Protection of Personal Data

Informed Consent Regarding Protection And Processing Of Personal Data

Your personal data may be processed by Metropark Özel Sağlık Hizmetleri ve Ticaret A.Ş. ("Private Medline Adana Hospital"), as the data controller within the meaning of Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("Law") and related legislation, in the scope described below and in accordance with the Health Services Fundamental Law No. 3359, Decree Law No. 663 on the Organization and Duties of the Ministry of Health and Affiliated Organizations, the Regulation on Private Hospitals and the Regulations of the Ministry of Health and other legislation.

Collection and Processing, and Purpose of Processing Personal Data

Your personal data may be collected for the purposes of protection of public health, preventive medicine, medical diagnosis, treatment and care services provided by Private Medline Adana Hospital, planning and management of health services and their financing, and in accordance with the fields of activity of Private Medline Adana Hospital; It is obtained verbally, in writing, visually or electronically, through call center, website, verbal, written and similar channels. Your special personal data, and general personal data, your health data in particular, may be processed by Private Medline Adana Hospital in a limited and moderate manner in connection with the purposes specified in this article, including but not limited to the following:

  • Basic Identification: Your name, Turkish ID number, passport number or temporary Turkish ID number, place and date of birth, marital status, sex, insurance or patient protocol number and other identifying information that we can use to identify you.
  • Contact Information: Your address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other contact information; recordings of voice conversations maintained by customer service or patient service representatives in compliance with call center standards; and personal information obtained when you contact us by e-mail, letter, or other means.
  • Financial Information: Your financial data such as your bank account number, IBAN, credit card information, and billing information.
  • Your private health insurance and social security information for health care financing and planning purposes.
  • During your visit to us, your camera recording images taken for security and inspection purposes.
  • If you use the parking lot/deck, your vehicle license plate information.
  • Your health data: All types of personal information about your health and sex life obtained during or as a result of medical diagnosis, treatment and care, including, but not limited to, your laboratory results, test results, medical examination data, appointments, checkups, and prescription details.
  • Your health data and other personal data that you sent or entered to https://www.medlineadana.com.tr website infoadana@medlineadana.com.tr or info@medlineadana.com.tr, or to Belediye Evleri Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Bulvarı No:234 Çukurova / Adana.
  • If you apply for a job at Private Medline Adana Hospital, your personal data including your CV and all personal data regarding your employment contract and eligibility for the job if you are an employee or related employee of Private Medline Adana Hospital.

Any of your personal data received by Private Medline Adana Hospital (including but not limited to special personal data) may be processed for the following purposes:

  • Verification of your identity, protection of public health, provision of preventive medicine, medical diagnosis, treatment and care, and planning and management of health services and their financing.
  • Disclose the requested information to the Ministry of Health, and other public institutions and organizations in pursuance of the relevant legislation.
  • To plan and manage the hospital's operations and daily activities
  • Assessment, improvement, and monitoring of patient satisfaction by hospital management and patient advocacy groups.
  • Supply of medicine.
  • To inform you of the appointment, if you make one.
  • To carry out risk management and quality improvement activities.
  • To conduct analysis for the purpose of improving health care services.
  • To finance your healthcare benefits, to cover the costs of your examination, diagnosis and treatment, and to pass on the information requested to private insurance companies as part of eligibility checks by the Patient Services, Financial/Administrative Affairs, Corporate Communications and Marketing departments.
  • To do research.
  • To meet legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Disclose the information required for health care financing to insurance companies.
  • Perform risk management and quality improvement activities through the Quality, Patient Rights and Information Systems departments.
  • To bill Patient Services, Finance/Administration, Corporate Communications, and Marketing for our services, and to confirm your relationship with contracted institutions.
  • Participation in campaigns and provision of campaign information by marketing, media and communications, call center departments, and design and delivery of special content, tangible and intangible benefits on web and mobile channels.

Your personal data collected and processed in pursuance of the relevant legislation may be stored in both digital and physical formats by being transferred to the physical archives and/or information systems of Private Medline Adana Hospital.

