Privacy Policy

Bulgarian Register of Shipping (BRS) is a classification society registered in Bulgaria, with its head office at Southern Industrial Zone, Bulport, Varna 9000, Bulgaria. For any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, contact us at office@bkrclass.org.

BRS acts as a data controller under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Act for the personal data we collect through this website and in the course of providing our services.

We only collect the personal data we need to communicate with you, deliver our services, and comply with our legal obligations. This typically includes:

• Identification and contact data you provide through our forms — name, company, email, phone number.
• Professional data related to requests for classification, statutory or technical services.
• Correspondence, attachments and any information you voluntarily share with us.
• Technical data such as IP address, browser type, device and basic analytics, collected automatically when you visit our website.

We process your personal data in order to:

• Reply to your enquiries and prepare proposals.
• Perform classification, certification and technical services under a contract with you or the entity you represent.
• Comply with applicable maritime, statutory and accounting obligations.
• Improve the quality, reliability and security of our website and services.

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling.

Our processing is based on (a) the performance of a contract or pre-contractual steps at your request, (b) compliance with our legal obligations as a classification society, (c) our legitimate interests in operating and improving our services, and (d) your consent where it is specifically required — for example, for non-essential cookies.

We do not sell personal data. We share it only with trusted parties who need it to deliver our services — such as flag administrations, surveyors, technical experts, auditors and IT service providers — and only under appropriate confidentiality and data-protection commitments.

Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we rely on adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses to ensure it receives equivalent protection.

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described above and to meet legal, accounting and regulatory requirements applicable to classification societies. When data is no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymise it.

Subject to the conditions set by the GDPR, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict or object to the processing of your personal data, as well as the right to data portability and to withdraw any consent you have given.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at office@bkrclass.org. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection.

We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure. Access to personal data within BRS is limited to authorised personnel on a need-to-know basis.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect operational, legal or regulatory changes. The latest version will always be published on this page with an updated effective date.