Updated on 22/08/2025
This Policy aims to transparently demonstrate the commitment of R.B.A. PORTUGUESA DE BENEFICENCIA ("BP"), headquartered in the Municipality of São Paulo - SP, at Rua Maestro Cardim, 769, Bela Vista, CNPJ: 61.599.908/0001-58, and its respective branches, to your privacy and the protection of personal data, respecting the provisions of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law.
This Policy describes the applicable guidelines for the collection, production, reception, classification, use, access, reproduction, transmission, distribution, processing, archiving, storage, elimination, evaluation or control of information, modification, communication, transfer, dissemination or extraction of personal data from clients and/or their legal representatives, companions and visitors, employees, members of its clinical and multidisciplinary staff, students, volunteers, researchers, service providers, sponsors and any other third parties, in accordance with current laws.
To access and use the services offered by BP, you, as the data subject, are aware of the terms and way we process your data and have read this Policy in full and attentively, granting your free and express agreement to the processing of your Data in accordance with the conditions specified below.
This Policy applies to all administrators (members of the Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Fiscal Council, Administrative Board, Associates) and BP employees, clients and their legal representatives, companions and visitors, members of its clinical and multidisciplinary staff, students, researchers, volunteers, goods, and service providers and any other third parties.
3.1. All information provided or collected from clients and/or their legal representatives, whether physically or when accessing our virtual environments, in the context of providing healthcare services by BP.
Among the healthcare services that may be provided by BP, depending on the chosen unit, are: hospital services, hospitalization, outpatient, surgical, diagnostic exams, consultations, care lines, urgent care, or emergency services, among other health services; as well as for the application of clinical studies and research, credit recovery and predictive analysis to improve the experience of services provided, respecting the terms of applicable laws;
3.2. All information of BP administrators and employees, goods and service providers, collected in the context of contractual or legal obligation;
3.3. All information provided or collected from Volunteers in the context of promoting support activities providing well-being, leisure and social responsibility for our clients and companions;
3.4. All information provided or collected from members of its clinical and multidisciplinary staff, researchers in the context of providing healthcare services, contractual or legal obligation;
3.5. All information provided or collected from Students in the context of providing educational services.
4.1. Considering the principles and foundations defined by the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, the Processing of Personal Data by BP will only be carried out when the following hypotheses are observed:
| Legal Basis | Description |
|---|---|
| Consent | When the data subject or their legal representative consents to the processing of personal data, freely, unequivocally, specifically, and in a highlighted manner, for a determined purpose. |
| Execution of Public Policies | When data processing is necessary to serve the public interest. |
| Contract Execution | When data processing is necessary to ensure the fulfillment of contractual execution. |
| Compliance with Legal or Regulatory Obligation | When data processing is required due to a legal or regulatory obligation. |
| Exercise of Regular Rights | When data processing is necessary for the regular exercise of rights in a contract, judicial, administrative, or arbitration proceeding. |
| Protection of the Life of the Data Subject or Third Party | When data processing is indispensable for the protection of life or physical integrity. |
| Health Protection | When data processing is carried out for the purpose of executing procedures by healthcare professionals, health services, or sanitary authorities. |
| Legitimate Interests | When in certain situations, on an exceptional basis, BP may rely on legitimate interest for processing the data subject's data, in the regular exercise of its rights for operational quality and service or service provision improvements that benefit them, always in accordance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law. |
| Studies by Research Entities | When promoting clinical research studies, in accordance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law. |
5.1. How we collect personal data: Personal data and sensitive personal data may be collected physically and/or digitally when interacting with our institutional environments.