Third-Party Disclosure

Your personal data may be disclosed by Private Medline Adana Hospital to private insurance companies, the Ministry of Health and its affiliated subdivisions, the Social Security Institution, the General Directorate of Security and other law enforcement agencies, the General Directorate of Population, the Turkish Pharmacists Association, the courts and all types of judicial authorities, central and other third parties, your authorized representatives, lawyers, tax and financial advisors and auditors, including third parties from whom we receive advice, regulatory and supervisory institutions, official authorities, our business partners with whom we cooperate to develop or provide health care services for the above purposes, and other third parties within the scope of the law and other legislation and for the above purposes.

Legal Basis for Collecting Personal Information

Your personal data is collected and processed in all forms of verbal, written, visual or electronic media for the above-mentioned purposes and for performing all types of work within the scope of activities of Private Medline Adana Hospital within the legal framework and for Private Medline Adana Hospital to fully and duly fulfill its legal obligations within this scope. The legal grounds for the collection of your data by these persons are;

  • Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data,
  • Basic Law No. 3359 on Health Services,
  • Decree Law No. 663 on the Organization and Duties of the Ministry of Health and its Affiliated Organizations,
  • Regulation on Private Hospitals,
  • Regulation on Personal Health Data, and
  • Regulations of the Ministry of Health and other legal provisions.

Furthermore, as laid down in article 6, paragraph 3, of the Law, personal data relating to health and sexual life may be processed only by persons or authorized institutions and organizations under an obligation of confidentiality, without the express consent of the data subject, for the purposes of protecting public health, providing preventive medicine, medical diagnosis, treatment and care services, planning and managing health services and their financing.

Your Rights With Regard to the Protection of Your Personal Data

Your rights under the relevant laws and regulations:

  • You have the right to know whether your personal data are being processed,
  • to obtain information about your personal data if they are being processed,
  • to access and request your personal health data,
  • to know the purposes for which your personal data are being processed and whether they are being used in accordance with those purposes,
  • to know the domestic and international third parties to whom your personal data is disclosed,
  • to request the rectification of your personal data if they are being processed incompletely or incorrectly,
  • to request the deletion or destruction of personal data,
  • to request that third parties to whom personal data has been disclosed be informed of the correction of personal data that has been processed incompletely or incorrectly and/or of the deletion or destruction of personal data, and
  • to oppose the use of personal data for purposes that are prejudicial to him/her, with the exception of the use of data that has been processed with the aid of automated systems.

If you exercise one or more of the above rights, you will be notified in a clear and understandable manner, in writing or electronically, through the contact information you provided.

Data Protection

At Private Medline Adana Hospital, we protect your personal data in full compliance with all technical and administrative security measures that must be taken in accordance with information security standards and procedures. These security measures are implemented at a level appropriate to the potential risk, taking into account technological capabilities.

Complaints, and Contact Information

Your personal data is carefully protected within the limits of the technical and administrative possibilities, and the necessary security measures are taken at a level appropriate to the possible risks, taking into account the technological possibilities. You can submit your requests within the scope of the Law by filling out the "Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu Uyarınca Başvuru Formu" (Information Request Under the Personal Data Protection Law) Application Form available on the website "https://www.medlineadana.com.tr/hastaverilerininkorunmasi.html";

  • (i) You can send the form attaching a letter of request with your wet ink signature, addressed to "Yönetici Asistanı", with the phrase "Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu Kapsamında Bilgi Talebi" (Information Request Under the Personal Data Protection Law) on the envelope to Belediye Evleri Mahallesi T. Özal Bulvarı No: 234, Çukurova, Adana by a courier service,
  • (ii) you can send it through a notary,
  • (iii) you can send it with a secure electronic or mobile signature to metropark@hs01.kep.tr from your registered electronic mail address or your electronic mail address registered in our system, and/or
  • (iv) you can sign a "Word or PDF" file addressed to “Özel Medline Adana Hastanesi” with a secure electronic signature; you can send your e-mail to infoadana@medlineadana.com.tr by writing “Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu Kapsamında Bilgi Talebi” (Information Request Under the Personal Data Protection Law) in the subject line of the e-mail.

Please submit your requests within the scope of the law by filling out the "Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu Uyarınca Başvuru Formu" (Information Request under the Law on the Protection of Personal Data) application form on the website "https://www.medlineadana.com.tr/kvkk/hastaverilerininkorunmasi.html", and using the methods specified in the form.