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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 30, 2026

1. Introduction and Data Controller Identity

Respondo (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the platform available at respondo.es and provides communication automation infrastructure to service businesses, including salons, spas, and clinics, primarily across Spain and the European Union.

We are committed to protecting the personal data of all individuals who interact with our platform. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, why we collect it, the legal basis for processing, how long we retain it, and the rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679.

Data Controller: Héctor Moyano Vélez (autónomo), NIF 52006446L, with address at Calle Carlos Sole, 8, 4º B, 28038 Madrid, Spain (VAT ES52006446L). Trading as “Respondo”. For all data protection enquiries, please contact us at privacidad@respondo.es.

Dual Role as Controller and Processor

Respondo operates in two distinct capacities depending on the nature of the data:

2. Data We Collect

We collect personal data in the following categories, depending on your relationship with Respondo:

2.1 Account Data (Business Customers)

When a service business registers for Respondo, we collect the information necessary to create and manage their account:

2.2 Client Data (End-Clients of Our Customers)

Our business customers input data about their own clients into the Respondo platform. As a processor, we store and process this data on their behalf. This may include:

The business customer is solely responsible for ensuring they have a lawful basis to collect and process their end-clients' personal data and for providing appropriate privacy notices to those individuals.

2.3 Clinical Notes and Health Data

Respondo offers an optional clinical notes feature for use by health and wellness businesses (e.g., clinics, physiotherapy practices, spas offering therapeutic services). When this feature is enabled by a business customer, the platform may store data that constitutes special category data under GDPR Article 9, including health-related information.

This feature is disabled by default and must be explicitly activated by the business customer. Business customers who enable this feature must obtain explicit consent from their end-clients before recording any health-related data in Respondo. See Section 4 for further details.

2.4 Communication Data

When our platform sends or receives communications on behalf of business customers, we process:

Through Meta's WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API), Respondo processes, on behalf of connected businesses: customer phone numbers, message content and media, customer display names, message timestamps and delivery/read statuses, and WhatsApp account identifiers (WhatsApp Business Account ID and phone number ID). Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. acts as a sub-processor. This data is stored in the European Union. Purpose: to deliver the messaging, AI auto-reply, and appointment-booking service that the business has configured.

Coexistence with the WhatsApp Business app:if the business keeps using the WhatsApp Business app on the same number it connects to Respondo, Respondo will see the conversations of the business's WhatsApp so it can reply on its behalf, including the messages the business writes from the app, which are stored in that customer's conversation. Respondo does not import chat history from before the connection.

2.5 Payment Data

All payment processing is handled by Stripe, a PCI-DSS Level 1 certified payment processor. Respondo does not store full card numbers, CVV codes, or other sensitive cardholder data. We retain only:

2.6 Usage and Technical Data

We automatically collect certain technical data when you use the Respondo platform to ensure its security and improve its functionality:

2.7 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for authentication and analytics purposes. See Section 10 for full details on our cookie use.

2.8 Google Calendar Data

If you connect your Google Calendar account from Settings › Integrations, Respondo accesses only this Google user data:

We store only the start and end of each busy interval, the identifier of the «Respondo» calendar, the account email address and the refresh token Google grants us to renew our access, stored encrypted (the short-lived access tokens are kept in memory only, never stored). We use this data solely to avoid offering or accepting appointments at times you are busy and to mirror your appointments in the «Respondo» calendar. We do not share it with third parties, do not sell it and do not use it for advertising or to train models. Respondo's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

You can disconnect it at any time from Settings › Integrations › «Disconnect»: Respondo revokes the access Google granted, deletes the «Respondo» calendar from your account and removes the token and the busy intervals from our systems. You can also remove the access from your Google account's security settings. If you delete your Respondo account, when the account is purged, once 30 days have passed since the deletion, Respondo revokes the access Google granted, deletes the «Respondo» calendar from your account and removes the token and the busy intervals from our systems.

2.9 Microsoft Outlook Data

If you connect your Outlook calendar (a personal Outlook.com or Hotmail account, or a Microsoft 365 work or school account) from Settings › Integrations, Respondo accesses only this data of your Microsoft account:

We store only the start and end of each busy interval, the identifier of the «Respondo» calendar, the account name, the identifier of your organization at Microsoft and the refresh token Microsoft grants us to renew our access, stored encrypted and replaced by the new one Microsoft issues on every renewal (the short-lived access tokens are kept in memory only, never stored). We use this data solely to avoid offering or accepting appointments at times you are busy and to mirror your appointments in the «Respondo» calendar. We do not share it with third parties, do not sell it and do not use it for advertising or to train models.

You can disconnect it at any time from Settings › Integrations › «Disconnect»: Respondo deletes the «Respondo» calendar from your Outlook and removes the token and the busy intervals from our systems. Microsoft does not offer applications a way to withdraw the permission themselves: to remove it completely, go to the page of apps with access to your Microsoft account (or ask whoever administers your Microsoft 365 to remove Respondo). If you delete your Respondo account, the token and the busy intervals are deleted with it; the «Respondo» calendar stays in your Outlook unless you disconnect first or remove it yourself in Outlook.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Article 6)

We rely on the following legal bases to process personal data:

For data processed as a processor on behalf of our business customers (end-client data), the relevant legal basis is determined by the business customer as the Data Controller.

