1. Who is responsible for your data
The controller is OceanHire SARL, registered office: to be completed. Contact for any data protection question: contact@oceanhire.co. Your data is processed in accordance with Moroccan Law No. 09-08 and, for people in the European Union, the GDPR. CNDP declaration: to be completed.
2. The data we collect
- Account data: name, email, phone and WhatsApp number, password (encrypted), nationality, city and country, date of birth, languages.
- Professional data: CV, desired positions and departments, experience, education, certificates (for example STCW), availability.
- Documents you choose to upload: for example passport copy, seaman’s book or medical fitness certificate, when an employer needs them.
- Applications and messages: the jobs you apply to, introductions, messages with OceanHire and employers.
- Employer data: company details and the contact details of the people who use the employer account.
- Technical data: IP address, browser, pages visited and, only with your consent, analytics cookies.
Please do not include in your CV information that is not needed for recruitment, such as religion, political opinions, union membership or details about your health. For medical fitness, the result of the certificate is enough.
3. Why we use your data
- To create and manage your account and profile.
- To match candidates with vacancies and present profiles to employers.
- To process applications and introductions and to communicate with you.
- To prevent fraud, keep the Platform secure and respect our legal obligations.
- With your consent, to measure the audience of the Site and improve it.
4. Legal basis
We process your data on the basis of your consent (given when you register, apply or accept cookies), the performance of the service you request, our legal obligations, and our legitimate interest in keeping the Platform secure. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
5. Who sees your data
- Employers: employers searching the database see your profile without your name or contact details. Your full profile, CV and contact details are shared with an employer only when you apply to its vacancy or accept an introduction.
- Service providers who help us run the Platform (hosting, email, security), under confidentiality and only for that purpose.
- Authorities, when the law requires it.
We never sell your personal data.
6. International transfers
Cruise lines and maritime employers are often based outside Morocco, for example in the European Union, the United Kingdom or the United States. When you apply to or accept an introduction with such an employer, your data is sent to that country only for that recruitment. Transfers are made with appropriate safeguards and, where Law 09-08 requires it, with the authorisation of the CNDP.
7. How long we keep your data
- Candidate profile and documents: as long as your account is active, and deleted or anonymised 24 months after your last activity, unless you ask us to delete them earlier.
- Applications and introductions: 24 months after the end of the recruitment process.
- Employer accounts: for the duration of the business relationship, then as long as the law requires for accounting purposes.
- Cookie choices: 12 months.
8. Your rights
Under Law 09-08 you have the right to be informed, to access your data, to have it corrected, completed, updated or deleted, and to object to its processing for legitimate reasons, and free of charge to its use for prospecting. If you are in the European Union you also have the right to erasure, to restriction, to data portability and to withdraw your consent. You can update or delete most of your data directly in your profile. For anything else, write to contact@oceanhire.co with proof of identity; we answer within 30 days. You can also file a complaint with the CNDP (www.cndp.ma) or, in the EU, with your national data protection authority.
9. Security
We use encrypted connections (HTTPS), restricted and logged access to candidate documents, private storage for CVs and regular backups. No system is perfectly secure: if a data breach affects you, we will inform you and the authorities as required by law.
10. Cookies
We use essential cookies to make the Site work (security, language, login). Analytics and marketing cookies are used only if you accept them in the cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time with the “cookie settings” link.
11. Minors
The Platform is intended for people aged 18 or over. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.
12. Changes
We may update this policy. The date of the latest version is shown at the top of this page, and important changes will be announced to registered users.