Cookie Policy

As COSMOPUBLIC İç ve Dış Tic. A.Ş, we process personal data and use internet cookies in order to provide a better user experience to the visitors of our website, https://thenewlab.com (“Website”), while respecting their privacy and personal data protection rights. This Cookie Usage Policy (“Policy”) explains to all our Website visitors and users which types of cookies are used and under what conditions.

This Policy applies regardless of the technologies, methods, or manner in which you connect to the Website. Therefore, we recommend that you read this Policy carefully and keep a copy for future reference.

I. Minors

If you are under the age of 18, you must visit the Website under the supervision of your parents. You should not use this Website or share any of your personal data without parental supervision.

II. What is a Cookie and for What Purposes is it Used?

A cookie is a small data storage file saved by websites onto your computer, mobile phone, tablet, or other mobile devices that you use to access the site. This file stores information about your navigation on the Website. Thus, your accessed devices will remember your data when you use the Website again. Therefore, cookies are necessary and important for you to use the Website effectively and more easily. Cookies are also used to offer you more suitable services, products, or offers on the Website and third-party websites.

The primary purposes of using cookies are:

– The need for certain technical data to use the Website more effectively,

– Collection of information regarding the Company’s preferences and habits concerning your browsing and usage of the Website,

– The need for the Company to process your personal data, such as your IP address, to fulfill legal and contractual obligations, primarily those arising from Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications Made Through the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed Through These Publications and the Regulation on Procedures and Principles Concerning the Regulation of Publications Made Through the Internet,

III. Which Types of Your Data Do We Process Through Cookies?

Depending on their type, cookies generally collect data regarding your browsing and usage preferences on the device you use to access the Website. This data includes all information regarding the pages you access, the services and products you view, and your navigation on the Website.

IV. Which Types of Cookies Do We Use and How?

We use different types of cookies on the Website. These include cookies that are strictly necessary for the Website to function, functionality cookies, analytics/performance cookies, and targeting/advertising cookies.

COOKIE TYPES BY USAGE:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are essential for the Website to function properly. These cookies are needed for system administration and to prevent fraudulent transactions; if blocked, the Website will not function.

Functionality Cookies: These are used to provide you with a more advanced and easier user experience. For example, they perform functions such as remembering your previous preferences and allowing you to easily access certain content on the Website. You can block the use of these cookies as explained in detail below.

Analytics/Performance Cookies: These cookies enable us to analyze and understand how the Website functions and to interact with you to improve the Website. You can block the use of these cookies as explained in detail below.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These are used to identify and present content, including advertisements, that may be of interest to you. You can block the use of these cookies as explained in detail below. However, blocking these cookies will not completely prevent advertising content but will result in general advertisements instead of those tailored to your interests.

COOKIE TYPES BY RETENTION PERIOD:

Persistent Cookies: These are cookies that remain on a person's computer until a specific date or until they are deleted by the user. These cookies are mostly used to measure users' site activities and preferences.

Session Cookies: These are used to separate the user's visit into sessions and do not collect data from the user. The cookie is deleted when the user closes the web page they are visiting or remains inactive for a certain period. Targeting and tracking cookies are used on the Website to assist third parties in providing services, especially advertising services, and to increase the effectiveness of these services. These cookies can remember the web pages and sites you visit and may collect personal data, primarily the IP address of the user's device. The Website uses both first-party and third-party cookies to collect information, remember your interests and demographic data, provide you with targeted advertisements, improve advertisements, determine the number of visits and ad impressions, and calculate the ratio between interactions with these ad impressions and advertising services. The Website utilizes social plugins that provide links to social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn. When you visit the Website and use these plugins, the Website connects directly to the server of the selected social network. Subsequently, the content provided by the plugin is transmitted directly from the social networks to your web browser and added to the website you are visiting. In this way, the relevant social network can access and process your data and combine it with data belonging to your account on the relevant social network.

Please note that we have no influence or control over the scope of data processed by social networks through plugins. To obtain more information regarding the purpose, methods, and duration for which social networks process your personal data, please carefully review the personal data processing policies published by the relevant social networks.

V. How Can You Block the Use of Cookies?

While the use of cookies allows the Website to provide better service, you may block the use of cookies if you wish. However, please note that in this case, the site may not function fully, and you may not be able to benefit from all its features. To block the use of cookies, you need to change the settings of your internet browser. These changes vary depending on the device and internet browser you are using. Below is information on the steps to be followed to block the use of cookies on different internet browsers:

• Internet Explorer

1. Open the desktop and tap or click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar.

2. Tap or click the Tools button and then Internet options.

3. Tap or click the Privacy tab, then move the slider under Settings up to block all cookies and tap or click the OK button.

• Microsoft Edge

1. Click the section with the three-dot icon in the upper right corner of your Microsoft Edge browser and go to the Settings section.

2. After clicking "Choose what to clear" from the new window that appears, select the sections you want to clear from the window that opens.

3. There are many sections here. You can start the clearing process by selecting the ones you want.

• Google Chrome

1. Open Chrome on your computer.

2. Click More Settings at the top right.

3. Click Advanced at the bottom.

4. Under “Privacy and security,” click Content settings.

5. Click Cookies.

6. Search for the Website name under “See all cookies and site data.”

7. Click the Remove icon to the right of the site.

• Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the Firefox Menu button and select Options.

2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the History section.

3. Change the Firefox setting to "Use custom settings for history."

4. Click the "Show Cookies..." button. The Cookies window will appear.

5. In the Search: field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to delete. Cookies matching your search will be displayed.

6. Select the cookie(s) you want to delete and click the Remove Selected button.

7. Close the Cookies window by clicking the Close button. Then close the about:preferences page.

• Safari

1. Select Safari > Preferences.

2. Click Privacy.

3. Click Website Data.

4. Select one or more websites and then click Remove or Remove All.