Whistle blower Channel
Aim and Purpose of whistle blower Channel
Through the whistle blower channel, Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros complies with the provisions of Act 2/2023, of 20 February, regulating the protection of persons who report regulatory infringements and the fight against corruption, which transposes into Spanish law the Directive 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2019, on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.
Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros aims to strengthen the culture of compliance within the entity by making available a tool that allows employees, external collaborators, service providers as well as third parties other than the aforementioned, to provide information obtained in a work or professional context, confidentially and securely, and which could constitute an infringement of European Union law, provided that it falls within the scope of the acts listed in the Annex to Directive 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019, as well as acts or omissions that could constitute a serious or very serious criminal or administrative offence.
The whistle blower channel has the following purposes:
- Unifying the different channels existing to date in Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros, in order to facilitate the communication of alleged serious or very serious criminal or administrative offences. Communications of information associated with alleged irregularities or breaches of CCS’ Ethical Code or moral and/or sexual harassment or gender-based harassment may also be sent through this channel, although, as provided in article 7.4 of Act 2/2023, any other communications or information outside the scope established in article 2 shall not benefit from the protection measures provided by law and shall be dealt with according to their specific procedures.
- Fostering the promotion of an ethical culture in Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros.
- Detecting and preventing irregular, ethically reprehensible or likely to generate criminal liability behaviour.
- Allowing anonymous reporting of misbehaviour.
Furthermore, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter, GDPR), personal data protection regulations have been taken into account in the design of the model in accordance with the principle of active responsibility. The Whistle-blower Channel fully complies with the provisions of Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and the Guarantee of Digital Rights (hereinafter, LOPDGDD).
The whistle blower channel must not be used for the following purposes:
The main principles of the whistle blower channel management procedure can be found in the following link: document
