The short version: we collect only what you type into the contact form, we use it only to answer you, we sell nothing to anyone, and the only measurement on this website is Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. Clarity does not load at all until you press Accept on the cookie notice, and Google Analytics sets no cookie until then.
What we collect
When you send the contact form we receive the details you typed: name, email address, and whatever you wrote about your plans. The form is delivered to our inbox by FormSubmit, which processes the submission solely to forward it to us.
We do not ask for, and you should not send, payment details through the form. Booking payments are arranged separately and confirmed in writing.
What we do with it
We reply to you. Your inquiry stays in our mailbox so we can pick the conversation up when you return; we do not add you to newsletters, and we do not share or sell your details to third parties.
Cookies and analytics
A small notice at the bottom-left of the screen asks once whether you accept analytics cookies. Until you press Accept, Microsoft Clarity does not load and Google Analytics sets no cookies. If you press Reject, the website works exactly the same. Your choice is stored in your own browser (local storage), not on our servers.
Google Analytics 4 (one measurement tag, no tag manager and no advertising features) counts visits and shows which pages are read and which links and buttons are used, such as the contact form or an email link. We look at it only in aggregate and never try to identify an individual visitor. If you accept, it sets first-party cookies (named _ga) to tell one visit from the next. See Google’s privacy policy.
Microsoft Clarity shows how pages are used: where people click, how far they scroll, and anonymized replays of page visits, so we can find and fix pages that confuse or break. By default Clarity masks what you type into form fields. Clarity loads only after you accept. It then sets first-party cookies (named _clck and _clsk) to link the pages of one visit, and Microsoft may set its own cookies on its clarity.ms domain. See the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Without your consent, Clarity does not load at all, and Google Analytics runs without cookies: it may still receive anonymous page signals that cannot recognize you from one page to the next. Advertising storage is always off on this website.
To change your choice at any time, press the button below and pick again. Rejecting after an earlier Accept removes the Google Analytics and Clarity cookies set on this website and stops Clarity from loading on later pages. Cookies that Microsoft already set on its own clarity.ms domain cannot be removed by this website: they expire on their own, or you can clear them in your browser settings. Clearing this website’s data in your browser settings also resets the choice.
Two optional third-party features load only if you use them: the website translator (Google Translate), which runs when you pick a language from the flags in the header, and the embedded map on the contact page (Google Maps). Both are Google services and may set their own cookies at that point — until you use them, they load nothing.
Your rights
Under Türkiye’s KVKK and, where it applies, the EU’s GDPR, you may ask what personal data we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected, or ask for it to be deleted. Write to info@theephesus.com and we will handle it within 30 days.
Who is responsible
The data controller is GEZGİNOL TURİZM VE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ, İki Çeşmelik Mah. Kirazlı Yolu Cad. İnci Apt. No:13 İç Kapı No:18, Kuşadası / Aydın, Türkiye — TÜRSAB registry No. 15746.