5.2. What personal data we collect and for what purposes:
| Data Subject | What We May Collect? | For What Purpose Do We Collect? |
|---|---|---|
| Clients/Patients and their Legal Representatives | Registration data; personal characteristics; identification generated by official bodies; residential information; professional, financial, and credit information; legal and health information; preferences; video images captured by CCTV; information about mobile devices and computers; digital identification; Preferences. | • To initiate requests and in-person services for patient registration and admission; • To facilitate interactions with our digital channels, including check-in for consultations and exams, online scheduling, exam results; • To provide medical and healthcare services, including video consultation cases (telemedicine), situations where your data may also be used for identification processes on telemedicine service provider platforms; • To provide assistance via electronic messaging applications; • To request authorization for exams and/or consultations from the health insurer/operator, as well as to carry out financial procedures; • To perform post-discharge recovery follow-up and support services (including through remote monitoring technologies); • To quote the values of medical procedures and materials such as orthoses, prostheses, and special materials (OPME) and other special categories with Third Parties and Health Operators; • To invite you to participate in clinical research projects; • To participate in clinical research projects; • To participate in the Clinical and Surgical Patient Welcome Program; • To participate in care lines; • To prepare legal instruments related to the services provided; • To identify, grant access, and monitor our facilities, such as badges, stickers, identification bracelets, as well as record your images in our monitoring and physical security systems (CCTV); • To comply with obligations arising from the use of our services and required by health authorities; • To address requests and other communications made through BP's service channels, including, but not limited to, the "Contact Us" channel; • To implement administrative and financial processes, including indicator studies that enable service improvement; • To recover credits due to default; • To send institutional communications; • Use of digital platforms • patient portal, applications, and others that may be developed; • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network. |
| Companions and Visitors | Registration Data, Personal Characteristics, Identification generated by official bodies; Residential information; Information about mobile devices and computers; digital identification; Video images captured by CCTV. | • To identify, grant access, and monitor our facilities, such as badges, stickers, identification bracelets, as well as record your images in our monitoring and physical security systems (CCTV); • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network; • To provide assistance via electronic messaging applications; • To comply with obligations arising from the use of our services and required by health authorities; • Use of digital platforms; • To address requests and other communications made through BP's service channels, including, but not limited to, the "Contact Us" channel; • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network. |
| Associates and Administrators | Registration Data; Personal Characteristics; Identification generated by official bodies; Residential information; Professional, financial, and credit information; legal and health information; Information about mobile devices and computers; digital identification; Video images captured by CCTV; Preferences. | • To fulfill statutory legal obligations; • To promote electronic voting of Associates and Administrators in Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings and other statutory acts, through digital platforms of service providers; • To conduct internal and external audits; • To provide access to physical and digital environments; • To prepare legal instruments related to the services provided and other legal and statutory obligations; • To address requests and other communications; • To initiate requests and in-person services for the registration and admission of associate and administrator patients; • To provide medical and healthcare services, including video consultation cases (telemedicine), situations where your data may also be used for identification processes on telemedicine service provider platforms; • To request authorization for exams and/or consultations from the health insurer/operator, as well as to carry out financial procedures; • To perform post-discharge recovery follow-up and support services (including through remote monitoring technologies); • To quote the values of medical procedures and materials such as orthoses, prostheses, and special materials (OPME) and other special categories with Third Parties and Health Operators; • To invite you to participate in research projects; • To identify, grant access, and monitor our facilities, such as badges, stickers, identification bracelets, as well as record your images in our monitoring and physical security systems (CCTV); • To comply with obligations arising from the use of our services and required by health authorities and other public administration bodies; v To provide assistance via electronic messaging applications; • To implement administrative and financial processes, including indicator studies that enable service improvement; • To recover credits due to default; • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network; • To address requests and other communications made through BP's service channels, including, but not limited to, the "Contact Us" channel; • Use of digital platforms; • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network. |
| Employees and Clinical Staff | Registration Data; Personal Characteristics; Identification generated by official bodies; Residential information; professional; financial and credit information; legal and health information; Information about mobile devices and computers; digital identification; Video images captured by CCTV; Information about education and titles; Health information; Preferences. | • To carry out recruitment and functional registration processes; • To perform activities related to your job function; • To conduct periodic medical exams; • To identify, grant access, and monitor our facilities, such as for the creation of identification badges, bracelets, stickers, as well as to record your images in our monitoring and physical security systems (CCTV), and to grant access to the corporate digital environment (computer network and system authentication services); • To process payroll, charges, and benefits; • To provide medical assistance; • To prepare legal instruments related to the services provided and legal obligations; • To conduct training; • To comply with obligations required by public authorities; • To send institutional communications, internal guidelines. • Registration, Accreditation, and disclosure of Clinical Staff; • Assistance to employee patients and medical record and prescription registration; • To certify technical responsibility before the Competent Authorities; • To process payments; • To facilitate interactions with our digital channels; • To address requests and other communications made through BP's service channels, including, but not limited to, the "Contact Us" channel; • Use of digital platforms; •vTo authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network. |
