Privacy Policy | İsmail Hakkı EREN

Last Updated: October 23, 2026

At İsmail Hakkı EREN ("we", "us" or "our"), we care about the privacy of visitors to https://ismailhakkieren.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains how your information is collected, used and disclosed when you visit our Site.

1. Information We Collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device. This information may include:

Log Records: IP address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages and date/time stamps.
Cookies: We may use cookies to remember your preferences and to analyze site traffic.

2. How We Use Information

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To operate and maintain the Site.
To improve and personalize your experience on the Site.
To analyze site traffic and user interactions (e.g. Google Analytics, Vercel Analytics).
To comply with legal obligations.

3. Third-Party Services

Our Site may use third-party services (for example Google, Vercel) to track visitor statistics. These third parties may use cookies, subject to their own privacy policies.

Google Analytics: Used to track site traffic; it is loaded only if you give consent. Google Privacy Policy
Vercel Analytics: Used to count page views in aggregate; it does not use cookies. Vercel Privacy Policy
UpScanX: Used to measure visit statistics. Only if you give consent, your browser connects to UpScanX's server (analytics.upscanx.com) after the page has loaded.
Cloudflare Turnstile: Used to protect the contact form and some AI tools from automated requests. When you use these tools, your browser connects to Cloudflare; Cloudflare processes your IP address and browser information to determine that the request comes from a human. Once verification passes, a cookie that is valid for 30 minutes and used only for this purpose is stored in your browser. Cloudflare Privacy Policy

Your cookie choice: On your first visit to the Site, you are asked at the bottom of the page for consent to Google Analytics and UpScanX. If you choose "Decline", these two tools are not loaded at all; Vercel Analytics, which does not use cookies, and the Site's own page counter continue to run. Your choice is stored only in this browser and can be changed at any time.

4. AI Tools and Chat Data

When you use the AI tools on the Site, the text you enter is processed to generate a response. We recommend that you do not enter personal or confidential information into these tools.

Chats (AI Agent and AI Chat): Your conversations are saved to our database together with a random visitor ID stored in your browser. Your name or email address is not linked to this record. Records are automatically deleted 90 days after their last update. The site owner may view these conversations to measure service quality and to prevent abuse.
Model providers: The text you enter is sent to the relevant model provider via OpenAI and Vercel AI Gateway so that a response can be generated. For image generation, your text is sent to Replicate.
Shared chats: When you share a chat, its content is stored together with the link and anyone who has the link can view it. To be able to identify abuse, an ID specific to your browser and an irreversible digest (hash) of your IP address are stored with the share. The share and this information are automatically deleted after 90 days; if you would like it removed sooner, write to us.
Prompt history: Your Prompt Optimizer history is stored with the same random visitor ID used in chats; this ID does not reveal who you are. You can delete the records from within the tool. They are automatically deleted 90 days after their last update.
Response ratings: When you like or dislike a response, your vote is saved together with the related question and response text, and is deleted after 90 days.
Visit information: When you use the chat or the Prompt Optimizer, the page through which you first entered the Site, the domain name of the site you came from, any campaign tags and your country are recorded together with your random visitor ID. Your IP address is not stored. This record is deleted 90 days after your last use; if you would like it deleted sooner, you can write to us through the contact page.
Page visits and tool usage: When a public page is opened, only the number of times that page has been opened is recorded. On tool pages, when you use a tool (typing, selecting or pressing a button), a usage count is also recorded. Neither what you type nor who you are is recorded. The token in a shared chat link is not included in this count.
Link clicks: When you click a link on the Site, only the page it was clicked from, the section of the page, and the link destination are counted. For links that go to another site, only that site's domain name is kept. Neither your IP address nor your visitor ID is added to this count. Daily totals are kept for slightly more than one year.
Site search: The query you type into the search box is kept only as a count, so that we can see which topics are searched for; it is not linked to your identity or your IP address. Queries containing an email address, phone number or link are not recorded at all. Records are deleted after 90 days.
Voice typing: The microphone button uses your browser's speech recognition feature. Your voice recording is not sent to our servers and is not stored by us; voice processing is subject to the terms of your browser provider.
Abuse prevention: Your IP address is used in short-lived counters (for at most two days) to enforce request limits.

