LinkedIn Contest

WORLDFOOD ISTANBUL LINKEDIN COMPETITION
OFFICIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
These Official Competition Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) set out the rules for participation, judging and prizes for the competition (“ICA”) organised by ICA Fuarcılık A.Ş. (ICA), registered at Maslak Tax Office under tax number 3230136946 and trade registry number 430499, with its registered address at Maslak Mahallesi AOS 55. Sokak 42 Maslak A Blok Sitesi No:2/25 34475 Sarıyer / Istanbul, through LinkedIn as part of WorldFood Istanbul (the “Competition”). By submitting the entry form and confirming on the form that they have read these Terms, participants agree to these Terms.

1. COMPETITION DETAILS
   1. The Competition will be announced through WorldFood Istanbul’s official LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldfood-istanbul), and entries will be shared through this channel. The official Competition rules and entry form will be available on a webpage designated by ICA and/or in the Competition announcement.
   2. The Competition will start at 15:00 on 17 September 2026 and end at 23:59 on 17 December 2026. All times are Türkiye time (UTC+3). The Competition is open throughout Türkiye.
2. NATURE OF THE COMPETITION AND ENTRY FEE
   1. Winners will be selected by a jury based on its assessment of knowledge, skill, originality, industry relevance and creativity against the criteria set out in these Terms. No lottery, draw or other random selection method will be used.
   2. ICA does not charge a separate entry fee to participate in the Competition. Entry is limited to people who have obtained a valid visitor invitation for the WorldFood Istanbul Fair and have physically visited the fairground during the Competition period. Entries from people who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.
3. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND HOW TO ENTER
   1. To enter, a person must meet all of the following requirements during the Competition period:

• Follow WorldFood Istanbul’s official LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldfood-istanbul);
• Complete the entry form included in the Competition announcement and/or on WorldFood Istanbul’s official LinkedIn account, providing their full name, phone number, email address and post link accurately and in full;
• Create an original LinkedIn post describing the value the WorldFood Istanbul Fair brings to their business, and publish it on their own LinkedIn account with the hashtag #WorldFoodIstanbulNetwork;
• Physically visit the Fair at least once between 15 and 18 December 2026, when the WorldFood Istanbul Fair is taking place;
• Keep the post and LinkedIn account accessible from the date of entry until the results are announced so the jury can view them.
  2. Only posts published on the participant’s own LinkedIn account and linked in the entry form will be considered.
  3. Unless ICA expressly states otherwise in the Competition announcement, each participant may submit one (1) valid entry. If the same person submits multiple entries, ICA may consider only the first valid entry.
  4. Submitting the entry form alone does not create an entitlement to a prize. The content must comply with these Terms, the announced technical requirements and LinkedIn’s rules.

4. ELIGIBILITY, AGE LIMIT AND DISQUALIFICATION
   1. Citizens of the Republic of Türkiye and foreign nationals who are at least 18 years old on the date of entry may participate.
   2. People under 18, employees of ICA Fuarcılık A.Ş. or Istanbul Expo Center, jury members, and employees of agencies or suppliers directly involved in preparing or running the Competition may not participate. If such participation is identified later, the entry will be invalid and no prize entitlement will arise, even if the person has been selected as a winner.
   3. ICA may exclude an entry from consideration or cancel an awarded prize entitlement in any of the following cases:

• The entry contains incomplete, incorrect, misleading or another person’s information;
• The participant uses a fake account, automation, bots, artificial engagement, manipulation or any method that disrupts the fair operation of the Competition;
• The entry or content is published outside the Competition period or is inaccessible during judging;
• The content violates the law, public order, public morals, personality rights, intellectual or industrial property rights, or platform rules;
• The content is copied or plagiarised, or the participant is found not to hold the necessary rights or permissions;
• Documents requested for identity verification or prize delivery are not submitted on time or do not match the information on the entry form.

