We are dedicated to protecting the confidentiality and privacy of information entrusted to us and comply with Personal Data Privacy legislation as currently in force. To that end we have adopted a Data Protection Policy for Privacy and Protections of Personal Data describing and informing our shore employees and seafarers, candidates and third parties what information we may collect directly or by cooperation with any third party, how we collect, store, use, share and protect the information/personal data that we obtain. Furthermore, we inform all interested parties about their rights over their personal data such as the right to be informed and right to gain access to the data being processed, the right to erasure or right to be forgotten, right to portability, right not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, right to object to the processing of personal data and to rectify the data processed if relevant. As part of this fundamental obligation, we are committed to the appropriate protection and use of personal information/ data. Generally, our intent is to collect only the personal information that is provided voluntarily by Seafarers for employment purposes. We recognize and respect the privacy of our applicants, current employees and former employees.