Privacy Policy

Planet Ship Management (“Company”) attaches great importance to the privacy and security of the personal data of website visitors, individuals who contact us, and candidates who submit job applications.

This Privacy Policy explains the general principles regarding how personal data obtained through planetshipmanagement.com is collected, used, processed, and protected.

1. Personal Data Collected

The following personal data may be processed through our website:

Name and surname,
Telephone number,
E-mail address,
Messages and information submitted through contact forms.

Career Applications

Candidates applying through the Careers section may also provide:

Name and surname,
Telephone number,
E-mail address,
Curriculum Vitae (CV),
Education and professional experience information,
Foreign language and competency information,
Certificates and professional qualifications,
Information regarding the position applied for,
Other information voluntarily provided by the candidate within the CV or application.

Candidates are advised not to include personal data that is not necessary for the recruitment process, such as health information, political opinions, religious beliefs, trade union membership, biometric data, genetic data, or other special categories of personal data.

If special categories of personal data are voluntarily submitted as part of an application, such data will only be processed where permitted under applicable legislation.

2. Purposes of Processing Personal Data

Personal data collected through the website may be processed for the following purposes:

Responding to communication requests,
Managing customer, supplier, and business relationships,
Evaluating requests regarding our services,
Fulfilling legal and regulatory obligations.

Personal data collected through career applications may be processed for the following purposes:

Receiving and evaluating job applications,
Assessing candidates' education, experience, and competencies,
Contacting candidates,
Conducting interview and recruitment processes,
Identifying suitable positions for candidates.

Where applications are intended to be retained for future job opportunities, such retention will be based on an appropriate legal basis or, where required, the candidate's explicit consent.

3. Methods of Collecting Personal Data

Personal data may be collected electronically or physically through contact and career forms on the website, CV upload fields, e-mail, telephone communications, and direct communications with the Company.

Personal data is processed in accordance with the conditions set out under Articles 5 and, where applicable, 6 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“PDPL”).

4. Transfer of Personal Data

Personal data may be transferred, where necessary and in accordance with applicable legislation, to:

Authorized public authorities and institutions,
Legal, accounting, and information technology service providers,
Hosting, e-mail, and technical infrastructure providers,
Authorized employees and service providers involved in recruitment processes.

Where personal data is processed through service providers or information technology infrastructure located outside Türkiye, the relevant provisions of the PDPL concerning international data transfers will be observed.

5. Retention of Career Applications

CVs and other personal data submitted through career applications are retained for the period necessary to conduct the recruitment process.

Following the completion of an application process, personal data may be retained in accordance with applicable legislation, legal obligations, and the purposes of processing. Once the applicable retention period expires, such data will be deleted, destroyed, or anonymized.

Where candidate information is intended to be retained for future job opportunities, the relevant personal data processing conditions will be observed.

6. Data Security

Planet Ship Management implements appropriate administrative and technical measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or unlawful use.

CVs and other documents uploaded through the Careers section are protected so that they can only be accessed by authorized persons involved in the recruitment process.

7. Rights of Data Subjects

Under Article 11 of the PDPL, data subjects have the right to:

Learn whether their personal data is being processed,
Request information if their personal data has been processed,
Learn the purpose of processing and whether the data is used in accordance with that purpose,
Learn the third parties to whom personal data has been transferred,
Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data,
Request deletion or destruction of personal data where the conditions set out by law are met,
Request compensation for damages arising from unlawful processing of personal data.

You may submit your requests regarding your personal data to Planet Ship Management through the contact details below.

8. Contact

Planet Ship Management

Barbaros Mah. Begonya Sok. Nidakule Kuzey No: 3

Bölüm 85/86, Ataşehir / Istanbul / Türkiye

Phone: +90 (216) 496 22 22

E-mail: ops@planetshipmanagement.com

Planet Ship Management reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy in accordance with changes in applicable legislation or personal data processing activities.