Personal Data Protection Notice (KVKK)
This notice is provided under Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) to inform you about the personal data processed when you use sevgikayhan.com.
Data controller
Sevgi Kayhan Email: info@sevgikayhan.com
What data do we process?
The site has no accounts, comments or mailing list. The only feature that processes personal data is the AI-powered Sevgi’s Kitchen Assistant.
When you ask the assistant a question:
- The question and answer text, the page you asked on, the page language and the date are recorded.
- Email addresses, phone numbers and long numbers (e.g. national ID numbers) are automatically removed from the question and answer before they are recorded. Names or health information cannot be reliably removed from free text, so please do not include personal information in your question.
- Your IP address is not stored. To prevent abuse (a limit of 10 questions per hour and 30 per day), your IP address and the current date are turned into a one-way code that cannot be reversed. The code changes every day, cannot be linked to the same person across days, and is deleted within 48 hours at the latest.
- No cookies, browser or device information, location or name are recorded.
Your conversation history with the assistant is kept only in your own browser, in the open tab, and is deleted when you close the tab. You can delete it at any time with the “New chat” button.
Why do we process it?
- To answer your question,
- To understand what visitors want to know and improve the recipes and the site,
- To check the quality of the assistant’s answers,
- To prevent abuse and automated (bot) attacks.
Legal basis and method of collection
The data is collected electronically and automatically when you ask the assistant a question. The legal basis is the legitimate interest of the data controller under KVKK Art. 5/2-(f) (providing, securing and improving the service), provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms.
How long do we keep it?
| Data | Retention |
|---|---|
| Question, answer, page, language, date | 12 months, then deleted automatically |
| Abuse-prevention code | At most 48 hours |
| Conversation history | Only in your browser; deleted when you close the tab |
Who do we share it with, and where?
The site and the assistant run on Cloudflare, Inc. (USA) infrastructure: hosting, the AI model (Gemma 4 running on Cloudflare Workers AI), the database where records are kept (Cloudflare D1) and bot protection (Cloudflare Turnstile). Your question and the records may therefore be processed on servers outside Turkey. This transfer relies on the safeguards set out in KVKK Art. 9. Your data is not shared with anyone else, not sold, and not used for advertising.
Your rights (KVKK Art. 11)
By applying to the data controller, you have the right to:
- learn whether your personal data is processed,
- request information if it has been processed,
- learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly,
- know the third parties to whom it is transferred in Turkey or abroad,
- request correction if it is incomplete or inaccurate,
- request deletion or destruction under the conditions of KVKK Art. 7,
- request that corrections and deletions be notified to third parties to whom the data was transferred,
- object to a result against you arising exclusively from automated analysis,
- claim compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing.
Please note: Because assistant records are kept without your name, IP address or any other identifier, in most cases we cannot determine whether a particular record belongs to you.
Please send your requests to info@sevgikayhan.com. Requests are answered free of charge within 30 days at the latest.