| Students | Registration Data; Personal Characteristics; Identification generated by official bodies; Residential information; Professional, financial, and credit information; legal and health information; Information about mobile devices and computers; Digital identification; Video images captured by CCTV; Information about education; Preferences. | • To register for the selection process of the chosen course and for other activities related to your academic activity, (such as: enrollments, re-enrollments, registration with government bodies, such as the Ministry of Education • MEC, Education Secretariat, Federal Council of Medicine, and other related public bodies); • To prepare legal instruments for the services provided and legal obligations; • To process payments and issue invoices; • To request health insurance for Students, when applicable and within legal limits; • To identify, grant access, and monitor our facilities, such as badges, stickers, identification bracelets, as well as record your images in our monitoring and physical security systems (CCTV); • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network; • To comply with obligations required by public authorities; • To facilitate interactions with our digital channels; • To address requests and other communications made through BP's service channels, including, but not limited to, the "Contact Us" channel; • Use of digital platforms; • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network. |
| Volunteers | Registration Data (including corporate name and personal data of the NGO's legal representative); Identification generated by official bodies; Residential information; Information about mobile devices and computers; Digital identification; Video images captured by CCTV. | • To promote support activities providing well-being, with social participation by making your time, experiences, competencies, and skills available for solidarity activity services, without personal cost. • To act in activities that generate knowledge, leisure, comfort, and social responsibility for our patients and companions, whether as a volunteer or partner. • To identify, grant access, and monitor our facilities, such as badges, stickers, identification bracelets, as well as record your images in our monitoring and physical security systems (CCTV); • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network; • To comply with obligations arising from the use of our services and required by public authorities and public administration. • To address requests and other communications made through BP's service channels, including, but not limited to, the "Contact Us" channel; • Use of digital platforms; • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network. |
| Third Parties | Registration Data; Identification generated by official bodies; Legal information; Information about mobile devices and computers; Digital identification; Video images captured by CCTV. | • To prepare legal instruments; • To process payments; • To identify, grant access, and monitor our facilities, such as badges, stickers, identification bracelets, as well as record your images in our monitoring and physical security systems (CCTV); • To authenticate and grant access to the wireless internet network; • To comply with obligations arising from the use of our services and required by public authorities and public administration; • Use of digital platforms; • To address requests and other communications made through BP's service channels, including, but not limited to, the "Contact Us" channel. |
SPECIAL NOTE FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES
BP may collect and process Personal Data of children and adolescents under the age of 18, physically and/or digitally, when interacting with Our Environments, including Sensitive Personal Data, and therefore, depending on the purpose, there may be a need for legal consent from parents or legal representatives.
Even if there is consent for the collection and processing of Personal Data of children and adolescents, parents should supervise the online activities of their minor children in Our Environments, especially in Our digital environments. The activities of adolescents over 16 and under 18 years of age must be assisted by parents or legal representatives.
5.3. Many of BP's services depend directly on some of the personal data listed in the table above, mainly registration data.
5.4. BP is not responsible for the accuracy, truthfulness, or timeliness of the information or personal data provided by the data subject, it being the data subject's responsibility to provide them accurately or update them whenever necessary.
It is important to say that BP is relieved from processing or treating any personal data if there are reasons to believe that such processing or treatment may impute any legally foreseen infraction to us, or if Our Environments are being used for any illegal, illicit purposes or contrary to ethics and/or morality.
5.6. The database formed through the collection of personal data is the property and responsibility of BP, and its use, access, and sharing, when necessary, will be done within the limits of this Privacy Policy and specific Terms of Use, when existing.
6.1. BP collects cookies to identify you on your next access to the website, offering a personalized service according to your preferences or browsing history, providing more convenience when accessing service portals, and speeding up the user identification process.
6.2. To learn more about which cookies we collect, understand the purpose of collection and why we collect them, access and learn about our Cookie Policy available on the website: https://www.bp.org.br/politica-de-cookie
6.3. All technologies used by BP that involve the collection or processing of cookies within their scope comply with current cookie processing legislation and are in accordance with the terms set forth in this Policy.
