One of the biggest startups from Turkey Bringis preparing for an important acquisition according to the news
Bring, According to the news in FT It is actively involved in negotiations to buy its Germany-based rival, Flink. A 100% definite decision on this issue has not been reached yet, but it is reported that the negotiations have been going on for a while. It is reported that it was founded in 2020 based in Berlin. flink, It has a similar working logic with Getir and aims to reach Germany-based profitability before the end of 2023. The company, which also has operations based in France and the Netherlands, is one of its current investors, according to the FT. 1 billion dollars It is negotiating to raise approximately $100 million in funds with a valuation of over $100 million. in 2021 $2.1 billion It is not yet known exactly how much Getir intends to pay to the company, which provides a financing of 750 million dollars at a valuation level. wanting to continue growing Bring, before that, it made a splash with its purchase of another Germany-based rival, Gorillas, for $ 1.2 billion.
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Bring is not on the agenda with very good news these days. The company experienced a serious data leak in the past period, and the latest statement on this subject Like this had happened: “Dear Users; Getir Retail Logistics Inc. We take the highest level of protection measures to ensure the confidentiality and security of our users’ personal data. Although we do our best to protect the confidentiality of the personal data we process, from time to time we are faced with some threats to the security of personal data. In this context, we have been informed recently that the personal data processed by Getir were leaked to illegal internet environments. In the examinations made by our company, it has been understood that links (URLs) containing some personal data allegedly belonging to Getir customers were included in illegal internet environments on 23 March, 25 March, 31 March, 01 April, 08 April and 11 April 2023. Under these URLs, some of your data, listed below, may have been included if you provided this information to Getir:
- -ID information: Name, surname, TR identity number, gender registered with Getir
- -Contact information: GSM number, e-mail address, delivery address registered to Getir
- -Account info: Fetch customer number and account creation date
- -Customer Transaction Information: Order information consisting of the last order date and number placed in the Getir application, the brought vertical (such as Bring, BringBig, GetirFood, etc.), the content of the order, the number of canceled orders and the total number of orders.
- -Other informations: The date and location of the last login to the Getir application, the communication permissions granted to Getir, if you have linked your social media profile to your Getir account, some of the information you allow to be shared with Getir
Your credit card information is not stored in your Getir account, but in the Masterpass infrastructure of Mastercard, the payment solution provider of Getir. Some digits of the credit card numbers are reflected in our company’s systems, indicating the bank the card belongs to and whether the card number is valid or not through the bank’s algorithm. We do not have access to all of your credit card numbers and Masterpass account information in accordance with the current legislation. Therefore, within the event, any financial data belonging to our users or personal one-time password information used to log into the Getir account, etc. There is no sensitive data included. As a result of the investigations and penetration tests carried out meticulously by our company’s data security teams, no cyber-attack or any security vulnerability that could lead to a cyber-attack has been detected against the systems used by our Company.