Personal Data Processing Policy
I. Introduction
RAPPI S.A.S. is a leading company in Colombia whose main activity is to connect consumers with vendors through a virtual platform comprised of a website and a mobile application, so that consumers can log in, learn about the consumer products on display, and carry out purchase and sale transactions directly with vendors electronically, and in general all kinds of complementary activities.
RAPPI S.A.S., in order to strictly comply with the regulations in force on the protection of Personal Data, in accordance with the provisions of Law 1581 of 2012, Decree 1074 of 2015, and other provisions that amend, add to, or supplement them, presents the following PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION AND PROCESSING POLICY (hereinafter the "Processing Policy") with the purpose of protecting the personal information provided by the Data Subjects who have a relationship with RAPPI S.A.S., such as partners, suppliers, clients, employees, collaborators, and any other natural person from whom RAPPI S.A.S. obtains, collects, processes, or handles personal data, whether such processing is carried out by RAPPI S.A.S. or by third parties acting on its behalf.
The purpose of the Processing Policy is to protect the constitutional right of Habeas Data that all individuals have to access, update, and rectify the information that has been collected and stored in the various databases of RAPPI S.A.S., and in fulfillment of that right it only collects and processes Personal Data when previously authorized by its Data Subject, implementing for that purpose clear measures regarding the confidentiality and privacy of Personal Data. It also details the general corporate guidelines taken into account in order to protect the Personal Data of Data Subjects, the purposes of processing the information, the area responsible for handling complaints and claims, and the procedures that must be followed to access, update, rectify, and delete information, along with the respective channels through which they may be exercised.
II. Definitions
Authorization
Prior, express, and informed consent of the Data Subject to carry out the processing of personal data.
Personal data
Any information concerning or linked to specified or specifiable natural persons.
Sensitive data
Personal data that affects the privacy of the Data Subject and whose improper use could lead to discrimination. Sensitive data includes, among others, health data, data on sexual orientation, racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, and religious, philosophical, or moral convictions.
Data processor
A natural or legal person, public or private, who, alone or in association with others, processes personal data on behalf of the data controller.
Habeas data
The right of the Data Subject of personal data to require those who administer it to provide access, inclusion, exclusion, correction, addition, update, and rectification of the data, as well as the limitation of its disclosure, publication, or transfer.
Data controller
A natural or legal person, public or private, who, alone or in association with one or more others, decides on the processing of personal data.
Data subject
The natural person whose data is subject to processing. In the context of this personal data processing policy, data subjects may be: (i) subscribers/Clients of the platform; (ii) Contractors; (iii) Rappitenderos; (iv) suppliers; (v) all those persons not affiliated with RAPPI S.A.S. whose personal data is processed.
Processing
Any operation or set of operations on personal data, such as collection, storage, use, circulation, or deletion.
III. Guiding Principles for the Processing of Personal Data
As established in Title II of Statutory Law 1581 of 2012, the protection of personal data shall be governed by the harmonious and integral application of the following principles:
- Principle of legality in the processing of personal data: The processing of personal data referred to in Statutory Law 1581 of 2012 is a regulated activity that must comply with the provisions established therein and in the other provisions that develop it.
- Principle of purpose: The processing of personal data must serve a legitimate purpose in accordance with the Constitution and the law, which must be communicated to the Data Subject.
- Principle of freedom: The processing of personal data may only be carried out with the prior, express, and informed consent of the Data Subject. Personal data may not be obtained or disclosed without prior authorization, or in the absence of a legal or judicial mandate that overrides consent.
- Principle of truthfulness or quality: The information subject to processing must be truthful, complete, accurate, up to date, verifiable, and comprehensible. The Processing of partial, incomplete, fragmented, or misleading data is prohibited.
- Principle of transparency: In the Processing of personal data, the right of the Data Subject to obtain from the data controller or the data processor, at any time and without restrictions, information about the existence of data concerning them must be guaranteed.
- Principle of security: The information subject to processing by the Data Controller or data processor referred to in Statutory Law 1581 of 2012 must be handled with the technical, human, and administrative measures necessary to provide security to the records, preventing their alteration, loss, unauthorized or fraudulent consultation, use, or access.
- Principle of confidentiality: All persons involved in the processing of personal data that is not of a public nature are obligated to guarantee the confidentiality of the information, even after their relationship with any of the tasks comprising the processing has ended, being able to supply or communicate personal data only when this corresponds to the development of the activities authorized in Statutory Law 1581 of 2012 and under its terms.
