This entity has adopted as its Internal Information Channel, called the “Whistleblowing Channel”, an online complaint management system accessible from:
The entity's own website can be accessed via the following link:
https://canaldedenuncia.org/admin/login.php
Mobile application “Reporting Channel”, available for download via iOS and Android:
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GrupoAtico34.canaldedenuncia
IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/canal-de-denuncia/id1110646076?l=es&ls=1
5.1 - Complaint Submission Procedure
The Reporting Channel allows two ways for individuals who wish to submit reports, referred to hereafter as users, to do so:
- Filing complaints by identifying the individuals making the communications.
- Filing Anonymous Complaints.
- Submission of complaint by identifying the complainant.
Users can submit a report/complaint by accessing the link provided on the corporate website or through the mobile application "Complaint Channel".
Access will require users to use login credentials, specifically a "Username" and "Password". These login credentials can be provided to users in two ways:
- Communicated by the System Administrator to Users individually, in the event that they have been previously registered through their access panel to the Reporting Channel
- Credentials received by the User in their email once they have registered from the web access panel of the Complaints Channel.
- Sending an anonymous complaint.
Once the User accesses the link provided on the entity's website, they will be able to make an Anonymous Complaint by clicking on the "Anonymous Complaint" option.
Submitting an anonymous complaint will require completing the "Company Name (Company Name)" field correctly and following the instructions provided in the USER COMPLAINT CHANNEL USER MANUAL available to the entity.
5.2 - Receipt of the complaint, acknowledgments of status to the complainant and exchange of information between the complainant and the System Manager
The System Administrator will be able to manage and receive each complaint submitted by accessing it through the Complaints section within the online complaint management system, accessible via the link provided on the entity's website. To access this panel, the System Administrator will require a login using their Username and Password, provided by the entity.
Within your area of work for receiving and managing complaints, you will be able to distinguish between complaints that are in process and those that have already been reviewed and managed.
Within the "In Process" section, the System Manager will have at their disposal all complaints received to be managed, being able to differentiate whether they are complaints from Users identified by their name and surnames as well as those that are anonymous, the date of receipt or registration of each complaint, the number of days it has been open, as well as the status in which it is found.
The different states that may have the complaints in process are:
- Received: The complaint has arrived, but it has not been processed in any way.
- In Progress: The work procedure regarding the complaint is underway.
Once a complaint has been received by the System Manager, the required acknowledgment of receipt will be communicated to the complainant as soon as possible, and in any case within a maximum period of 7 calendar days from receipt, except in those cases where this may jeopardize the confidentiality of the communication.
Once the System Administrator communicates the acknowledgment of receipt to the complainant, the complainant will receive a notification informing them that it has been received via the email provided in their user profile within the system.
In the case of a non-anonymous complaint, the complainant can view the status of their complaint in the "Access Anonymous Complaint" section and through the tracking code provided to anonymous users when they submit their complaints.
The procedural stages in which a complaint can be found are:
- Received: The complaint has arrived, but it has not been processed in any way.
- In Progress: The work procedure regarding the complaint is underway.
- Processed: The complaint has been successfully handled.
Any changes to the status of complaints made by the System Administrator will be notified to the complainant who identified themselves when submitting the complaints via email. This applies provided the User has enabled email notifications of status updates.
As previously mentioned, the System Administrator will notify the complainant of the receipt of their complaint, as well as any other status updates they wish to make, through the "Notifications" section of their complaint management panel. The following complaint statuses may be communicated to the complainant:
- Notify received complaint
- Notify of pending complaint
- Notifies resolution of the complaint
The system will record the notifications made to the complainant, noting the date of sending, and will inform the System Manager whether it has been received and read by the complainant through their access to the online system.
Likewise, the System Administrator may modify the content of the message sent to the complainant when changing the processing status of each complaint.
5.3 - Handling of the Complaint
Once the System Manager has notified the complainant that the complaint is being processed, he will begin the investigation and development of the complaint.
The maximum period for responding to investigative actions may not exceed three months from the receipt of the communication or, if no acknowledgment of receipt was sent to the informant, three months from the expiry of the seven-day period after the communication was made, except in cases of special complexity that require an extension of the period, in which case, it may be extended up to a maximum of another three additional months.
Through the system you will have the possibility of working on the complaint, as well as issuing a report and sending it to the entity's governing bodies.
During the complaint process, communication with the complainant is possible, and if deemed necessary, additional information can be requested. This can be done through external channels or via the "Chat" button available on each complaint within the Complaint Channel itself.
In any case, the information contained in the complaint, or that which may be obtained during the investigation, will be immediately brought to the attention of the Public Prosecutor's Office when the facts may suggest a crime. If the facts affect the financial interests of the European Union, the matter will be referred to the European Public Prosecutor's Office.
5.4 - Completion of the complaint
Once the study and investigation of the complaint has been completed, the System Manager will communicate the acknowledgment of status to the complainant through the "Notify resolution of the complaint" option.
This notification of resolution of the complaint will in no case inform the complainant of the internal result of the investigation.
Once the complaint is completed, it will be listed in the Reviewed Complaints section within the Complaints section, and from then on it will be completely blocked and cannot be modified in any way.
5.4 – Receiving complaints through other channels
When the communication/complaint is sent through reporting channels other than those established or is directed to members of staff not responsible for its processing, who have been trained in this matter and warned of the classification of its breach as a very serious infringement, the recipient of the communication must immediately forward it to the System Manager.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, these types of communications will enjoy the same confidentiality as if it were a complaint submitted through the channels established by the entity.