5. JURY, JUDGING CRITERIA AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS
   1. The jury listed below will evaluate Competition entries on 4 January 2027:
   2. The jury will score valid entries out of 100 points using the following criteria:
   3. The final ranking will be based on the jury members’ scores. In the event of a tie, the participant with the higher score for “A concrete and convincing account of the Fair’s contribution to their work/professional activity” will rank higher, followed by the score for “Originality and creativity.” If the tie remains, the jury will decide by simple majority. Ties will never be resolved by a draw or lottery.
   4. The participants ranked first, second and third will be the first, second and third prize winners, respectively. The next highest-ranked valid entries will form the reserve-winner list in score order.
   5. The results will be announced on 4 January 2027 on WorldFood Istanbul’s official LinkedIn account and/or a WorldFood Istanbul webpage designated by ICA. The winners’ names and/or LinkedIn profile details may be disclosed in the results announcement to the extent permitted by applicable personal data protection legislation and the Competition Privacy Notice.
   6. Participants may submit objections concerning a factual error or eligibility within three (3) business days of the announcement of the results by emailing deniz.arisal@icaevents.com.tr. The jury retains discretion over creative assessments.
6. PRIZES, RESERVE WINNERS AND PRIZE DELIVERY
   1. The prizes offered in the Competition are as follows:
   2. Prizes cannot be exchanged for cash. They may not be transferred to third parties or exchanged for another prize without ICA’s prior written approval.
   3. If a prize cannot be obtained for reasons reasonably beyond ICA’s control, ICA may replace it with an equivalent prize of the same or higher market value, provided the change is not to the winner’s detriment. Any such change will be announced on the website and/or relevant social media account.
   4. The prize supplier’s booking and service terms apply, without prejudice to ICA’s obligations under these Terms.
   5. The winner may first be notified via the email address and/or social media account provided on the entry form. If a winner fails to provide the required confirmation and documents within the stated period, declines the prize, or is found not to meet the entry requirements, the prize entitlement will pass to the next reserve winner in score order.
   6. Prizes will be delivered within Türkiye using a method notified to the winner by ICA. Manufacturer/importer warranty terms apply to product prizes.
7. IDENTITY AND INFORMATION VERIFICATION
   1. Before delivering a prize and fulfilling obligations required by law, ICA may ask winners to verify their identity and contact details by providing a copy of a Turkish identity card or, for foreign nationals, a passport/appropriate identity document; a Turkish ID number or foreign national/tax number; address and contact details; and any other information or documents required by law.
   2. Requested documents will be processed only to the extent necessary for identity verification, prize delivery and fulfilment of legal/financial obligations. If the information on the form materially differs from identity/document information, or a required document is not provided, the participant may be disqualified and the prize entitlement may pass to a reserve winner.
8. CONTENT, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS
   1. Participants declare that the content they submit for the Competition, consisting of their text and LinkedIn post (the “Content”), was created by them, or that they hold all rights and permissions necessary to enter the Competition and grant the permissions set out below.
   2. Ownership of the Content remains with the participant. The participant grants ICA a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence for five (5) years from the end of the Competition to use the Content solely for running the Competition, announcing results, promoting WorldFood Istanbul, corporate communications, archiving and promoting future fairs. The licence covers the economic rights of adaptation, reproduction, distribution, performance and communication to the public by means of devices for transmitting signs, sounds and/or images, as set out in Articles 21–25 of the Turkish Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (“FSEK”). ICA may use the Content on its websites and social media accounts, in digital and printed promotional materials and in PR activities, and may permit its agencies and technical suppliers to use it to the extent necessary for these purposes.