- Principle of restricted access and circulation: Processing is subject to the limits derived from the nature of the personal data, the provisions of Statutory Law 1581 of 2012, and the Constitution. In this sense, processing may only be carried out by persons authorized by the Data Subject and/or by the persons provided for in the aforementioned law.
IV. Rights of the Data Subjects
In compliance with the fundamental guarantees enshrined in the Constitution and the law, and without prejudice to the provisions of the other rules governing the matter, the Data Subjects of personal data may exercise the following rights free of charge and without limitation:
- The right to access their personal information subject to processing.
- The right to update the personal data subject to processing.
- The right to rectify the personal data subject to processing.
- The right to object to the personal data being subject to processing.
- The right to request the deletion of personal data when the processing does not respect the constitutional and legal principles, rights, and guarantees.
- The right to request proof of the authorization granted for the processing.
- The right to revoke consent for the processing of personal data.
- The right to file complaints and claims with the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce for breaches of the provisions of Statutory Law 1581 of 2012 and the other rules that amend, add to, or supplement it.
- The right to be informed by the Controller and/or Processor of the use and processing that will be given to the personal data, as well as of the modifications and updates to the protection policies, security measures, and purposes.
V. How Data Is Collected
How the personal data of Users/Clients is collected
The collection of personal data of potential users and users of RAPPI S.A.S. will be carried out in the following ways:
- Through the automatic storage of the data of users who access the RAPPI S.A.S. platform through the use of cookies.
- Through the exchange of emails.
- Through access to the company's websites.
- Through access to the application, creating the username and password.
- Through telephone calls.
- Through events held by RAPPI S.A.S.
- Through the transmission or transfer by strategic Allies.
How the data of Workers or candidates is collected
- Through the academic résumés of the candidates.
- Through the employment contract or service provision contract.
- Through the RAPPI S.A.S. onboarding form or job application form.
- Through the Lever platform.
- Through the use of entry lists of employees to the company's premises.
- During the course of job interviews.
- Through the sending of information by headhunting companies where the data subjects have provided the data.
- Through enrollment forms for the EPS and ARLs.
- Through enrollment in the web platforms offered by RAPPI S.A.S.
How the data of Suppliers is collected
- Through service offers.
- Through the exchange of emails.
- Through the cooperation contract.
- Through the service provision contract.
- Through service portfolios.
- Through meetings or telephone communications.
VI. Purposes of the Processing of Personal Data
The Personal Data collected by RAPPI S.A.S. is included in a Database accessible to the authorized personnel of RAPPI S.A.S. in the exercise of their functions, with the warning that under no circumstances is the Processing of the information authorized for purposes other than those described herein, and which are communicated directly to the Data Subject no later than at the time of collection.
Purpose of processing the personal data of Users / Clients
- Creation and administration of the user's account.
- Provide the maintenance, development, and/or control of the commercial relationship between the Data Subject and RAPPI S.A.S.
- Provide users with the necessary information, through the website and application, about the products of the offerors, in order to formalize the consumption relationship of such products.
- Provide the company's services and carry out follow-up in accordance with the particular needs of the user.
- Send information on updates, news, bulletins, educational forums, advertising or marketing, and distance sales.
- Conduct satisfaction surveys and offer or grant benefits inherent to our loyalty program and after-sales service.
- Transfer or Transmission of Personal Data nationally or internationally to suppliers with which RAPPI S.A.S. carries out activities in fulfillment of its corporate purpose.
Purpose of processing the data of workers and candidates
Before beginning the employment relationship, RAPPI S.A.S. will inform candidates in the selection processes of the purposes of the processing that will be given to the personal data they provide in such process, and will be responsible for requesting the corresponding authorization for its processing, which will be limited to:
- Classify, store, and file the personal data of candidates in the selection processes.
- Verify and obtain references from natural or legal persons and former employers provided by the candidates in résumés, forms, among others.
- Deliver or transmit the information to third parties in charge of the selection processes.
- Verify, compare, and evaluate the professional and personal competencies of the prospects against the selection criteria.
- Carry out preliminary evaluations of candidates using automated tools and artificial intelligence systems as support for the selection process.
- Comply with the legal duties to which the company is bound.
- Sending job offers.
VII. Authorization and Consent of the Data Subject
Consent and authorization by the Data Subject of the information is a constitutional and legal requirement that must be met by the persons responsible for processing personal data. Consent must meet the following requirements:
- Prior: Authorization must be given by the Data Subject of the information prior to any type of Processing of personal data.
- Express: Authorization must be granted in an unequivocal, clear, and specific manner.
