements may be displayed by YouTube before or during video content, even though TT Institute Academy has no advertising revenue or ad management arrangement.)
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Instagram — display of social media content)
LinkedIn Corporation (display of social media content)
TikTok (display of social media content)
X Corp. (Formerly Twitter — display of social media content)
Once the membership and payment systems become active, data will also be shared with payment infrastructure providers (e.g., iyzico), and this section will be updated accordingly.
TT Institute Academy may, in the future, activate its own advertising integration (such as Google Ads/AdSense) to help fund the platform. Once this integration becomes active, this section and the related data processing purposes/legal grounds will be updated and separately communicated to users. Your personal data is never sold to third parties for commercial purposes. It may be shared with official authorities where legally required.
6. International Data Transfer
Certain data may be transferred abroad within the scope of hosting, analytics, and video services (for example, Google LLC is based in the United States). These transfers are carried out within the framework of the relevant provisions of the KVKK and the necessary technical/administrative measures.
7. Retention Period
Cookie data is retained for 6 to 24 months, depending on user preference. Data required for legal obligations is retained for the period prescribed by the relevant legislation.
Once the membership system becomes active, membership data will be retained for the duration of the membership and for 26 months after the membership ends.
8. User Rights
Pursuant to Article 11 of the KVKK, users have the following rights:
To learn whether their personal data is being processed
To request information about it if it has been processed
To learn the purpose of the processing and whether the data is used in accordance with that purpose
To know the third parties to whom the data is transferred, domestically or abroad
To request correction if the data has been processed incompletely or incorrectly
To request deletion or destruction of the data within the framework of the conditions set out in Article 7 of the KVKK
To request that the actions taken be notified to the third parties to whom the data has been transferred
To object to a result arising to their detriment as a consequence of the processed data being analyzed exclusively through automated systems
To request compensation for damages in the event of harm caused by unlawful processing
9. Method of Application
Users may submit their requests regarding the rights above in writing to admin@ttinstituteacademy.com . Requests are concluded free of charge within the period prescribed by the KVKK (no later than 30 days).
10. Right to Amend
TT Institute Academy reserves the right to update this Disclosure Statement when necessary. The updated text becomes effective as of its publication date.
