KVKK, Cookie and Accessibility Glossary

Explicit Consent

Explicit consent is an approval that is freely given, specific and based on prior information, as defined in Article 3 of Turkey's...

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Privacy Notice

A privacy notice is the information document that a data controller must provide to individuals whose personal data is processed,...

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Cookie Policy

A cookie policy is the information document that explains the cookies and similar technologies used on a website. It describes whi...

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Strictly Necessary Cookie

A strictly necessary cookie is a cookie that is technically required for a website's core functions to work. It enables features s...

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Analytics Cookie

An analytics cookie is a cookie used to measure visitor behaviour on a website. It enables the collection of statistics such as pa...

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Marketing Cookie

A marketing cookie is a cookie used to show visitors ads based on their interests and to measure advertising performance. It enabl...

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Third-Party Cookie

A third-party cookie is a cookie set not by the website being visited but by another domain serving that site, such as an ad netwo...

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Cookie Wall

A cookie wall is a practice that makes access to a website conditional on accepting cookies. Visitors cannot reach the content wit...

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VERBIS (Data Controllers' Registry)

VERBIS is the acronym of Turkey's Data Controllers' Registry Information System: a public register maintained by the Turkish Perso...

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Data Controller

A data controller is the natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data and manages the...

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Google Consent Mode

Google Consent Mode is an API that communicates the user's cookie consent choice to Google services (Analytics, Ads) through stand...

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IAB TCF

The IAB TCF (Transparency and Consent Framework) is a framework developed by IAB Europe that standardizes how user consent is coll...

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Data Processor

A data processor is a natural or legal person who processes personal data on behalf of a data controller, based on the authority t...

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ePrivacy

ePrivacy is the common name of EU Directive 2002/58/EC, which governs privacy in the electronic communications sector. It is the s...

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Data Subject Access Request (DSAR)

A data subject access request is the request through which an individual exercises the rights listed in Article 11 of the KVKK, su...

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Consent Log

A consent log is the evidentiary record in which a visitor's decision about cookie or data processing consent is stored together w...

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Data Breach Notification

A data breach notification is the mandatory notice a data controller gives to the competent authority and affected individuals whe...

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CMP (Consent Management Platform)

A CMP (Consent Management Platform) is the software layer that collects, records and relays cookie and data processing consent on...

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GPC (Global Privacy Control)

GPC (Global Privacy Control) is a technical signal that automatically transmits a user's privacy preference at browser level. With...

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Dark Pattern (Deceptive Design)

A dark pattern (deceptive design) is an interface deliberately constructed to steer users toward a choice against their own intere...

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Session and Persistent Cookies

A session cookie is automatically deleted when the browser is closed; a persistent cookie remains on the device until the date set...

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Profiling

Profiling is the automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain aspects of a natural person, such as interests, behavio...

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Withdrawal of Consent

Withdrawal of consent is a person's right to revoke their explicit consent at any time, without giving a reason. Withdrawal takes...

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WCAG

WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) is the international technical standard for making web content accessible to everyone,...

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Screen Reader

A screen reader is assistive technology that converts digital content into synthetic speech or braille output. Blind and low-visio...

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Alt Text

Alt text (alternative text) is a short description that conveys the content and function of an image in words; in HTML it is defin...

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Contrast Ratio

Contrast ratio is a measure that expresses the brightness difference between text color and background color on a scale from 1:1 t...

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ARIA

ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is a W3C technical specification that conveys role, state and property information to...

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Accessibility Statement

An accessibility statement is a public document that explains which accessibility standard a website or application targets, its c...

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EAA (European Accessibility Act)

The EAA (European Accessibility Act) is EU Directive 2019/882, which sets accessibility requirements for products and services. It...

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Keyboard Navigation

Keyboard navigation is the ability to browse and operate a website using only the keyboard (Tab, Enter, arrow keys) without a mous...

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Landmark

A landmark is an ARIA role that identifies the main regions of a web page, such as the header, navigation, main content and footer...

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Focus Indicator

A focus indicator is the visual marker that shows a keyboard user which element is currently active; browsers provide it by defaul...

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Türkiye Circular 2025/10

Circular 2025/10 is the Turkish Presidential circular that requires the websites and mobile applications of public institutions an...

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VPAT

A VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) is the template published by the ITI (Information Technology Industry Council) f...

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POUR Principles

POUR is the acronym for the four foundational principles of WCAG: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and Robust. Content must b...

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Success Criterion

A success criterion is the smallest testable unit of requirement in WCAG. Each criterion is written so that whether a page meets i...

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axe-core

axe-core is an open-source accessibility testing engine developed by Deque Systems. It analyzes a web page's DOM and reports WCAG...

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Accessibility Tree

The accessibility tree is the parallel data structure that the browser derives from the DOM and that assistive technologies read....

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Large Text

Large text is the class of text to which WCAG's contrast rules apply a lower threshold: normal-weight text of roughly 24 pixels (1...

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