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Davet Cepte

Data Protection Notice

In accordance with Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles for Fulfilling the Disclosure Obligation, this notice explains for which purposes and on which legal grounds we process your personal data.

Last updated: 13 August 2026

1. Identity of the data controller

Your personal data is processed by Davet Cepte as data controller, within the scope described below.

Brand
Davet Cepte · davetcepte.com

The following details will be added here once verified against official records: Registered name, Address, Tax office, Tax identification number. If you need them in the meantime, please request them through our contact channels.

2. Personal data processed

People requesting a quote
Name, phone number, e-mail address, event type, event date, estimated guest count, design preference and the free-text note you write in the form.
Customers
Contact and invoicing details, order content, payment record information, the date, time and venue of the event, and the images and texts you send for use in the invitation.
Invitation guests
Name (as declared by the guest), attendance status, party size, the note left by the guest and any photo or video content uploaded.
Site visitors
Technical preferences such as language and theme, together with server logs kept for security purposes by the hosting infrastructure (IP address, date and time, request details).

We do not request special categories of personal data (health, religion, membership and similar). Please do not enter such information in the forms; any special category data sent by mistake is deleted without delay.

3. Purposes of processing

  • Assessing quote requests and contacting you
  • Concluding the contract, preparing the invitation design and performing the service
  • Publishing the invitation, providing RSVP tracking and collecting memory content
  • Invoicing, accounting and meeting obligations under tax legislation
  • Managing requests, complaints and formal applications
  • Ensuring the security of the service and preventing misuse and unlawful content
  • Using records as evidence in legal disputes and meeting statutory retention obligations

4. Legal grounds

Your personal data is processed on the following legal grounds set out in Article 5 of the Law:

Legal groundWhere it applies
Necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract (Art. 5/2-c)Preparing quotes, taking orders, designing, publishing and delivering the invitation
Compliance with a legal obligation (Art. 5/2-ç)Issuing invoices, keeping tax and accounting records, responding to requests from public authorities
Legitimate interest (Art. 5/2-f)Ensuring service security, preventing misuse, keeping a record of requests
Establishment, exercise or protection of a right (Art. 5/2-e)Retaining order and correspondence records as evidence in disputes
Explicit consent (Art. 5/1)Being contacted via the consent checkbox on the enquiry form and — where you give separate approval — sharing your design for promotional purposes

5. Method of collection

Your personal data is collected by wholly or partly automated means through the enquiry form on the site, messages you send by e-mail, phone, messaging apps and our social media accounts, and through the RSVP form and memory upload area on the invitation page.

6. Transfer of personal data

Your personal data is never sold, rented or shared with third parties for marketing purposes. Transfers are made only to deliver the service and meet legal obligations, in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the Law:

  • Hosting and infrastructure providers on which the site and invitation pages are published
  • E-mail, messaging and file storage providers
  • Accounting and financial advisory providers
  • Authorised public institutions and judicial authorities, on request
  • Legal advisers — only in the event of a dispute

The servers of the infrastructure services used may be located abroad. In such cases, transfers abroad are carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 9 of the Law (adequacy decision, standard contract or other appropriate safeguards).

7. Retention periods

Data categoryRetention period
Quote requests that do not result in an order12 months from the date of the request
Contract, order and invoice recordsFor the limitation and retention periods in applicable legislation (as a rule, 10 years)
Invitation content and guest data (RSVP records, notes)6 months from the event date; deleted earlier on your request
Memory content (photos and videos)6 months from the event date; deleted on your request after handover
Server security logsMaximum 12 months

Data whose retention period has expired is deleted, destroyed or anonymised in accordance with the Regulation on the Deletion, Destruction or Anonymisation of Personal Data.

8. Data security

  • The site and invitation pages are served over an encrypted connection (HTTPS).
  • Access to data is limited to the people needed to deliver the service.
  • Agreements containing confidentiality and security undertakings are made with our providers acting as data processors.
  • In the event of a data breach, notification is made to the data subjects and to the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board as soon as possible, in accordance with Article 12 of the Law.

9. Data of invitation guests

If you responded to an invitation as a guest or uploaded a memory, the data controller for that data is the person or organisation who commissioned the invitation. Davet Cepte is only a data processor, processing that data on the invitation owner's instructions.

If you want your data deleted, you can apply directly to the invitation owner; you may also send your request to us. We will then forward your request to the relevant invitation owner and carry out the technically required deletion without delay.

10. Your rights as a data subject

Under Article 11 of the Law you have the following rights:

  • To learn whether your personal data is being processed
  • To request information if it has been processed
  • To learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used in line with that purpose
  • To know the third parties to whom the data is transferred, in Türkiye or abroad
  • To request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data
  • To request deletion or destruction under the conditions in Article 7 of the Law
  • To request that correction, deletion and destruction be notified to third parties to whom the data was transferred
  • To object to an adverse outcome arising from analysis carried out exclusively by automated systems
  • To claim compensation for damage suffered due to unlawful processing

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11. Updates to this notice

This notice may be updated in line with changes in legislation or in the scope of the service. The current text applies from the moment it is published on this page and the date at the top of the page changes accordingly.