Cookie Policy

Last Updated: 24 July 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how LegalBalkan uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit www.legalbalkan.com.

This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, which provide further information about how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data.

1. Who We Are

The website www.legalbalkan.com is operated under the LegalBalkan brand by:

Attorney Osman Efe Eren – LegalBalkan
Eğitim Mahallesi, Çiftlikiçi Sokak
No: 2-4, Kaya Apartmanı
Floor 2, Apartment 8
Kadıköy, Istanbul
Türkiye

Telephone: +90 216 706 98 96
Email: info@legalbalkan.com

For questions concerning cookies or the processing of personal data through this website, you may contact us using the details above.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, mobile device, tablet, or browser when you visit a website. They allow websites to operate properly, remember user preferences, improve performance, and understand how visitors interact with website content.

Cookies may be:

First-party cookies, placed directly by LegalBalkan;
Third-party cookies, placed by external service providers;
Session cookies, deleted when you close your browser;
Persistent cookies, stored on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

A cookie identifier and an IP address may constitute personal data where they identify or can reasonably be linked to an individual.

3. Why We Use Cookies

LegalBalkan may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Ensure that the website operates correctly;
Maintain website and network security;
Remember your language and cookie preferences;
Improve website navigation and accessibility;
Measure website traffic and performance;
Understand which pages and services are most frequently visited;
Identify and correct technical errors;
Protect forms against spam, fraud, and automated misuse;
Support embedded maps, videos, fonts, or other third-party content;
Measure the effectiveness of communications or campaigns, where enabled and consented to.

The cookies actually used may change depending on the website’s technical configuration, plugins, analytics services, and third-party integrations.

4. Categories of Cookies

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to function securely and correctly.

They may be used for:

Website security;
Server load management;
Cookie-consent preferences;
Form protection;
Session management;
Authentication;
Prevention of fraudulent or malicious activity.

These cookies cannot normally be disabled through the website’s cookie-preference panel because the relevant service could not be provided properly without them.

Under the guidance of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority, cookies may be treated as strictly necessary where they are required to provide a service expressly requested by the user or to transmit communications over an electronic communications network.

4.2 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices made by visitors and provide improved or personalized functionality.

They may remember:

Language preferences;
Region or location settings;
Display preferences;
Previously selected options;
Accessibility settings.

Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be activated after the user has provided the required consent.

4.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website.

They may collect information such as:

The number of website visitors;
Pages visited;
Time spent on particular pages;
Referring websites;
General device and browser information;
Website errors and performance information;
Navigation patterns.

This information may be used to improve website content, structure, accessibility, and technical performance.

Analytics cookies that are not strictly necessary will not be activated before the appropriate consent has been obtained.

4.4 Advertising and Targeting Cookies

LegalBalkan may use advertising or targeting cookies only where relevant services have been enabled.

These cookies may be used to:

Measure the effectiveness of online campaigns;
Limit how frequently an advertisement is displayed;
Understand whether a visitor arrived through a particular campaign;
Present content based on general interests;
Support social-media or advertising integrations.

Advertising and targeting cookies will only be used where legally permitted and after the user has given the required consent.

LegalBalkan does not sell personal data collected through cookies.

4.5 Third-Party and Embedded-Content Cookies

Certain pages may contain services or content supplied by third parties, including:

Embedded maps;
Video players;
Social-media content;
Online appointment tools;
Live-chat systems;
External forms;
Security services;
Analytics platforms;
Font or content-delivery services.

These third parties may place cookies or use similar technologies when the relevant content is loaded.

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies. LegalBalkan does not control the duration or technical operation of cookies placed independently by third parties.

Where consent is required, third-party content or cookies should remain inactive until the visitor provides consent.

5. Similar Technologies

In addition to traditional cookies, the website may use similar technologies, including:

Local storage;
Session storage;
Tracking pixels;
Web beacons;
Software development kits;
Device identifiers;
Server logs;
Tags and scripts.

These technologies may perform functions similar to cookies and are covered by this Cookie Policy where they are used to collect or store information relating to website visitors.

6. Legal Basis for Using Cookies

The legal basis depends on the category and purpose of the cookie.

Strictly necessary cookies may be used where they are required:

To provide a website function expressly requested by the visitor;
To maintain website and network security;
To remember cookie preferences;
To transmit communications;
To comply with legal obligations;
To establish, exercise, or protect legal rights.

Analytics, functional, advertising, and other non-essential cookies are generally used only after the visitor has provided valid consent, where such consent is required.

Consent must be based on an active choice. Continuing to browse the website, remaining silent, or using pre-selected consent options should not automatically be treated as valid consent for non-essential cookies. Turkish data-protection guidance also recommends providing users with clear and equivalent options to accept, reject, or manage cookie categories.

