Data controller and representative
Under Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”), the data controller is Ala Tech Solutions LTD (Unit 501 Leroy House, 434-436 Essex Road, London N1 3FY, United Kingdom; registered in England and Wales, company number 17100391). Email: [email protected]. Our data controller representative in Türkiye: [Türkiye temsilcisi ünvanı ve adresi].
This notice is provided under Article 10 of the KVKK for people in Türkiye who use Mutfak AI. It is an English translation for information; if there is any difference, the Turkish version prevails.
Categories of personal data
| Category | Data |
|---|---|
| Identity | Name or nickname |
| Contact | Email address |
| Visual records | Profile photo; item and receipt photos; photos shared in chat |
| Audio records | Voice when adding by voice (not stored after transcription) |
| Customer transactions | Home memberships, kitchen inventory, shopping list, house chat messages, votes, dietary preferences, favourites, support requests |
| Transaction security | Session and device information, push token, IP address, crash and access logs |
| Marketing | Not processed. Your data is not used for advertising or profiling. |
We do not collect special categories of personal data. Dietary preferences are used only for recipe suggestions, as you enter them; please don’t enter health information there.
Purposes and legal grounds
| Purpose | Legal ground (KVKK Art. 5) |
|---|---|
| Accounts, sign-in, setting up and sharing a home | Establishing and performing a contract (5/2-c) |
| Inventory, expiry tracking, shopping list and house chat | Performance of contract (5/2-c) |
| AI recognition of photos, receipts and voice; recipe suggestions | Performance of contract (5/2-c) |
| Notifications | Performance of contract (5/2-c); device permission given by you |
| Managing Premium subscriptions | Performance of contract (5/2-c) |
| Information security, abuse prevention, crash diagnostics | Legitimate interest (5/2-f); legal obligation (5/2-ç) |
| Support | Performance of contract (5/2-c); legitimate interest (5/2-f) |
| Legal obligations and requests from authorities | Expressly provided by law (5/2-a); legal obligation (5/2-ç) |
| Establishing, exercising or defending rights | 5/2-e |
How data is collected
Electronically and by automated means: information you enter in the app, photos you take or choose, audio captured through the microphone, content other members of your home add to shared areas, technical data sent automatically by your device, and subscription status from Apple or Google.
Transfers
Data may be shared, within the purposes above, with members of the same home, our representative in Türkiye and authorised public bodies (KVKK Art. 8). The data controller is based in the United Kingdom and some providers (cloud hosting, AI processing, email, crash monitoring, push delivery) operate servers abroad. Cross-border transfers follow KVKK Art. 9: to countries with an adequacy decision, or otherwise under appropriate safeguards such as the Board’s standard contracts, notified to the Board within 5 business days of signature. For the current list of providers and countries, email [email protected].
Your rights under Article 11
You can ask us to tell you whether your data is processed and for what purpose, who it is transferred to in Türkiye or abroad, to correct or delete it, to notify recipients of corrections or deletions, to object to a decision made solely by automated means that is unfavourable to you, and to compensate damage caused by unlawful processing.
How to apply
Send your request with information that identifies you, by email from your registered address to [email protected], or by signed letter to our representative in Türkiye ([Türkiye temsilcisi ünvanı ve adresi]) or to Ala Tech Solutions LTD, Unit 501 Leroy House, 434-436 Essex Road, London N1 3FY, United Kingdom. We respond free of charge within 30 days.