Heritage, expertise, cutting-edge production techniques and sustainability are the salient features of DESA, an industrial company founded in 1972 in Istanbul by the Çelet Family and the only public company in Turkey in the leather goods sector, with headquarters in Turkey and offices in London, Milan, Düsseldorf and Sofia. What has allowed the company to grow and develop beyond any of its competitors and forge lasting partnerships over the years with the most reowned luxury companies, is first and foremost the complete control of the entire supply chain that allows the verification of every single process in the value chain not only inside but also outside of its production sites from sourcing of the materials to the tannery, from finishing to tailoring through a sophisticated tracking system.
Vertical integration offers a unique opportunity to control the entire value chain, starting from the sourcing of raw materials, a product derived from the food industiry, currently 95% of which coming from the UK and Norway. The use of a proprietary barcode system allows the sompany to trace not only the individual farm, but also certifies how the animal was raised and treated throughout its life. DESA is part of the leather Working Group (LWG), an those who are committed to monitoring and controlling the best environmental practices of the tanning industry. Every year LWG certifies the level of environmental sustainability and has recognized DESA with the Golden Standard that characterizes every step of the production of the garment, from the raw material to the garment construction. The current president is the founder of the company, Mr. Melih Çelet while the CEO of the company, listed on the stock exchange since 2003, is the son, Mr. Burak Çelet. Starting from 2022 and going towards the next few years, DESA further focuses on sustainability and the conversion to green energy with the use of a photovoltaic system in order to produce at least 50% of the energy used in its industrial plants. A full cycle sustainability also is ensured through staff training inside a company school for the new generations that will represent the future of the company and the 1972DESA.
1972DESA PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from WWW.1972DESA.COM (the “Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (we do not collect credit cards numbers), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal data will also be transmitted to third parties that we use to provide our services; these parties have been rigorously assessed and offer a guarantee of compliance with the legislation on the processing of personal data. These parties have been designated as data processors and carry out their activities according to the instructions given by 1972DESA and under its control.
The third parties in question belong to the following categories: banking operators, internet providers, companies specializing in IT and telematics services; couriers; companies that carry out marketing activities, including social media organizations; companies specializing in market research and data processing; companies offering contact center services; companies providing publishing and distribution services.
Under some circumstances we may be required to disclose or share your data without your consent, for example if we are required by the police, the courts, law enforcement agencies or for other legal reasons. Your data may be transmitted to various regulators, government departments, the police, judicial and administrative authorities, in accordance with the law, for the investigation and prosecution of crimes, the prevention of and protection from threats to public security, to allow 1972DESA to ascertain, exercise or defend a right in court, as well as for other reasons related to the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
You can opt out of receiving emails by updating notification information (verilecek link: /account/notification-settings/) at your account’s profile settings.
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.
DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at customercare@1972desa.com.