   3. Solely for the purposes above, participants permit the Content to be technically reformatted, shortened, given a title or description, and adapted to the relevant medium, provided this does not damage the nature of the work or the participant’s honour and reputation. This provision may not be interpreted as a transfer or waiver of the participant’s moral rights under FSEK.
   4. Participants warrant that, if their Content includes any work, trademark, trade secret, personal data or other protected material belonging to a third party, they hold the necessary permissions and the Content does not infringe third-party rights.
   5. If a third party makes a rights claim or there is a reasonable suspicion of infringement, ICA may exclude the relevant entry and stop using the Content on ICA’s channels. General legal provisions apply to direct losses and reasonable legal costs incurred by ICA as a result of infringements caused by the participant’s own fault or misrepresentation.
   6. Where necessary, ICA may ask the participant to separately confirm in writing or electronically the permission set out in this section.
9. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
   1. ICA may process participants’ full names, email addresses and LinkedIn account/post information, and winners’ identity, contact and address details, for the purposes of running the Competition, verifying entries, judging, announcing winners, delivering prizes, handling objections and meeting legal/financial obligations.
   2. Further information about the processing of personal data will be provided in the “WorldFood Istanbul Competitions Privacy Notice” made available with the entry form.
   3. Participation in the Competition is not conditional on consent to commercial electronic messages for advertising or marketing. If such consent is requested, it will be obtained separately from entry into the Competition.
10. LINKEDIN TERMS
    1. The Competition is not supported, sponsored, endorsed or administered by LinkedIn, and there is no partnership between LinkedIn and the Competition.
    2. Participants must comply with LinkedIn’s User Agreement, Professional Community Policies and other applicable platform rules.
    3. If an entry becomes inaccessible through no fault of ICA because of a LinkedIn service interruption, content removal, account restriction or other platform-related technical issue, ICA may ask the participant to restore access to the post or its link within a reasonable time.
11. AMENDMENTS, SUSPENSION AND CANCELLATION
    1. For legitimate and reasonable grounds, including legislation or a decision by a competent authority, a platform rule or technical restriction, force majeure, a security risk, fraud/manipulation, circumstances preventing the fair conduct of the Competition, postponement/cancellation of the Fair, or the unavailability of a prize, ICA may amend the Competition in whole or in part, suspend it temporarily, change its dates or cancel it.
    2. Any material change to the Competition conditions that affects participants will be announced on the WorldFood Istanbul website and/or its official LinkedIn account. ICA will not exercise this right in a way that arbitrarily removes participants’ accrued rights.
12. MISCELLANEOUS AND CONTACT
    1. If any provision of these Terms becomes invalid or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions will not be affected.
    2. The laws of Türkiye apply to the Competition. Mandatory rules on jurisdiction and venue, and any mandatory application rights arising under consumer legislation, are reserved.
    3. Subject to statutory rights of proof, ICA’s entry-form records, submission date/time records, jury score sheets and assessment minutes, email correspondence and accessible social media records may be used to document the conduct of the Competition.
    4. For questions about the Competition, contact ICA at 0212 266 70 10 or deniz.arisal@icaevents.com.tr.
13. ACCEPTANCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE
    1. These Terms take effect when the Competition begins on 15 September 2026. Before entering, participants declare that they have had access to these Terms, have read them and accept them by ticking the confirmation box on the entry form.

