Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

The HandLock brand, operator of this website (handlockgel.com), acts as the data controller. We respect your privacy and process personal data in accordance with applicable law (including GDPR for EU/UK visitors and Turkey’s KVKK).

Contact: [email protected]

2. What We Collect

• Automatically collected: IP address (via Cloudflare for country detection), browser type, pages visited, visit timestamps.
• Cookies: Language preference (essential), cookie consent state (essential), analytics data (only with your consent).
• Via contact: Information you share when reaching us by email or WhatsApp.

3. Purposes of Processing

• Technical operation of the site (language routing, session)
• Visitor behavior analytics (anonymous, only with consent)
• Responding to contact requests
• Legal compliance

4. Retention

• Cookie preferences: 6 months
• Language preference: 12 months
• Analytics data: 14 months (Google Analytics default)
• Contact correspondence: as long as needed + 2 years

5. Your Rights

You have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your data, and to data portability.

Request: [email protected]

6. Third-Party Services

• Cloudflare — CDN & DDoS protection (IP address)
• Google Analytics 4 — Traffic analytics (only with consent)
• WhatsApp — When redirected, Meta’s privacy policy applies.

7. Security

Your data is protected with HTTPS, password hashing, session security, CSRF protection, and regular updates.

8. Changes

This policy may be updated. Material changes will be announced on this page. Last update: at the bottom of this page.