Effective date: 1 September 2026 Version: 1.0
Language notice: This is an English translation provided for your convenience. The Turkish version is the binding text; in the event of any discrepancy, the Turkish version prevails. See Açık Rıza Metni.
Under KVKK Article 3/1-a, explicit consent means consent relating to a specific subject, based on information, and declared with free will. Each of the consents in this text is independent of the others. You are not obliged to give any of them; if you do not, only the related feature will not work — your membership and the rest of the platform are unaffected. This text is submitted for your approval after you have read the Data Processing Notice.
CONSENT 1 — Processing of my health data
What is asked: That I be able to enter my medical examination records (document name, date of issue and date of expiry) into my profile, and that these be stored.
Only information about the document itself is kept — no medical content such as illness, diagnosis or examination results is processed.
Why: This information is a precondition for joining a vessel in the maritime industry; it must be held in the system so that I can be reminded before my medical report expires.
Who this data is shared with: Only with the person I give a share link to, and only if I separately and explicitly select the health section when creating that link. Otherwise it is shared with no one.
What happens if I do not give it: The medical report fields remain empty. I do not receive expiry reminders for health documents. All other features of the platform work normally.
Retention: For as long as my consent continues. When I withdraw my consent this data is deleted immediately.
☐ I give my explicit consent to the processing, for the purposes explained above, of my health data, which is special category personal data within the scope of Article 6 of Law No. 6698.
CONSENT 2 — Inclusion of my health data in a share link
What is asked: That the health section be included in a profile share link I create.
Why: So that the employer can see that my medical certificate is valid before I join a vessel.
How it works: This consent is obtained separately for each share link — it is not a general approval given once. In a link for which consent has not been given, health fields are not generated at all in the response (they are not shown as empty — technically they are never sent). The moment consent is given is recorded.
What happens if I do not give it: The link is created; it simply does not contain the health section.
⚠️ I can revoke a link after sharing it; however, information the other party has viewed or downloaded up to that moment cannot be recalled.
☐ I give my explicit consent to the inclusion of my health data in this share link. (Asked separately on every link creation screen.)
CONSENT 3 — Transfer of my personal data abroad
What is asked: That my personal data be transferred to the following service providers abroad so that the platform can operate.
The main database and servers are in Türkiye; the transfers below are limited to the stated functions only.
| Recipient | Country | Data transferred | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare, Inc. | Eastern Europe (Cloudflare EEUR region) / global | Document files I upload; IP and request metadata | Document storage, network security |
| Brevo (Sendinblue SAS) | France (European Union) | My e-mail address and the content of e-mails sent | E-mail delivery |
| Natro — Çizgi Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. data centre, İstanbul | Türkiye (İstanbul) | Platform data | Server hosting |
| Google LLC | USA | Name, e-mail address | Only if I sign in with Google |
Risks: These countries may not offer exactly the same level of protection as the KVKK, and access to my data by the public authorities of the relevant country is theoretically possible.
Safeguards obtained: your explicit consent (KVKK Art. 9/6-a)
What happens if I do not give it: Features that depend on these providers — such as document upload, e-mail notifications and Google sign-in — cannot be used. My profile, experience and document records and the rest of the platform work normally.
☐ I give my explicit consent to the transfer of my personal data abroad to the recipients stated above, for the stated purposes.
CONSENT 4 — AI-generated professional summary
What is asked: That when I use the "generate professional summary" feature, the professional information in my profile (rank, sea service history, vessel types, certificates, education) be sent to Anthropic PBC's artificial intelligence service in the United States of America for the purpose of text generation.
What is not sent: My identity number, phone number, health data, document files and messages are not sent within the scope of this feature.
How it works:
- The feature runs only when I press the button; it does not run by itself in the background.
- The generated text is shown to me first; text I do not approve is not written to my profile.
- AI can make mistakes; verifying the accuracy of the generated text is my responsibility.
- This operation does not produce an automated decision about me; hiring decisions are not made on the platform.
What happens if I do not give it: I write the "about me" text myself. No other feature is affected.
☐ I give my explicit consent to the transfer of my professional profile data to Anthropic PBC (USA) for the purpose of generating a professional summary, and to its processing for that purpose.
Withdrawal of consent
I may withdraw each consent I have given at any time and without giving a reason:
- On the platform: from the Settings → Privacy and Consents screen, with a single click, just as it was given
- By e-mail: [email protected]
Withdrawal takes effect prospectively: the related processing stops from the moment I withdraw, while processing lawfully carried out until then remains valid. For health data, when consent is withdrawn the data is deleted.