Privacy Policy
Sepia Manning understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
What is Personal Data?
Personal data is any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
What Are My Rights?
Your personal data is collected when you submit your information to our website and upload your certificates. By becoming a “member” to our website, you are providing automatically your consent for the processing of your personal data by the handlers of our website. Your information will be sent to recruiters and agents with your consent only. Consent for the transfer of your data to a third party is provided once you apply for a position with the said third party.
You have the right to remove your data from our website and delete your profile. Once you proceed with this action, all your personal data will be deleted automatically.
What Data Do We Collect?
When a seafarer initially creates a profile, we will need to collect the following data to evaluate whether the profile created is legitimate:
- Name;
- Nationality;
- Email address;
- Salary required
- Date of birth
- Rank and
- Vessel type
When we accept the profile to our website, the seafarer can add more certificates and update the profile accordingly.
When an agent profile is created, we collect the following data:
- Business Name;
- Address;
- Email address;
How Do You Use My Personal Data?
The data collected from a seafarer’s profile is initially assessed from our team for legitimacy and then evaluated for meeting the criteria set from the agent for a particular job.
The use of personal data is based on consent and legitimate business interest for our company.
With your permission, which is provided once you apply for a position, we will transfer your personal data to third parties (i.e. agents).
Cookies Opting-out from the use of cookies can be done through your browser settings, which you can see in more detail in Part 9.
Third Parties whose content appears on Our Site may use third-party Cookies, as detailed below in Part 9. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data that they collect and use themselves, and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?
We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept only if your profile has been accepted and for the period that same is still active in our website.
Do You Share My Personal Data?
We will share your personal data with the relevant parties that are offering a job for which you have applied. We may also share your data with other companies in our group. In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
How Can I Access My Personal Data?
The personal data we will store relating to you is the data in your profile.
How Do You Use Cookies?
Our Site, you may receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us.
Our site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so that we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps our website to understand how visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google.
In addition to reporting website usage statistics, Google Analytics can also be used, together with some of the advertising cookies, to help show more relevant ads on Google properties (like Google Search) and across the web and to measure interactions with the ads Google shows.
Learn more about Analytics cookies and privacy information.
All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
When accessing our website, you will be asked to provide your consent to the placing of Cookies by reading and accepting our privacy policy. By giving your consent, you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.
How Do I Contact You?
To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and your profile or job positions, please use the following details: xxxx the information found in “Contact Us”
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.
Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
