CCTV Recording System Privacy Notice

CCTV RECORDING SYSTEMS PRIVACY NOTICE

1. Data Controller This privacy notice has been prepared by İstanbul Akvaryum Turizm Ticaret A.Ş. (Crowne Plaza Istanbul Florya) (“Company” or “Hotel”), acting as the data controller, to inform you about the processing of personal data collected via security cameras located in our hotel building, annexes, parking lots, and entrance/exit points.

2. Your Processed Personal Data During your visit or stay at our Hotel, your "Visual Recordings" (Physical Space Security Data) are processed through our Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) systems for the purpose of ensuring physical space security.

Important Note: No monitoring or recording is conducted in private areas such as restrooms, changing cabins, hotel rooms, and staff locker rooms.

3. Purposes of Processing Personal Data Your collected visual recordings are processed for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring the life and property safety of hotel guests, visitors, and employees,
  • Ensuring the physical security and supervision of the hotel building, facilities, and parking areas,
  • Detecting and providing evidence for potential theft, judicial incidents, or security breaches,
  • Managing occupational health and safety processes,
  • Fulfilling obligations to provide information to authorized public institutions (Police, Prosecutor's Office, etc.).

4. Method and Legal Reason for Personal Data Collection Your personal data is collected automatically through 24/7 video recording via security cameras located in the interior and exterior of our service buildings.

This data is processed based on the following legal grounds within the scope of Article 5/2 of the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK):

  • "It is mandatory for the data controller to fulfill its legal obligation" (Law on Private Security Services and Occupational Health and Safety Law),
  • "Data processing is mandatory for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided that it does not harm the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject" (Legitimate interest in ensuring security).

5. Transfer of Personal Data As a rule, camera recordings are not shared with third parties. However, they may be shared with:

  • Judicial Authorities (Prosecutor's Office, Courts) and Law Enforcement Agencies (Police Department) upon request or ex officio in the event of a crime or legal dispute,
  • Our legally authorized Lawyers/Legal Counsels for the purpose of resolving legal disputes, in accordance with Article 8 of the KVKK.

6. Retention Period The obtained camera recordings are stored for the period determined in our Company's "Personal Data Retention and Destruction Policy" (generally 30 days) and are destroyed by automatic overwriting at the end of this period. Recordings subject to a judicial case are retained until the legal process is concluded.

7. Rights of the Data Subject To exercise your rights under Article 11 of the KVKK (requesting deletion of recordings, learning whether they are processed, etc.), you can submit your requests in writing to Şenlikköy Mah., Yeşilköy Halkalı Cd. No: 95, 34153 Bakırköy/İstanbul – Türkiye or via e-mail to kvkk@cpistanbulflorya.com.