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Cookie Policy

SmartShift Turkey Lojistik Teknolojileri Anonim Şirketi – Cookie Policy

Introduction As SmartShift Turkey Lojistik Teknolojileri Anonim Şirketi organized and existing under the laws of Turkiye, registered before the Istanbul Trade Registry under Registry No. 491723-5 and located at Gayrettepe Mah. Yıldız Posta Caddesi Yıldız Residence No:24 K:8 D:18 Beşiktaş/Istanbul (“Porter” or “Company”, “we” or “us”), we place some cookies on your device to ensure the proper functioning of our website/mobile application https://theporter.com.tr/ (“Website”) and to provide the most relevant services to our visitors and members (“user(s)” or “you” or “your”).

This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) aims to inform you about the cookies we use, how to control them and your personal data collected through those cookies under the Turkish Data Protection Law No. 6698 .

To learn more about how we process your personal data, please check our Privacy Policy available at https://theporter.com.tr/en-TR/privacy-policy.

What is a Cookie?

  • A cookie is a small text file which asks permission to be stored on your device. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

Use of Cookies

  • We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to user needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. \
  • Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better Website experience, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer, your device or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

Types of Cookies The types of cookies used on our Website are listed below.

We use session cookies and persistent cookies on our Website with respect to storage duration. Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies may remain on your hard disk for a long time and their storage duration may vary from a few days to several months.

We use first-party and third-party cookies on our Website. First-party cookies are placed directly by our Website. Third-party cookies are placed by other third-party websites.

We use the following cookies in respect of the purpose of use.

  1. Strictly Necessary cookies; and
  2. Other Optional cookies.

Table 1- Strictly Necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary to ensure the functionality of the Website. If Strictly Necessary cookies are disabled, then you may not be able to use the functions of the Website partially or completely.

<table> <tr> <td><strong>Cookie Name</strong> </td> <td><strong>Purpose of Use</strong> </td> <td><strong>If Disabled</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>_dd_s </td> <td>Datadog service </td> <td>Monitoring of service will hamper the functionality of the Website </td> </tr> <tr> <td>web_tracking_id </td> <td>Used majorly for analytics and very crucial with regard to Customer Acquisition </td> <td>Loss of data important for analysis of customer acquisition </td> </tr> <tr> <td>delivery_ck </td> <td>similar to web tracking id, not encrypted used in A/B testing </td> <td>Impact the A/B testing </td> </tr> </table>

Table 2- Other Optional cookies

These cookies include the following:

  1. Functional Cookies;
  2. Performance Cookies; and
  3. Marketing Cookies.

These cookies are optional in nature and increase the functionality of the Website. Enabling the Optional cookies will improve our services and the user’s experience of the Website.

<table> <tr> <td><strong>Cookie Name</strong> </td> <td><strong>Purpose of Use</strong> </td> <td><strong>If Disabled</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>_ga_SY9KC14QGC </td> <td>GA </td> <td>Publishing of events through GA will not function </td> </tr> <tr> <td>_fbp </td> <td>Facebook pixel </td> <td>Facebook pixel functionalities will get affected </td> </tr> <tr> <td>_gid </td> <td>GA </td> <td>Publishing of events through GA will not function </td> </tr> <tr> <td>_ga </td> <td>GA </td> <td>Publishing of events through GA will not function </td> </tr> <tr> <td>porter_home_geo_region_id </td> <td>Better use experience </td> <td>user has to select city repeatedly </td> </tr> </table>
  • You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website and/or Porter platform.

Transfer of Personal Data Your personal data collected by cookies are transferred to third party cookie providers domestically and internationally for the purposes explained in this Policy. Your personal data are transferred to third parties abroad with your consent in accordance with the Article 9 of the Turkish Data Protection Law No. 6698.

  1. Your Rights You may use your rights under Article 11 of the Turkish Data Protection Law No. 6698 as addressed in the Privacy Policy available at https://theporter.com.tr/en-TR/privacy-policy.

  2. Updates

Porter may change this Policy from time to time by updating this page. The current version of this Policy is effective from 4th Nov 2024. Updates to be made to this Policy will be notified to you on the Website.

Last updated on 12th May 2026.