- Informed: The Data Subject must clearly understand for what purpose their personal data will be processed and the purposes that may arise from the Processing thereof.
All visitors to the platforms must register and authorize the processing of personal data in order to use the services offered. Therefore, in each of the systems there is a checkbox that says "Privacy and Personal Data Processing Policy" which must be read and accepted in order to continue using the services of RAPPI S.A.S.
VIII. Access Channels and Mechanisms Provided by RAPPI S.A.S.
In development of the constitutional guarantee of Habeas Data regarding the rights of access, update, rectification, and deletion by the Data Subject of personal data, their successors, legal representatives, and/or attorneys-in-fact, RAPPI S.A.S. will enable access channels for the Data Subjects.
All communications, inquiries, complaints, and/or claims must be addressed to the Personal Database Protection Officer or to the CUSTOMER CARE AREA/CUSTOMER SERVICE of RAPPI S.A.S., through any of the following means:
- Electronic service: The Data Subject must submit their request through the help center available on the virtual platform.
- Written service: The Data Subject must submit their formal request to the address: Calle 71A # 14-36 in Bogotá, Colombia.
IX. Legal Procedure for Inquiries, Complaints, and Claims
Inquiries
In the case of the right of petition in the form of information and/or inquiries, RAPPI S.A.S. will respond within a maximum period of ten (10) business days counted from the day following the date of receipt of the petition or inquiry.
When it is not possible to address the inquiry within that period, the interested party will be informed, indicating the reasons for the delay and specifying the date on which it will be addressed, which in no case may exceed five (5) business days following the expiration of the first period.
Complaints and/or claims
When the Data Subject considers that their information should be corrected, updated, or deleted, or when they detect an alleged breach of any of their rights, the maximum period to address the complaint or claim will be fifteen (15) business days counted from the day following the date of receipt of the document.
When it is not possible to address the claim within that period, the interested party will be informed of the reasons for the delay and the date on which it will be addressed, which in no case may exceed eight (8) business days following the expiration of the first period. If the claim is incomplete, the interested party will be required, within five (5) days following receipt of the complaint and/or claim, to remedy the deficiencies. After two (2) months from the date of the requirement without the applicant submitting the required information, the complaint or claim will be deemed withdrawn.
X. Processing of Sensitive Personal Data
RAPPI S.A.S. will not collect, store, or process sensitive data unless strictly necessary. Should such a situation arise, it will not carry out any processing without the proper prior, informed, and express authorization of the Data Subject of the information, except in cases where, by law, such authorization is not required.
Responses to questions about sensitive data are optional and therefore not mandatory. In any case, RAPPI S.A.S. will strictly observe the legal limitations on the Processing of Sensitive Data. RAPPI S.A.S. will not, under any circumstances, condition any activity on the provision of Sensitive Data. Sensitive Data will be processed with the utmost diligence possible and with the highest security standards.
XI. Processing of Personal Data of Children and Adolescents
RAPPI S.A.S. will endeavor not to carry out any processing of data of children and adolescents under 18 years of age. Use of the platform is only for adults. However, in the event that minors under 18 years of age with legal capacity wish to use the service, they must have the express authorization of their legal representative.
Should the processing of data of minors occur, RAPPI S.A.S. will guarantee, as Data Controller, that such personal data will be processed appropriately, applying the principles and obligations established in Law 1581 of 2012 and other provisions on the protection of personal databases in force.
XII. National or International Transmission and/or Transfer
RAPPI S.A.S. may share personal data information with those third parties as necessary for the development of its activities and corporate purpose, always protecting the rights and information of the data subject.
The Transmission or Transfer of Personal Data carried out will observe the rules established for that purpose by the applicable regulations and the control authority, especially the following:
- In the case of national transmissions or transfers of personal data, RAPPI S.A.S. will ensure compliance with the requirements of the data protection legislation in force and the protection measures by the processor or new controller, as the case may be.
- In the case of an international transfer, it must be ensured that the country receiving the personal data provides adequate levels of protection, in the manner established by the Control Authority in Colombia, so that it issues the declaration of conformity referred to in the first paragraph of article 26 of Law 1581 of 2012.
XIII. Validity
The Personal Data that is stored, used, or transmitted will remain in the databases of RAPPI S.A.S. for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in this manual or for the Company to comply with its legal duties.
However, the information will be reviewed annually to verify the accuracy of the data and the purpose of continuing its processing. If necessary, RAPPI S.A.S. reserves the right to unilaterally modify this Policy.