KVKK Notice — Corner Grocer
This is a courtesy English translation of the Turkish notice required by Article 10 of Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”). The Turkish text is the original; open this page in Türkçe to read it. For a detailed explanation, including retention periods, see the Privacy Policy.
1. Data controller
The data controller is Süleyman Gökhan Birkin, an independent developer operating as Birkin Apps in Istanbul, Türkiye. Contact: support@birkinapps.com.
2. Personal data we process
- Identity and account: a random Player ID; if you sign in with Apple or Google, your email address, name and sign-in method.
- Game data: progress (day, money, reputation, stock, prices, shop name and decoration), settings and accessibility settings (speech level, pace).
- Purchases and wallet: the transaction ID, product, date and environment (live or test) of your in-app purchases, your Coin balance and the packs, items and badges you own, and refund notices from Apple. Payment-card and payment details are processed by Apple and do not reach us.
- Device and usage: device model, operating system and app version, language, approximate location (country or region) derived from your IP address, an app-instance ID and game and shop events (day started/ended, checkout, restocking, purchase steps, Coin spent).
- Crash reports: stack trace, device and version information, the game state at the time of the crash.
3. Purposes
- Providing the Game; managing accounts and progress; delivering game content and settings.
- Selling and delivering in-app purchases: verifying them with Apple, keeping the Coin wallet and your items, handling refunds, and keeping accounting records.
- Statistics, analytics and game balancing; detecting errors and crashes.
- Information security and abuse prevention.
- Complying with legal obligations.
4. Collection method and legal basis
Your data is collected electronically, wholly or partly by automated means, through the Game and the website: directly from you, from your device and, when you sign in or buy, from Apple or Google. Legal bases: performance of a contract (KVKK Art. 5/2-c), the controller’s legitimate interest (Art. 5/2-f) and legal obligation, for example accounting records (Art. 5/2-ç). No processing currently relies on explicit consent.
5. Transfers
Your data is transferred only to our service providers: Google (Firebase) and Apple (sign-in, App Attest and the purchase verification and refund notices of the App Store). They process data outside Türkiye, especially in the United States; transfers abroad rely on the safeguards in KVKK Art. 9. Data may be shared with competent authorities where the law requires it. We do not sell personal data.
6. Your rights (KVKK Art. 11)
- To learn whether your personal data is processed, and to request information if it is.
- To learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used accordingly.
- To know the third parties, in Türkiye or abroad, to whom it is transferred.
- To ask for correction if it is incomplete or inaccurate.
- To ask for deletion or destruction under the conditions in the law.
- To ask that corrections and deletions are notified to the third parties the data was transferred to.
- To object to a result against you produced solely by automated analysis.
- To claim compensation if you suffer damage because of unlawful processing.
7. How to apply
To exercise your rights, write to support@birkinapps.com. We answer as soon as possible and within thirty days at the latest. If you are not satisfied, you can complain to the Personal Data Protection Board. To delete your data, see also Delete your data.