Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 July 2026

This policy explains how Buoyency (a sole proprietorship registered in Istanbul, Türkiye — Doğan Can Gültekin) handles personal data in connection with istanbulboatparty.com. We aim to comply with Türkiye's KVKK and, for visitors in the EU/EEA, the GDPR.

1. What we collect

This is a simple promotional website with no sign-up or contact forms, so we collect very little directly:

Messages you send us — if you contact us by WhatsApp, Instagram or email, we receive the information you choose to share (e.g. name, phone/handle, your questions).
Basic technical data — like any website, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) processes standard server logs (e.g. IP address, browser type) to deliver and secure the site.
Advertising measurement — only if you accept — we use the Meta (Facebook) Pixel to measure which adverts bring people to our events. It is not loaded at all unless you press "Accept" on our cookie banner. If you accept, it sets cookies and sends Meta your IP address, browser information, the pages you view on this site and whether you clicked through to buy a ticket. If you decline, it never loads and none of that is sent.
Search Console — we use Google Search Console, which reports on how our pages appear in Google Search. It works from Google's own search logs and does not place cookies on this site.

We do not sell tickets on this site, so we do not collect payment data here. Ticket purchases happen on our ticketing partner's platform (Biletimgo), which has its own privacy policy.

2. Why we use it

To respond to your enquiries and manage bookings you ask about.
To operate, secure and improve the website.
To measure and, where enabled, to run and optimise advertising for our events.

3. Who we share it with

We share data only with service providers that help us run the site and our events: our hosting provider (Cloudflare), our ticketing partner (Biletimgo), and — only if you accepted advertising cookies — Meta. We do not sell your personal data.

3a. Transfers outside Türkiye / the EEA

Cloudflare and Meta are established outside Türkiye and process data on servers outside Türkiye and, in some cases, outside the EEA (including in the United States). This means that if you accept advertising cookies, your data is transferred abroad. Under KVKK such transfers require your explicit consent, which is what the cookie banner asks for; if you decline, no data is sent to Meta. For visitors in the EU/EEA, these providers rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses and/or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

4. Cookies and your choice

We ask before we track. When you first visit, a banner asks whether you accept advertising cookies. Nothing is loaded until you choose, and declining is exactly as easy as accepting.

Strictly necessary (always on) — we store your language choice and your cookie decision in your browser's local storage so the site works and so we do not ask you the same question on every visit. These are not used for tracking or advertising.
Advertising (only with your consent) — the Meta Pixel, described in section 1. Loaded only if you press "Accept".

Changing your mind: you can withdraw or change your consent at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser (in most browsers: the padlock icon in the address bar → site settings / cookies and site data → delete). The banner will then appear again on your next visit. You can also block cookies entirely in your browser settings.

Our hosting provider (Cloudflare) may set strictly necessary cookies for security and to keep the site available. Our ticketing partner (Biletimgo) sets its own cookies on its own website once you leave ours.

5. Your rights

Under KVKK and, where applicable, the GDPR, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or object to the processing of your personal data, to ask for a copy of it, and to withdraw consent at any time (withdrawing consent does not affect processing that already took place). To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below; we respond within 30 days.

If you are unhappy with our response, you may complain to Türkiye's data protection authority (KVKK — kvkk.gov.tr) or, if you are in the EU/EEA, to your local supervisory authority.

6. Retention

We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes above or as required by law, then delete or anonymise it.

7. Contact

For any privacy question or request: [email protected], or message us on WhatsApp / Instagram.