Privacy Policy

To provide you with world class back-office service, First Maritime Shared Services (FMSS) is committed in protecting your confidential information and FMSS understands that such confidential information as valuable and propriety and any unauthorized use or disclosure of such confidential information could cause irreparable harm.

This Privacy Policy outlines the information collection practices utilized by FMSS, how that information is used, stored, shared, and protect the confidential information you provided us.

Why and how we collect personal information

When you provide personal information via FMSS’ website (https://fmss.com.ph/), personally appearing in any of our offices for application, taking part in any of FMSS’ research or surveys, or by any other method, FMSS collects information enabling FMSS to provide the user the opportunities for back-office career advancement.

In particular, FMSS uses the information provided to:

  1. Assess capabilities and experience and match it with the requirements of FMSS’s clients;
  2. Determine necessary trainings and certificates needed for employment;
  3. Share the personal data/s to subsidiaries of FMSS that may provide a more convenient and better service categorized into the following:
    1. Marine Management
    2. Education and Professional Development
    3. Healthcare
    4. Aviation
    5. Property Development
    6. Microfinance
    7. Family Care Programs
    8. Travel
    9. Logistics

What type of information FMSS collects?

The information includes, but not limited to the following:

  1. Basic personal information (e.g. your name, date of birth, gender, address);
  2. Contact details (e.g. email address, mobile phone number, telephone number);
  3. Government Id’s (e.g. SSS, Philhealth, Pag-ibig, TIN); and
  4. Latest CV or Resume for Work History.

How we protect your information

The confidentiality and security of your information is important to us. All information captured by FMSS is stored securely at all times and will not be provided to any unauthorized third parties. We also put in effect safeguards such as:

  1. Keeping your information using a secured server behind a firewall, encryption, and security controls;
  2. Restricting access to your information to qualified and authorized personnel;
  3. Using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to establish encryption link between a web server and a browser ensuring your information remain private and integral.
  4. Your information may continue to be stored, processed and/or shared for five (5) years from the conclusion of your last transaction with any member of the PTC Group or until the expiration of the retention limits set by applicable law, whichever comes later.

Access to your information

If you wish to have access to your personal information in our records; or you think that such information we have of you is incomplete, not-up-to-date, or otherwise inaccurate, you may get in touch with our data privacy officer through the email address data.privacy.officer@FMSS.com.ph.

Revisions to policy

This policy is reviewed regularly and may be revised from time to time, as we alter the way we use your information, or new features are added to the site or the legislation changes. Please check the policy periodically for updates and additions. To provide you with world class crew management service, FMSS is committed in protecting your confidential information and FMSS understands that such confidential information as valuable and propriety and any unauthorized use or disclosure of such confidential information could cause irreparable harm.

This Privacy Policy outlines the information collection practices utilized by FMSS, how that information is used, stored, shared, and protect the confidential information you provided us.