WORLDFOOD ISTANBUL COMPETITIONS
PRIVACY NOTICE

This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) has been prepared to inform individuals participating in Instagram and LinkedIn competitions (“Competitions”) organised by ICA Fuarcılık A.Ş. (“ICA”) as part of WorldFood Istanbul about the processing of their personal data, pursuant to Article 10 of Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK” or the “Law”) and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles to Be Followed in Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform.

1. DATA CONTROLLER

1. Your personal data is processed by ICA Fuarcılık A.Ş., registered at Maslak Tax Office under tax number 3230136946 and trade registry number 430499, with its registered address at Maslak Mahallesi AOS 55. Sokak 42 Maslak A Blok Sitesi No:2/25 34475 Sarıyer / Istanbul, acting as the data controller.

2. PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED

1. Depending on the nature of your participation and the Competition, the following personal data may be processed:

• Identity data: First and last name; for winners and reserve winners only, Turkish ID number and passport details.

• Contact data: Email address and phone number of all participants; for prize winners, also the delivery/notification address required for prize delivery.

• Social media and Competition data: Instagram/LinkedIn username or profile information, post link, post/text/content submitted to the Competition, entry information, records of entry date and time, jury assessment and scores, ranking, and objection/communication records. For the LinkedIn Competition, publicly available professional information on a profile may also be reviewed by the jury to assess the candidate’s industry context.

• Visual and audio data: Images and/or audio of participants or third parties appearing in photos, carousels or Reels submitted to the Instagram Competition. We will visually check whether content was captured at the fairground; no geolocation or image metadata will otherwise be collected.

• Legal transaction and financial process data: Records and documents created for prize delivery, identity verification, meeting tax and other legal obligations, and handling potential disputes.

2. No special-category personal data is requested to enter the Competitions. Participants must not include their own or third parties’ special-category personal data in submitted content.

3. ICA does not request participants’ IP address, device information or location information through entry forms, and these details are not included in form responses sent to ICA via Google Forms. However, data processing carried out by the Google Forms infrastructure used for the entry forms as part of operating Google’s infrastructure is subject to Google’s own terms and policies.

4. If submitted content includes third parties, the lanyard colour preferences used at the fairground will be taken into account. Content showing people wearing green lanyards, indicating that they do not wish to appear in photographs or videos, will not be considered.

3. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

1. Your personal data is processed for the following purposes, depending on the specific processing activity:

• Receiving and recording Competition entries and checking whether entry requirements are met;

• Contacting participants in connection with running the Competition;

• Having the relevant jury assess and score submitted content and prepare a ranking;

• Preventing and investigating circumstances that may disrupt fair operation of the Competition, such as fraud, fake accounts, automation, bots, duplicate or improper entries;

• Selecting winners and announcing Competition results on the WorldFood Istanbul website and relevant official social media accounts;

• Verifying winners’ identity and contact details, contacting them and delivering prizes;

• Meeting tax, notification, documentation and other legal/financial obligations relating to prizes;

• Using Competition content for five years, within the permissions granted to ICA under the Competition Terms, to announce the Competition and results, promote WorldFood Istanbul, support corporate communications and maintain archives;

• Assessing participants’ objections and requests, conducting legal proceedings, and establishing, exercising or protecting ICA’s rights;

• Documenting the Competition process and carrying out compliance activities.

4. LEGAL GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

1. Your personal data is processed on the following legal grounds set out in Article 5 of the Law:

• It is directly related to the establishment or performance of a contract (Article 5(2)(c) of the Law): applying the Competition Terms, receiving entries, checking eligibility, conducting jury assessments, contacting winners and delivering prizes.

• It is necessary for the data controller to fulfil its legal obligations (Article 5(2)(ç) of the Law): verifying winners’ identities and meeting tax and other statutory notification, record-keeping and documentation obligations.

• The data has been made public by the data subject (Article 5(2)(d) of the Law): using content and profile/post information publicly shared by a participant on their own social media account for the purpose of entering the Competition, in a manner connected and proportionate to that public disclosure, to assess the Competition entry.

• Processing is necessary to establish, exercise or protect a right (Article 5(2)(e) of the Law): managing participant requests, objections and potential disputes, and conducting legal proceedings.

• Processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the data controller, provided it does not harm the data subject’s fundamental rights and freedoms (Article 5(2)(f) of the Law): conducting the Competition securely, fairly and in an auditable manner, preventing misuse, keeping jury and entry records, and documenting the Competition process.

2. Entry into the Competition is not conditional on consent to commercial electronic messages for advertising or marketing. If ICA separately requests such consent, it will be obtained independently of participation and this Privacy Notice.

5. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA

1. Your personal data may be transferred to the following recipient groups, to the extent necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes above and where the conditions under Article 8 of the Law are met:

• Relevant companies/personnel involved in the process within ICA Fuarcılık A.Ş. and jury members, for running and judging the Competition;

• Suppliers providing entry-form, information technology, hosting, communication, agency, consultancy and similar support services;

• Relevant prize suppliers and courier/logistics service providers for sourcing and delivering prizes; and, if the first prize is provided as a booking or accommodation service, a travel agency and/or hotel, limited to the name, contact and identity details necessary to provide the service;

• Certified public accountants, independent auditors, lawyers and other professional advisers for tax, accounting, legal and audit processes;

• Competent public institutions and organisations, and judicial and administrative authorities, to fulfil legal obligations or conduct legal proceedings;

• For announcing Competition results, winners’ names or masked names and relevant social media username/profile information may be made public on WorldFood Istanbul’s website and official social media accounts, only to the extent necessary.

2. If personal data is transferred abroad because Competition content or results are published on Instagram, LinkedIn or similar social media platforms, or because service providers located abroad are used to run the Competition, the transfer will take place only if one of the conditions for international transfers set out in Article 9 of the Law is met.

6. METHOD OF COLLECTING PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data is collected through the completion of the Competition entry form provided via Google Forms; submission to ICA of Competition posts and post links shared on Instagram or LinkedIn; review of content made public on social media for the purposes of the Competition; review of publicly available professional profile information to assess industry context in the LinkedIn Competition; communication with winners by email and other channels; submission of identity and prize-delivery documents; and records created during jury assessments and objection processes. Data is collected by fully or partly automated means or by non-automated means, provided it forms part of a data filing system.

7. RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA

1. Identity, contact, entry and assessment data relating to participants who do not win a prize will be deleted within 30 days after the three-business-day objection period has expired and the jury assessment has become final. Competition content subject to the five-year usage licence is outside this period.

2. Personal data relating to winners and reserve winners that is necessary to prove prize delivery, identity verification and tax processes will be retained for five years in accordance with applicable legislation. Data that is no longer needed after these purposes have been fulfilled, such as copies of identity documents, will not be retained unless a longer statutory retention obligation applies. Data relating to reserve winners will be destroyed under Section 7.1 after the prize has been delivered to the original winner and there is no longer a need to contact the reserve winner.

3. Competition content subject to a usage permission under the Competition Terms may be retained and used for five years, provided that such use is based on a valid personal data processing condition under KVKK and is limited to the purposes specified in the Terms.

4. Operational data that is not subject to a statutory retention obligation will be deleted within 30 days after prize delivery or holiday booking is completed.

5. When the retention period expires or the reasons for processing personal data cease to exist, personal data will be deleted, destroyed or anonymised in accordance with KVKK and the relevant secondary legislation.

8. YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT

1. Under Article 11 of KVKK, you may contact ICA to:

• learn whether your personal data is being processed;

• request information if your personal data has been processed;

• learn the purpose of processing and whether your personal data is used in accordance with that purpose;

• learn the third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, in Türkiye or abroad;

• request correction if your personal data is incomplete or inaccurate;

• request deletion or destruction of your personal data under the conditions set out in the Law;

• request notification to third parties to whom your personal data has been transferred of any correction, deletion or destruction;

• object to a result to your detriment arising from analysis of your data exclusively by automated systems;

• claim compensation for damage if your personal data has been processed unlawfully;

You have these rights.

9. HOW TO APPLY

1. You may submit requests under Article 11 of KVKK in accordance with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles for Applications to the Data Controller, together with information and documents verifying your identity and request, in writing to ICA at Maslak Mahallesi AOS 55. Sokak 42 Maslak A Blok Sitesi No:2/25 34475 Sarıyer / Istanbul, or through the current KVKK application channels published on ICA’s website.

9.2. Your applications will be concluded as soon as possible in light of the nature of the request and, in all cases, within the periods specified in the Law.

10. PROVISION OF THE PRIVACY NOTICE

1. This Privacy Notice is made available to participants through the entry form before, or at the latest when, their personal data is collected. Fulfilling the obligation to inform is separate from any explicit consent or commercial electronic communication consent that may also be required.