Information about the processing of your personal data, in line with applicable data protection legislation (Turkey's Personal Data Protection Law, KVKK, and GDPR principles).
This notice has been prepared to explain the procedures and principles regarding the processing of the personal data of website visitors and those who get in touch, in accordance with applicable data protection legislation (Turkey's Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, "KVKK", and GDPR principles).
Your personal data is processed by Assoc. Prof. Şenol Tonyalı, acting as data controller, within the scope explained below.
Patient registration and healthcare processes carried out through Liv Hospital Topkapı or the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine are covered by the respective institutions' own privacy notices.
Through the website or via communication channels, your name and surname, contact details (phone, email) and any information about your health situation that you convey may be processed. In appointment and medical processes, health data is protected as a special category of personal data as required by relevant legislation.
Your personal data is processed for the purposes of responding to your appointment requests, answering your questions, planning and carrying out health services, fulfilling legal obligations and communicating with you.
Your personal data is not shared with third parties except in cases envisaged by legal regulations and situations required by the provision of the health service. Where a transfer is necessary, the security measures required by applicable law are applied.
Your personal data is collected through website contact forms, phone, WhatsApp, email and face-to-face meetings. The data is processed on the basis of the legal grounds set out in the applicable data protection legislation.
Under applicable law you have the right to: learn whether your personal data is being processed, request information if it has been processed, learn the purpose of processing, request correction if it has been processed incompletely/inaccurately, request its deletion/destruction under the conditions provided by law, and request compensation for damage arising from unlawful processing.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies provided by Google LLC to measure our site metrics. These measurement cookies are activated only if you give your consent in the cookie notice on our site; if you do not consent or decline, measurement cookies are not used.
Measurement covers information such as how you arrived at the site and whether you contacted us via WhatsApp, phone or the contact form, processed in a way that does not directly identify you. You are not shown personalised ads based on the health topics you visit (no remarketing is used).
In this context, data may be transferred to Google's servers abroad. You can change your choice at any time via the "Cookie preferences" link at the bottom of the page or delete cookies in your browser settings.
For your requests within the scope of data protection, you can apply via senoltonyali@istanbul.edu.tr. Your applications will be answered within the periods envisaged by the legislation.
This text is for informational purposes and may be updated from time to time in line with current legislation. Last updated: 2026.