7.1. The personal data collected and recorded activities may be shared by BP in the following cases:
7.2. BP is not responsible for any misuse of personal information carried out by third parties, volunteers, students, or employees, when such conduct results from non-compliance with this Privacy Policy or contractual obligations previously assumed through specific instruments. In these cases, responsibility will be attributed exclusively to the infringing party, as provided by applicable law.
8.1. Measures adopted by BP for the protection of information and data: BP employs its best efforts to maintain the privacy and security of information through the adoption of technical, physical, and administrative security measures:
8.2. Internally, the Personal Data collected by BP is accessed only by duly authorized professionals, respecting the principles of proportionality, necessity, and relevance to the objectives of our business, in addition to the commitment to confidentiality and preservation of your privacy under the terms of this Policy.
8.3. When using Our digital environments, it is very important that the data subject(s) protect their data against unauthorized access to their computer or cell phone, account, or password, in addition to making sure to always click "log out" when ending their browsing on a shared computer.
It is also very important to inform that BP never sends electronic messages with attachments that can be executed (this can be verified through file extensions such as: .exe, .com, among others) or links for file downloads. The emails are intended to bring information about your appointments, scheduling, health bulletins and care, and other information consented to by the data subject(s). Always contact our service channels to verify the veracity of any content received in the name of BP.
8.4. When the data subject(s) access Our Environments, they may be directed, via link, to other portals or platforms (this also includes BP's social networks), which may request that you provide your personal data and other information and have their own Data Processing Policy or specific Terms and Conditions of Use:
The consent provided by the data subject, when applicable, is collected individually, clearly, specifically, legitimately, and in an informed manner.
8.5. BP uses technologies compatible with the market, respecting reasonable state of the art, with constant updates. All technologies used must respect current legislation and the terms of this Privacy Policy.
8.6. BP conducts training with its employees, clinical staff, and multidisciplinary professionals regarding norms and best practices related to information security, privacy and protection of personal data, and the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, and has developed a governance program, aiming to raise their awareness of the importance of preserving and maintaining the confidentiality of collected, recorded, stored, used, shared information, and responsible disposal.
8.7. BP respects the principles of lawfulness, purpose, adequacy, proportionality, necessity, free access, data quality, transparency, security, prevention, non-discrimination, accountability, auditing, subsidiarity, and storage limitation, in addition to affirming the commitment to confidentiality and preservation of privacy under the terms of this Privacy Policy.
8.8. BP is committed to making every possible effort, through technical and organizational measures, to protect the personal data it processes, preventing and correcting any incidents of privacy, security, or data protection. However, it is important to highlight that, even with all care, no system is completely immune to failures or malicious actions by third parties. Therefore, BP limits its liability in cases where such situations are beyond its control. We recommend that, in the face of any contact, request, or suspicious activity in the name of BP, data subjects contact our official service channels to confirm the veracity of the information before passing on any information or taking any action.
9.1. BP will maintain and store Personal Data and sensitive personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected, as well as for the purposes of complying with any legal, regulatory, contractual, accountability obligations, or requests from competent authorities, in accordance with applicable legislation.
9.2. The Data collected will be stored on our servers located in Brazil, as well as in a cloud computing resource or server environment, which may require a transfer and/or processing of this Data outside Brazil.
10.1. BP informs that, depending on the services used, your data may be transferred and maintained in an environment inside or outside Brazil. This transfer will always respect evaluation criteria for partners and suppliers that provide technological infrastructure in countries with data protection laws equivalent to the Brazilian General Data Protection Law.
10.2. Currently, data from some of our services are stored in:
11.1. Any data subject has the right to request information from BP related to the processing of their data. According to the LGPD, your rights consist of:
11.2. To address your rights based on information requests, contact us through the DATA SUBJECT REQUEST FORM available in the form below: (Note: The form mentioned would be inserted here in the original document)
11.3. The data subject may exercise their rights directly or through a legally constituted representative. Through this channel, it is also possible to request a Copy of your Medical Records.
11.4. To protect the privacy of data subjects, some additional documents will be requested by the BP Team to verify your identity. All validation steps will be done via your email. We recommend adding the domain @m.onetrust.com to the safe sender list of your email provider to track emails sent.
