Last updated: January 2025
This Privacy Policy explains how carfyizmit.com ("we", "our", "us") collects, uses, stores and protects your personal data when you visit our website or use our car rental comparison service. By using carfyizmit.com, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data collected through carfyizmit.com is CarFy Izmit. For privacy-related enquiries, contact us at: book@carfyizmit.com
2. What Personal Data We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal data:
- Contact information: name, email address, phone number provided during the booking process or contact form submissions.
- Booking data: rental dates, pickup location, car category preferences, driver's licence details required to process reservations.
- Payment data: transaction reference numbers. We do not store full card numbers - payment processing is handled by our verified partner platforms.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, device type, pages visited, time spent on site, referring URL.
- Usage data: search queries, filter preferences and booking widget interaction data.
3. How We Collect Your Data
We collect personal data through:
- The booking widget on carfyizmit.com when you search for and book a rental car.
- Email correspondence sent to book@carfyizmit.com.
- Automatic data collection via cookies, analytics tools (including Yandex.Metrika) and server logs when you browse our website.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data on the following legal grounds:
- Contract performance: to process your car rental booking and deliver the service you requested.
- Legitimate interests: to improve our website, prevent fraud and ensure the security of our service.
- Consent: for non-essential cookies and analytics tracking where required by applicable law.
- Legal obligation: to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
5. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data to:
- Process and confirm car rental bookings in Izmit and the Kocaeli region.
- Communicate with you about your booking, including confirmation emails and updates.
- Pass necessary booking details to our verified rental partner companies to fulfil your reservation.
- Improve our website's performance, usability and content using aggregated analytics data.
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse and security breaches.
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
6. Sharing Your Data with Third Parties
We may share your personal data with:
- Rental partner companies: we share booking details (name, contact, dates, pickup location) with the car rental company fulfilling your reservation in Izmit.
- Analytics providers: Yandex LLC (Yandex.Metrika) for website analytics. Data may be processed on servers outside the EU.
- Payment processors: our booking widget partner (LocalRent / RentCars) handles payment processing under their own privacy policy.
- Legal authorities: if required by law, court order or to protect the rights and safety of users.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
carfyizmit.com uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to:
- Remember your search preferences and session data.
- Collect analytics data via Yandex.Metrika to understand how visitors use our site.
- Enable the booking widget functionality provided by our partner platform.
You can control cookie settings through your browser. Disabling cookies may affect some website functionality. For more information about Yandex.Metrika data practices, see Yandex's Privacy Policy.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy:
- Booking records are retained for up to 3 years after the rental completion date for accounting and legal purposes.
- Email correspondence is retained for up to 2 years.
- Analytics data is retained in accordance with Yandex.Metrika's data retention settings.
9. International Data Transfers
Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including Turkey and Russia (in connection with Yandex.Metrika analytics). We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers where required by applicable law.
10. Your Rights Under GDPR
If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure: request deletion of your personal data where there is no legal basis to retain it.
- Right to restriction: request that we limit how we process your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to object: object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Right to withdraw consent: withdraw consent for processing at any time where consent is the legal basis.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at book@carfyizmit.com. We will respond within 30 days.
11. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. These include:
- HTTPS encryption for all data transmitted through carfyizmit.com.
- Access controls limiting staff access to personal data to those with a business need.
- Regular review of our security practices and data protection procedures.
12. Children's Privacy
carfyizmit.com is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If you believe we have inadvertently collected data from a child under 16, please contact us at book@carfyizmit.com and we will delete it promptly.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your data.
For questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at: book@carfyizmit.com