To request the deletion of chat or share records that belong to you, you can write to the contact address below.

Contact form: The name, email address, subject and message you submit through the form are stored so that we can reply to you, and are deleted after one year. To identify abuse, an irreversible digest (hash) of your IP address is also kept with the message.

Weekly newsletter: When you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address, the time you gave consent, the page on which you used the form and an irreversible digest (hash) of your IP address are recorded. Your address is used only to send the weekly newsletter and it is sent via Resend. Your subscription starts when you click the confirmation link sent to your email; unconfirmed addresses are deleted within 7 days. Every newsletter contains an unsubscribe link, and your address is deleted immediately when you unsubscribe.

5. Google News and Reader Revenue Manager

Our Site uses Google News and Google Reader Revenue Manager features. If you subscribe or contribute through these services, Google's relevant privacy policies and terms of service will apply. Data shared with Google (e.g. email address) will be used, within the scope of your consent, to manage subscriptions and provide access to content. The script for this feature (news.google.com) is loaded only if you have given cookie consent, and only after your first click or key press on the page.

6. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

7. Privacy Notice under the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK)

This section has been prepared pursuant to Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK).

Data controller

Your personal data is processed by İsmail Hakkı EREN in the capacity of data controller. Contact: ismailhakkierenn@gmail.com

Data processed and purposes of processing

Server and security logs (IP address, browser information, date and time): to run the Site, keep it secure and prevent abuse.
Contact form (name, email address, subject, message): to reply to your message.
Weekly newsletter (email address, time of consent): to send the weekly newsletter with your explicit consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time using the unsubscribe link in every newsletter.
What you enter into the AI tools (chats, prompts, response ratings, random visitor ID): to generate the response you request, measure service quality and prevent abuse.
Visit statistics: to measure in aggregate how the Site is used. Tools that use cookies (Google Analytics, UpScanX) run only if you give consent.

Retention periods are stated separately for each type of data in the sections above.

Method of collection and legal grounds

Data is collected by automated means while you use the Site (server logs, cookies and similar technologies) and from what you yourself enter into forms or tools. The legal grounds for processing are the following, under Article 5 of the KVKK: processing is necessary to provide the service you request; the legitimate interest of the data controller (operating the Site, its security and aggregate statistics), provided that it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms; and your explicit consent for analytics tools that use cookies. You can withdraw your explicit consent at any time from the cookie banner at the bottom of the page or with the "Change my cookie preference" button on this page.

Recipients of data and purposes of transfer

Data is shared only with the providers whose services we use to run the Site, limited to the purposes above: hosting and infrastructure (Vercel, Neon, Upstash, Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare), email delivery (Resend), AI responses (OpenAI, model providers via Vercel AI Gateway, Replicate) and visit statistics (Vercel; Google and UpScanX if you give consent). Because some of these providers' servers are located abroad, your data may be transferred outside Türkiye within the scope of Article 9 of the KVKK. Your data is not sold and is not shared for advertising purposes.

Your rights

Under Article 11 of the KVKK, you may apply to the data controller to:

Learn whether your personal data is being processed and, if so, request information about it,
Learn the purpose of processing and whether it is used in line with that purpose,
Know the third parties, in Türkiye or abroad, to whom it has been transferred,
Request its correction if it has been processed incompletely or inaccurately,
Request its erasure or destruction under the conditions set out in Article 7 of the KVKK,
Request that the third parties to whom the data has been transferred be notified of any correction, erasure or destruction,
Object to an outcome against you that arises from the analysis of the data exclusively through automated systems,
Claim compensation for damages if you suffer harm because of unlawful processing.

You can send your requests to ismailhakkierenn@gmail.com. Depending on its nature, your request will be answered as soon as possible and within 30 days at the latest, as a rule free of charge.

8. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes take effect as soon as they are published on this page.

9. Contact

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us at: ismailhakkierenn@gmail.com