Corporate

ESSIAD’s Vision

To be a solution providing cluster who is environmental, can easily adapt  technological products and systems, saves energy in order to have a say in the world markets.

ESSIAD’s Mission

To cooperate with related bodies in order to increase competitiveness of our members by forming new technological and economic platforms where our members shall benefit.

ESSİAD’s Goals

•Support formation of sub- sectoral industries

•Help members corporatise

•Provide members with national and international business environment in order to create satistfactory competition.

•Co-operate with related bodies for corporatisation of ESSIAD and sector companies in the region and to increase their brand image.

•Co-operate with related bodies in order to avoid unfair competition and  sustain the market system on common good.

•Adapt the rules of HVAC-R legislation to domestic needs in accordance with the European Union norms

•Increase and develop cooperation awareness among cluster players,

•Perform Trainings and Education according to the needs of the sector engineers, technical personnel and workers at ESSIAD Continuous Training Center

•Communicate with sectoral companies in order to create traineeship opportunities for engineers, technical students through “From School To Profession” Project

•Build an accredited laboratory which will also help increasing the R&D activities

•Increase University-Industry cooperation among sectoral companies and their works

•Invite foreing capital for related and supporting industries among missing players of the cluster.

Ethics

1. Honesty: Is honorable, honest and adheres to high ethical standards. Doesn’t participate in any form of corruption, and does not support or condone corruption. Doesn’t form relations involving bribes. Doesn’t accept unfair competitive practices.
2. Reliability: Does not exercise behavior that damages his or his company’s reputation or the confidence accredited to him or his company. Bears responsibility for product and services. Doesn’t avoid responsibility. protects personal information relating to their studies, and keeps them confidential.
3. To Keep Promises: Take care to keep their promises. Fulfill the obligations undertaken on time.
4. Loyalty: Does not attempt to obtain any documents that should be kept classified or to use them for their benefits. Puts an emphasis on the privacy of the company, and doesn’t use confidential information belonging to his old company for profit, even after parting ways with the company in question.
5. Fairness: Does not accept unfair requests of privilege, does not mediate, or ask for mediation. Rejects any such proposal. Behaves in accordance with high moral standards​​.
6. Protecting the rights of others: Provides honesty, fair management, equality, respect and a safe working environment appropriate to the personalities of individuals in employee relationships, and does not compel people to perform illegal transactions. Doesn’t discriminate according to, race, color, sex, religion, political opinion, or philosophical belief when dealing with employee rights.
7. Respecting The Law: Members respect the laws in our county and the laws of other countries where they do business in all their activities. They do not attempt illegal or criminal activities. They do not refer to means and methods that wouldn’t be approved by the moral values ​​of business and society.
8. Responsibility of Citizenship: They pay their taxes on time. They fulfill the requirements of social responsibility.
9. Pursuit of the Best: Affects local economies positively through decisions. Prevents the wasting of the country’s resources and the impoverishment of society. Provides resource opportunities for social services and infrastructure.
10. Accountability: Never abandons the basic principle of openness in proposals and contract negotiations. In agreements with public and private enterprises, puts an emphasis on the principle of transparency, and practices accountability in every activity.
11. Environmental Awareness: Acts altruistically when necessary to protect the environment. Makes efforts to spread environmental awareness.
12. Responsibilities Of The Members: Does not act in ways that will blemish public opinion about the association. No actions or transactions that are contrary in nature to the image or statute of the association are sanctioned.

 Public Enterprises

National Sectoral Association, Chamber, Foundation and Unions

International Sectoral Association, Chamber, Foundation and Unions

Educational Institutions 

Bornova  Mimar Sinan Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi	Karabağlar İTO Vakfı Süleyman Taştekin Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi

*Listed in alphabetical order.

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THE AEGEAN REGION REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

INFORMATION NOTICE ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

As The Aegean Region Refrigeration Industry and Business Association (ESSİAD), we attach great importance to the protection of your personal data. In this regard, in our capacity as the data controller pursuant to the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“KVKK”), we process your personal data in compliance with the KVKK, within the purposes and limits set out below, and exercise the utmost care in implementing the necessary administrative and technical measures required for their protection.

Accordingly, through this Information Notice on the Processing of Personal Data, we would like to inform our members, the representatives of our corporate members, and the natural and legal persons who, although not members of the Association, submit their personal data within the scope of our projects, about our personal data processing activities and your rights under the KVKK.

Personal Data We Process

Within the scope of the applicable legislation and the Association’s Articles of Association, we process the following categories of your personal data:

1. Identity Information

Name, surname, Turkish Republic Identification Number, and identity document information.

2. Contact Information

Your contact address, telephone number, e-mail address, and, where applicable, the mobile phone number, fax number, or any other communication details that you have indicated as your preferred means of communication with the Association.

3. Employment and Educational Information

Information voluntarily provided by you in the membership application form, including, but not limited to, the name of your current employer, your position within that organization, the name of your most recent employer, and the last educational institution from which you graduated.

4. Special Categories of Personal Data

Although the Association does not directly intend to process such data, your identity documents and photographs submitted to the Association may indirectly reveal special categories of personal data, such as your religion, philosophical beliefs, political opinions, and health information (for example, information inferred from clothing, medical devices, or prostheses visible in photographs). In addition, the names of the associations of which you are a member, if voluntarily disclosed in the membership application form, may also be processed.

For the purposes of this Information Notice, the above-mentioned data shall, to the extent that they relate to natural persons applying for projects, legal entities and their representatives, individual members, and the natural person representatives of our corporate members, constitute personal data within the meaning of the KVKK and shall hereinafter be collectively referred to as “Personal Data.”

Method of Collection and Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Data

Your Personal Data are collected and processed verbally, in writing, or electronically through the membership application form submitted either in hard copy or via the Association’s website at www.essiad.org.tr, through documents submitted physically or electronically in connection with membership in the Association pursuant to the Association’s Articles of Association, and through information provided to the Association’s authorized representatives during various communications with the Association (such as communications by telephone or e-mail).

Within this scope, your Personal Data are processed for the purposes of carrying out the activities specified in the Association’s Articles of Association and within its fields of activity; organizing, managing, and conducting events and related processes for members or their representatives, including General Assembly meetings, working group meetings, summits, agenda meetings, and other member meetings; ensuring communication between the Association and its members regarding membership rights and obligations and fulfilling the related rights and obligations; carrying out internal reporting activities; submitting the required information and documents to administrative authorities, public institutions, and courts upon request; maintaining the books and records required to be kept by the Association under the applicable legislation; and fulfilling the obligations arising from the Law on Associations, the Regulation on Associations, and other applicable legislation.

Accordingly, your Personal Data are processed pursuant to Article 5/2(c) of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK), where processing is necessary for the Association, acting as the data controller, to comply with its legal obligations.

Furthermore, your Personal Data are processed pursuant to Article 5/2(f) of the KVKK where processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the Association, provided that such processing does not prejudice the fundamental rights and freedoms of our members (or the natural person representatives of our corporate members). These legitimate interests include maintaining communication with members, promoting the Association and informing members about its activities and events, determining and implementing the Association’s activities and services, carrying out its service policies, strengthening internal communication and cooperation, informing members about Association activities, ensuring the security and supervision of all Association facilities, and creating copies or backups to prevent data loss.

In addition, pursuant to Article 5/2(e) of the KVKK, your Personal Data are processed where such processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or protection of a legal right, including the proper implementation of Association projects and the conduct of legal proceedings relating to members.

Furthermore, within the scope of the Association’s projects, the personal data of our members and project applicants may be shared with one another solely for the purpose of facilitating communication between them.

In processing your Personal Data, the Association acts in accordance with the data processing principles and obligations set forth under the applicable legislation, particularly the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye, the international treaties to which Türkiye is a party, the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK), the relevant secondary legislation, and the guidelines and principle decisions issued by the Personal Data Protection Authority.

Purposes of Processing Your Personal Data

Your Personal Data are processed for the following purposes:

1. Carrying out the activities of the Association in line with the objectives and fields of activity set out in the Association’s Articles of Association.
2. Organizing, managing, and conducting events and related processes for Association members or their representatives, including General Assembly meetings, working group meetings, committee meetings, summits, agenda meetings, and other member meetings.
3. Ensuring communication between the Association and its members regarding membership rights and obligations, and fulfilling the related rights and obligations.
4. Promoting the Association and providing information about its activities and events.
5. Determining and implementing the Association’s activities and services, and carrying out its service policies.
6. Implementing and managing the Association’s projects.
7. Strengthening internal communication and cooperation within the Association.
8. Carrying out the Association’s internal reporting activities.
9. Informing members about the Association’s activities.
10. Ensuring the security and supervision of all facilities belonging to the Association.
11. Providing the necessary information and documents to administrative authorities, public institutions, and courts upon their request.
12. Maintaining the books and records that the Association is required to keep under the applicable legislation.
13. Fulfilling the obligations arising under the Law on Associations, the Regulation on Associations, and other applicable legislation.
14. Conducting legal proceedings relating to members.
15. Creating copies and backups to prevent data loss.

