Privacy Policy

ShipScout is a maritime brokerage platform operated by Turqomarine. We connect shipowners, cash buyers, and recycling yards for confidential vessel transactions. When this policy says "ShipScout", "we", "us", or "our", it refers to Turqomarine and the shipscout.io platform.

Contact us at: info@turqomarine.com

We only collect personal data you provide directly to us:

• Contact form — your name, company name, email address, the nature of your inquiry, and any message you write.
• Email correspondence — if you contact us by email, we retain that correspondence.
• Broker registration — if you register as a broker partner, we collect your name, company, and email.

We do not collect payment data, passport or ID information, or any sensitive personal categories of data.

• To respond to your inquiry or deal request
• To match buyers and sellers for specific vessel transactions
• To send you information you have requested about a vessel or transaction
• To maintain a record of our communications

We do not use your data for unsolicited marketing, and we do not sell your data to any third party.

If you are located in the European Economic Area, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Contractual necessity — to fulfil a brokerage inquiry or deal you have initiated.
• Legitimate interests — to maintain business communications and prevent fraud.
• Consent — where you have opted in to receive specific communications.

We share data with the following service providers solely to operate the platform:

These processors act under data processing agreements and are not permitted to use your data for their own purposes.

ShipScout monitors publicly available AIS signals, port state control records, and maritime news sources. This vessel and company data relates to commercial entities, not private individuals, and is sourced from public maritime databases. It is not subject to GDPR personal data protections.

We retain contact form submissions and email correspondence for up to 3 years from the date of last contact, or for the duration of any active transaction, whichever is longer. After this period, data is deleted.

You have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data
• Erasure — ask us to delete your personal data
• Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests

To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@turqomarine.com. We will respond within 30 days.

ShipScout does not use tracking or advertising cookies. We may use strictly necessary session cookies required for the platform to function (e.g. broker authentication). These are not used for analytics or cross-site tracking.

We use industry-standard measures to protect your data, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), access controls, and regular security reviews. No transmission over the internet is 100% secure, but we take all reasonable precautions.

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be noted at the top of this page with a new "Last updated" date. Continued use of ShipScout after changes constitutes acceptance.