7. Cookie Consent and Preference Management

When you first visit the website, you may be presented with a cookie banner or preference panel.

Depending on the website configuration, you may be able to:

Accept all cookies;
Reject non-essential cookies;
Accept selected cookie categories;
Review detailed cookie information;
Change or withdraw your consent.

Rejecting non-essential cookies should not prevent access to the website’s general content. However, certain optional features, embedded content, or personalized functions may not operate correctly.

Your cookie preferences may be stored through a strictly necessary consent cookie so that the website can remember your selection.

You may change or withdraw your consent at any time through the Cookie Settings link or cookie-preference panel available on the website.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

8. Cookie Inventory

The cookies used on the website should be displayed in the cookie-preference panel or in a current cookie table containing the following information:

Information	Description
Cookie name	The technical name of the cookie
Provider	LegalBalkan or the relevant third party
Purpose	Why the cookie is used
Category	Necessary, functional, analytics, or advertising
Duration	Session-based or a defined retention period
Party	First-party or third-party
Legal basis	Necessity, legitimate legal basis, or consent

A cookie inventory should be reviewed regularly because website plugins, analytics platforms, security services, and embedded content may add, remove, or modify cookies.

9. Current Cookie Categories

Depending on the active website configuration, the following categories may appear in the cookie-preference panel:

Category	Typical purpose	Consent requirement
Strictly necessary	Security, consent records, forms, session management	Normally not required
Functional	Language, display, and user preferences	May be required
Analytics	Website traffic and performance measurement	Generally required
Advertising	Campaign measurement and interest-based content	Required
Third-party media	Maps, videos, social content, external tools	Generally required

The exact name, provider, duration, and purpose of each active cookie must be determined from the website’s live technical configuration.

10. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most internet browsers allow users to manage cookies through browser settings.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

View stored cookies;
Delete individual cookies;
Delete all cookies;
Block first-party cookies;
Block third-party cookies;
Prevent websites from storing cookies;
Receive a warning before a cookie is stored;
Clear cookies automatically when the browser closes.

Blocking all cookies may affect the operation, security, or functionality of certain parts of the website.

Cookie-management procedures vary between browsers and devices. You should consult the privacy or settings section of your browser for the current instructions applicable to your device.

11. International Data Transfers

Certain third-party cookie providers, analytics services, hosting providers, or embedded-content providers may process information on servers located outside Türkiye or outside the country from which the website is accessed.

Where personal data is transferred internationally, LegalBalkan will apply an appropriate transfer mechanism where required by applicable data-protection law.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include:

An adequacy decision;
Standard contractual clauses;
Contractual safeguards;
Explicit consent;
A transfer necessary for the provision of a requested service;
Another legally permitted transfer mechanism.

Further information concerning international transfers is provided in our Privacy Policy.

12. Retention of Cookie Data

The duration of a cookie depends on its function.

Session cookies are generally deleted when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies remain on the device for the period specified by the relevant cookie provider or until they are manually deleted.

LegalBalkan seeks to limit cookie duration to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

Consent records may be retained for a reasonable period to demonstrate that valid consent was obtained and to remember the visitor’s preferences.

13. Security

LegalBalkan applies reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information collected through cookies and similar technologies.

These measures may include:

Secure website connections;
Access restrictions;
Security monitoring;
Software updates;
Firewall and anti-spam measures;
Controlled access to analytics platforms;
Data-minimization procedures.

No website or electronic transmission system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should maintain current browsers, operating systems, and security software.

14. Your Data-Protection Rights

Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, you may have rights under applicable data-protection legislation, including the right to:

Request information about the processing of your personal data;
Access personal data concerning you;
Request correction of inaccurate information;
Request deletion or destruction of personal data;
Request restriction of processing;
Object to certain processing activities;
Withdraw consent;
Request information about recipients;
Submit a complaint to the competent data-protection authority.

The scope of these rights depends on the applicable law and the circumstances of the processing.

Requests may be submitted to:

Email: info@legalbalkan.com

We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before responding.

15. Third-Party Policies

Third-party services used through the website may have their own cookie and privacy policies.

Visitors should review the relevant provider’s policy before activating or interacting with third-party content.

LegalBalkan is not responsible for cookies independently placed by third-party websites after a visitor leaves www.legalbalkan.com or chooses to interact with an external service.

16. Changes to This Cookie Policy

LegalBalkan may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in:

Applicable legislation;
Regulatory guidance;
Website technology;
Active plugins or integrations;
Cookie categories;
Service providers;
Data-processing practices.

The updated policy will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Where a material change affects previously provided consent, visitors may be asked to review or renew their cookie preferences.

17. Contact Us

For questions, requests, or complaints concerning this Cookie Policy, please contact: