Privacy Policy
Metastarter sets no cookies, runs no analytics and receives nothing that a reader types into a page. Two records are nonetheless created: an appearance setting held inside the reader’s own browser, and the access log that the web server writes for every request. Both are described in full below.
What does this privacy notice cover?
The privacy notice on this page states every category of data connected with Metastarter, the reason each category exists, and the legal ground on which it is held. Metastarter has no accounts, no forms and no advertising technology, so the subject matter is one browser appearance setting, one server access log and any message a reader chooses to send by electronic mail.
The notice applies to the pages published at metastarter.org and to nothing else.
- Personal data
- Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, which under Turkish law includes an IP address recorded in a server log.
- Data controller
- The organisation that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data, and that answers for it in law.
- Access log
- The file a web server writes automatically as it answers requests, recording technical details rather than the identity of a reader.
Who is responsible for this website?
KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ, a company registered in İstanbul, Türkiye, is the data controller for Metastarter and answers in law for the processing described here. Correspondence may be sent to the registered office or the electronic mail address below.
- Registered company name
- KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ
- Registered office
- Armağanevler Mah. Küçükpiyale Cad. No: 252, Kat: 5, Daire: 3, 34920 Sultanbeyli, İstanbul, Türkiye
- İstanbul Chamber of Commerce Registry Number
- 824415-0
- MERSİS Number
- 0879120126000448
- Electronic mail address
- contact@metastarter.org
- Telephone
- +90 216 814 45 72
Editorial responsibility rests with Melda Karahan, named on the authors page; further publisher details appear on the about page.
What does Metastarter not do?
Metastarter operates none of the technologies that ordinarily collect data about a reader, and the list below is exhaustive rather than illustrative. Each item is absent from every page, not merely switched off.
- No cookies of any kind are set, whether first-party or third-party.
- No analytics package, counter or measurement service is installed.
- No tracking pixel or beacon is embedded in a page.
- No advertising network or programmatic advertising technology is present.
- No third-party script is loaded from any other domain.
- No device fingerprinting or profiling takes place.
- No form, search box, comment section or newsletter exists, so a reader has no means of submitting anything through a page.
- No account or registration exists, and no personal data is bought from anybody.
Because nothing is submitted through a page, Metastarter holds no name and no payment detail belonging to any reader. A message sent voluntarily to the electronic mail address above is kept only for as long as the correspondence requires.
What is stored in a reader’s browser?
One local-storage entry is stored in the reader’s own browser, and it records nothing except the appearance choice: the literal value light or the literal value dark. The entry is written only when the appearance switch is operated.
The appearance entry carries no identifier, no timestamp and no counter, and nothing in it distinguishes one reader from another. The value is never transmitted to the server, so Metastarter never learns which appearance a reader prefers. A browser whose switch has never been operated stores nothing at all.
The entry remains until it is cleared through ordinary browser settings, and clearing it changes nothing except that the page returns to its default appearance. A fuller account of the entry appears in the cookie policy.
What does the web server record?
The web server writes an access log entry for every request it answers, as every web server does, and that log is the only record of a visit held by KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ. The fields that concern a reader are set out below; alongside them the server software writes the request method, the response status code and the size of the response, and nothing is added beyond that ordinary output.
| Log field | What the field contains | Why the server records it |
|---|---|---|
| IP address | The network address from which a request reached the server. | The address allows abusive request patterns to be investigated after the event. |
| Timestamp | The date and time at which the server answered a request. | The time places a fault or an incident in sequence. |
| Requested address | The path of the page or file asked for. | The path shows which resources were served and which requests failed. |
| Referrer | The address a browser reports as the origin of a request, where it sends one. | The referrer allows broken and misdirected links to be identified. |
| User-agent string | The description a browser gives of itself, including version and platform. | The description separates ordinary browsers from automated request tools. |
Access log entries are not combined with any other record, not enriched by an external service, and not used to build a profile of a reader. No entry is connected to a name, because the log itself never holds one. Log data is kept only for as long as the purposes above require and is then deleted in the ordinary course. No statutory period governs the retention of these entries, and the period actually applied may be asked for at the address in this notice.
What is the legal basis for the access log?
One ground under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data applies to the access log. Law No. 6698 was published on 7 April 2016 and governs all processing carried out by KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ. A message sent voluntarily by electronic mail rests on the same ground, for the sole purpose of answering the sender.
- Article 5(2)(f) — processing necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject are not harmed. The legitimate interests here are keeping the server running, diagnosing faults and investigating misuse.
No Turkish instrument obliges a publisher of its own articles to create or keep web-server access logs, so KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ does not rely on Article 5(2)(ç). Where a court or a competent authority lawfully orders a specific record to be preserved, that order is complied with; such an order concerns an existing record and is not the reason the log is kept.
A separate statement applies to readers in the European Economic Area. If Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation, applies to this processing, the legal basis is the legitimate interest in keeping the site secure, under Article 6(1)(f) of that Regulation. Whether the Regulation reaches a publication established in Türkiye is a question this notice does not decide in either direction. The appearance entry is dealt with separately on the cookie policy page, which explains why storing it does not require consent.
What rights does Law No. 6698 give a reader?
Article 11 of Law No. 6698 gives every data subject nine rights, exercisable against KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ in respect of the log data described above and of any correspondence held with the sender. The rights appear below in the order the Law states them.
- To learn whether personal data relating to the applicant is processed at all.
- To request information about the processing if data has been processed.
- To learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used accordingly.
- To know the third parties, in Türkiye or abroad, to whom the data has been transferred.
- To request correction of personal data that is incomplete or incorrect.
- To request erasure or destruction of personal data under the conditions laid down in the Law.
- To request that any correction, erasure or destruction be notified to third parties to whom the data was transferred.
- To object to a result reached to the applicant’s detriment by analysis carried out solely by automated systems.
- To claim compensation for damage arising from unlawful processing of personal data.
An application under Article 11 is made under Article 13 of the Law and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller. A valid application is made in writing to the registered office at Armağanevler Mah. Küçükpiyale Cad. No: 252, Kat: 5, Daire: 3, 34920 Sultanbeyli, İstanbul, Türkiye, or by registered electronic mail, secure electronic signature, mobile signature, or an electronic mail address the applicant has previously notified to KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ and which is recorded in its systems. An application states the applicant’s name, surname and signature, Turkish identity number or, for a foreign national, nationality and passport or identity number, an address for notification or an electronic mail or telephone number, and the subject of the request. A message sent to contact@metastarter.org from an address not previously registered is read and answered, but does not start the statutory period.
A valid application is concluded within thirty days at the latest. Because the log holds no name, an applicant may need to state the approximate date and time of a visit, and no matching record may exist. An applicant who is not satisfied with the answer, or who receives none, may complain to the Personal Data Protection Board under Article 14 of the Law, within thirty days of learning of the answer and in every case within sixty days of the date of the application.
Who else receives anything about readers?
Access log data remains on the infrastructure that serves Metastarter and is not sold, shared or transferred for any other purpose. The hosting provider, and the network provider through which requests reach the site, handle the data only as part of delivering and running the site, on the instructions of KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ and under agreements with it. Disclosure to a public authority would follow only from a law or a court order.
Do sponsor placements collect anything?
A sponsor placement carries no tracking, no cookies and no data collection of any kind. Metastarter sells at most one placement per page, directly and by agreement, and a placement is plain text and images served from the same site as the article around it. No sponsor receives an address or any other information about the people who read a page, and no sponsor may place code of its own on the site.
Is the site directed at children?
Metastarter is a general-audience publication about technology and is not directed at children. Metastarter asks nothing of anybody, of any age, because it has no forms, no accounts and no means of receiving a submission; the access log described above is written in the same way for every visitor, whatever their age. No age is asked for and none could be recorded. A parent or guardian with a question about the access log may write to the address in this notice.
How are changes to this notice published?
Changes to this notice are published on this page, and the effective date at the foot of the page is amended on the same day. The text shown here is always the text that applies at the time of reading. A change would follow a change in the site itself or in the law that governs it.
Should Metastarter ever begin to process a category of data not described here, the description would appear on this page first. Related documents are the cookie policy, the terms and conditions and the contact page.
Effective date of this notice: 31 August 2026. Data controller: KARAHAN KREATİF İÇERİK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ, Armağanevler Mah. Küçükpiyale Cad. No: 252, Kat: 5, Daire: 3, 34920 Sultanbeyli, İstanbul, Türkiye. Enquiries: contact@metastarter.org.