ENCRYPTED SEAFARER'S FILE
When the seafarer is not in Status 5 or, Status 6 and the GDPR Consent form is not uploaded then, his / her file becomes encrypted due to the GDPR rules.
Link for circular ‘Oracle database system status definitions’ Oracle Database System Statuses Definitions.docx
In Oracle, an encrypted file looks like this.
In such a case, a request to decrypt the seafarer’s file needs to be sent to email address [email protected].