Data Protection Notice (Turkey — KVKK)

Data controller

The operator of the Ruh Esi app acts as data controller under Law No. 6698. You can send requests to destek@ruhesi.app.

Categories of personal data processed

• Identity: first name, last name, date of birth
• Contact: email address
• Location: approximate location (never stored at full precision)
• Visual records: profile photos and verification selfie
• Transaction security: session records, IP hash, device information
• Customer transactions: subscription and purchase records
• Special category data: only where you gave separate explicit consent, your answers to the relevant questions

Purposes

• Creating your membership and verifying your identity
• Calculating compatibility and presenting match suggestions
• Showing nearby users at approximate location
• Maintaining service security and preventing abuse
• Reviewing reports and taking necessary measures
• Meeting legal obligations

Legal grounds

• Necessary for the establishment and performance of a contract (art. 5/2-c)
• Compliance with a legal obligation (art. 5/2-ç)
• Legitimate interest (art. 5/2-f) — security and abuse prevention
• Explicit consent (art. 5/1, and art. 6/2 for special category data) — location and sensitive questions

Transfers abroad

The app is available worldwide, and hosting, email delivery, notification and subscription verification services may be obtained from providers located outside Turkey. Your explicit consent is requested for transfers abroad, carried out in line with article 9 of the Law and with the necessary security measures in place.

Your rights (art. 11)

• To learn whether your personal data is processed
• To request information if it has been processed
• To learn the purpose and whether it is used accordingly
• To know the third parties to whom it is transferred, at home or abroad
• To request correction if it is incomplete or inaccurate
• To request erasure or destruction within the conditions of the Law
• To request that corrections and erasures are notified to third parties
• To object to a result against you produced solely by automated analysis
• To claim compensation for damage arising from unlawful processing

Send requests to destek@ruhesi.app. We respond free of charge within 30 days at the latest.

Automated decision-making

Compatibility is calculated automatically and affects which people are shown to you. This calculation produces no legal effect; it only determines the order of a suggestion list. You can see how it works in the Privacy Policy and in the compatibility breakdown inside the app.