11.5. To unsubscribe from the mailing list to receive communications from BP and other consents provided to our institution, access our preference center, available at the Link: https://privacyportal.onetrust.com/ui/#/preferences/multipage/login/46f72a0e-1293-4b45-976d-8d3d993e79e4
11.6. If we are requested to delete Personal Data, it may occur that the Data needs to be retained for a period longer than the deletion request, under the terms of Article 16 of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, for:
11.7. After the retention period and legal necessity have ended, Personal Data will be deleted using secure disposal methods or used in an anonymized form for statistical purposes, through the adoption of reasonable efforts and available techniques.
12.1. Seeking to continuously improve and optimize the healthcare services provided, and provide a more efficient, personalized, and secure experience for its patients, BP may use resources from technologies that utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its processes and development.
12.2. We may use AI for the automation of some processes, such as service and interactions with data subjects; optimization of internal processes and materials; support in clinical analyses, laboratory results, reports, and diagnoses; other processes that may be enhanced with the application of this technology. Our technological resources that use AI include human review and are under constant monitoring and control.
12.3. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by BP is carried out ethically, responsibly, and in strict compliance with current legislation, especially the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD). The institution ensures that the processing of personal data through tools that use AI occurs for legitimate purposes, respecting patient privacy and limited to the minimum necessary to meet its objectives. Furthermore, the best practices of privacy, data protection, and information security are applied, including appropriate technical and organizational measures, such as anonymization whenever possible, ensuring that the use of such data occurs exclusively within legal limits.
13.1. Automated decision-making occurs when an electronic system uses personal information to make a decision without human intervention.
13.2. If BP makes decisions that will have a significant impact on data subjects based on automated processing of personal data, we will provide full transparency regarding the criteria and procedures used and will make appropriate means available to request a review of these decisions, observing commercial and industrial secrets.
14.1. In case of any questions regarding the provisions of this Privacy and Data Processing Policy, the data subject may contact us through the service channels listed below: Data Protection Officer - DPO: Amanda Beatriz Cezario E-mail: dpo@bp.org.br
15.1. We seek to offer you services with the greatest possible efficiency and, for that reason, we constantly update them. Therefore, this Policy may be adjusted at any time. Whenever possible, access the updates of this Policy through this electronic address.
16.1. If any point of this Policy is considered inapplicable by a Data or Judicial Authority, the other conditions will remain in full force and effect.
16.2. Any communication made by email (to the addresses provided in your registration), SMS, instant messaging applications, or any other digital form is also valid, effective, and sufficient for the disclosure of any matter referring to the services we provide, as well as the conditions of their provision or any other matter addressed therein, with the exception only of what this Policy provides as such.
17.1. This Policy will be interpreted according to Brazilian legislation, in the Portuguese language, with the jurisdiction of your domicile elected to settle any controversy involving this document, except for a specific reservation of personal, territorial, or functional jurisdiction by applicable legislation.
17.2. If domiciled in Brazil, and due to the services offered by BP only within national territory, you submit to Brazilian legislation, therefore agreeing that, should there be a dispute to be resolved, the lawsuit must be filed in the Court of the District of São Paulo.
18.1. This Policy is registered at the 4th Registry of Deeds and Documents and Legal Entity Civil Registry of the District of São Paulo. For all purposes, consider the latest version in force as published on our website.
19.1. For the purposes of this Policy, the following definitions and descriptions should be considered for better understanding:
You can exercise your rights through our Contact Channels:
For us to provide all clarifications and enable the exercise of your rights, as the case may be, remember to inform, clearly and objectively: (i) your identification as requested (ii) what the request is, and (iii) the right you would like to exercise. We remind you that limiting the processing of some of your Personal Data, through the exercise of rights such as requests for blocking, deletion, or revocation of consent, may cause harm in the execution of the services provided by us to You. However, do not worry, we will inform you when this is the case, and the decision to proceed with the request will be at your discretion.
These periods may be longer depending on specific regulation issued by a regulatory authority, legal obligation arising from law, or for the preservation of rights.
Do you have any other questions? We can help you, send your question to our contact channels and we will be happy to answer you!
Beneficência Portuguesa thanks you for your attention!
List of previous versions available on the website: https://www.bp.org.br/politica-de-privacidade
18/12/2020 - Version 01
18/12/2021 - Version 02
04/04/2022 - Version 03
12/04/2023 - Version 04