Transfer of Your Personal Data Within Türkiye or Abroad and the Purposes of Such Transfer

The Association may transfer your Personal Data to the persons and organizations specified below, in accordance with the fundamental principles stipulated under the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK) and under the following circumstances:

1. Where required under the Law on Associations, the Regulation on Associations, or any other applicable legislation in force during the period in which your personal data are processed, or where such disclosure is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, your Personal Data may be shared, solely to the extent necessary, with the relevant public authorities and institutions to enable the Association to comply with its legal obligations.

2. If, in addition to your membership or your capacity as the natural person representative of a corporate member, you serve in any governing body of the Association, your Identity Information, Contact Information, and professional information may be shared with the Provincial Directorate of Associations and other relevant public authorities, where such transfer is necessary for the Association, as the data controller, to fulfil its legal obligations arising under the Law on Associations and the applicable secondary legislation.

3. In connection with projects carried out by the Association, your Personal Data may be shared with public or private institutions and organizations for the purposes of planning and delivering the relevant services, improving those services, fulfilling obligations arising from their nature, and planning activities necessary to customize, recommend, and promote such services by taking into account users’ preferences, usage habits, and needs.

4. For the purpose of organizing various activities and services of the Association, such as General Assembly meetings, working group meetings, summits, agenda meetings, and other member meetings, the Association may from time to time engage external event management companies. In order to organize such events and provide participants with event-related materials, including identification badges, the names and surnames of the participants may be shared with the event management company authorized by the Association for the relevant event and acting as a data processor solely for that specific purpose. Such transfer shall be made on the basis of the Association’s legitimate interests as the data controller, provided that it does not prejudice your fundamental rights and freedoms.

5. Although no specific transfer of Personal Data is made to such service providers, the Association engages external information technology service providers for the provision of IT services. Based on the legal ground that processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the Association, provided that it does not prejudice the fundamental rights and freedoms of our members (or the natural person representatives of our corporate members), these service providers may, from time to time and solely for the purpose of providing technical support, access the servers and software used by the Association and, indirectly, the data stored therein. However, such service providers do not transfer the Personal Data to their own systems, nor do they process or retain such data on their own behalf.

6. In the event of any dispute relating to a member’s rights or obligations or the member’s relationship with the Association, your Personal Data may be shared, solely to the extent necessary for the relevant dispute, with the Association’s attorneys, legal advisors, competent judicial authorities, and enforcement authorities where such processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or protection of the Association’s legal rights.

7. Where necessary for the Association to fulfil the data processing purposes described above and to carry out its activities in accordance with its Articles of Association, your Personal Data may be shared, only to the extent necessary, with domestic third parties from whom the Association receives services, support, or consultancy, such as consultants, certified public accountants, and auditors, where such sharing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or protection of the Association’s legal rights or is based on the Association’s legitimate interests, provided that it does not prejudice your fundamental rights and freedoms.

8. In addition to the foregoing, where required for compliance with any legal obligation in force at the time of the relevant transaction or request, or where requested by competent public authorities, your Personal Data may be shared with the relevant public institutions, organizations, or judicial authorities to the extent necessary for the fulfilment of such legal obligations.

Your Rights as a Data Subject Under the KVKK

As a data subject under the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK) and the applicable legislation, you have the right to:

1. Learn whether your Personal Data are being processed;
2. Request information if your Personal Data have been processed;
3. Learn the purpose of the processing of your Personal Data and whether they are used in accordance with that purpose;
4. Learn the third parties to whom your Personal Data have been transferred, whether within Türkiye or abroad;
5. Request the correction of your Personal Data if they are incomplete or inaccurate;
6. Request the deletion or destruction of your Personal Data under the conditions stipulated in the KVKK;
7. Request that the third parties to whom your Personal Data have been transferred be notified of any correction, deletion, or destruction carried out pursuant to Items 5 and 6 above;
8. Object to any result that is detrimental to you arising from the analysis of your Personal Data exclusively through automated systems; and
9. Request compensation for damages incurred as a result of the unlawful processing of your Personal Data.

How to Exercise Your Rights

• Pursuant to the provisions of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK) and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, you may submit your request to exercise the rights specified above, together with documents verifying your identity, by one of the following methods:
• by delivering a written application bearing your handwritten signature in person to The Aegean Region Refrigeration Industry and Business Association (ESSİAD), Anadolu Caddesi No: 40, Tepekule Business Center, Floor: 2, No: 208, Bayraklı, İzmir, Türkiye;
• by sending your application via Registered Electronic Mail (KEP) to essiad@essiad.org.tr; or
• by submitting your application signed with a secure electronic signature or a mobile signature in accordance with the applicable legislation.

Your request will be evaluated and concluded in accordance with the provisions of the KVKK and the relevant legislation.

We respectfully submit this Information Notice for your attention.