Is providing data mandatory? The account data described in Section 2.1 is a contractual requirement: it is needed to register and to provide the Service, and without it we cannot open or maintain your account. Payment data is needed to subscribe to a paid plan.

4. Special Category Data (GDPR Article 9)

Clinical notes and other health-related information recorded in our platform constitute special category data under GDPR Article 9. Processing this category of data requires an explicit legal basis beyond those listed in Article 6.

Respondo's position as processor: We process health data strictly on documented instructions from the business customer (the Data Controller). We do not use this data for any purpose other than providing the requested service.

Business customer obligations: Any business customer that enables the clinical notes feature must:

Business customers who fail to comply with these requirements do so in breach of our Terms of Service and applicable GDPR obligations.

5. How We Use Data

We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:

6. Data Sharing and Sub-processors

We do not sell personal data. We share data only with trusted sub-processors that are necessary to deliver our service, and only to the extent required. All sub-processors are bound by contractual obligations consistent with GDPR requirements, except ElevenLabs, whose data processing agreement is pending signature (see below).

Our current sub-processors are:

A full and up-to-date list of sub-processors is maintained at /legal/sub-processors. We will notify business customers of any material changes to our sub-processor list with at least 30 days' notice, providing the opportunity to object.

We may also disclose personal data to competent public authorities (such as law enforcement or tax authorities) when required to do so by law, court order, or other legally binding obligation. We will notify affected customers of such disclosures where legally permitted to do so.

7. International Data Transfers

Some of our sub-processors — specifically Stripe, Twilio, Resend, Anthropic, OpenAI, TypeSafe, Vercel, and ElevenLabs — are based in the United States. Transfers of personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to the United States are subject to the requirements of GDPR Chapter V.

We ensure that all such transfers are governed by appropriate safeguards, specifically Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as adopted by the European Commission under GDPR Article 46(2)(c). These clauses impose binding data protection obligations on the recipients of the data and grant enforceable rights to data subjects. The exception today is ElevenLabs, whose data processing agreement, including those clauses, is pending signature (see Section 6).

Where applicable, transfers are additionally covered by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), where sub-processors have obtained DPF certification.

You may request a copy of the applicable transfer mechanisms by contacting us at privacidad@respondo.es.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Our retention periods are as follows:

When retention periods expire, data is securely deleted or anonymised in accordance with our internal data retention policy.

9. Your Rights Under GDPR (Articles 15–22)

If you are an individual whose personal data we process as a Data Controller (including business customers and their authorised users), you have the following rights under GDPR:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacidad@respondo.es. We will respond to all verified requests within 30 days, which may be extended by a further two months in cases of complexity or high volume. We will not charge a fee for exercising your rights unless requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive.

Note for end-clients of Respondo customers: If your personal data was entered into Respondo by a business (e.g., your salon, clinic, or spa), that business is the Data Controller for your data. Please direct your rights requests to them directly. Respondo will assist our business customers in responding to such requests in accordance with our DPA.

Automated Decision-Making (Art. 22)

Respondo does not take decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you (GDPR Article 22).

The only automated check runs when a business saves its company details in its account settings: if the country given is the United States or one of its territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa or the Northern Mariana Islands) and its business type matches a list of healthcare terms, the account is blocked automatically and the artificial intelligence features are switched off, because Respondo does not currently offer the Service to United States healthcare practices subject to HIPAA. The business may ask for a person to review the block by writing to privacidad@respondo.es: a person at Respondo reviews each request.

Data Deletion Requests

You can request the deletion of your personal data at any time:

9b. Your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the following additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, "CCPA"):

We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. We do not knowingly collect or sell personal information of minors under 16.

Notice at collection. We collect the personal information described in Section 2 for the business purposes set out in Section 5. We retain personal information for the periods described in Section 8. California residents may exercise their CCPA rights by emailing privacidad@respondo.es. You may also designate an authorised agent to submit requests on your behalf.

HIPAA and U.S. healthcare practices.Respondo is not currently offered to healthcare practices subject to the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"). We do not hold Business Associate Agreements with the sub-processors listed above. Registrations from U.S. healthcare practices that identify themselves as such at signup are blocked automatically. See our Terms of Service for the related customer representation.

10. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Respondo platform. Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the platform to function and cannot be disabled. They include:

Essential cookies do not require your consent as they are technically necessary for the service to function.

Analytics Cookies

With your consent, we may use analytics cookies to understand how the platform is used in aggregate, identify areas for improvement, and measure the effectiveness of new features. These cookies do not track you across other websites. You can change or withdraw consent at any time by selecting “Cookies” in the footer of the respondo.es website. When you withdraw consent, PostHog stops collecting new analytics events immediately; a batch collected before withdrawal may still finish sending. Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights stop collecting data from the next page load.

11. Children's Privacy

The Respondo platform is designed for use by adult service businesses and their professional staff. Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

If you are a business customer who becomes aware that an individual under the age of 16 has provided personal data through your use of Respondo, please contact us at privacidad@respondo.es and we will take steps to delete such data promptly.

12. Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, accidental loss, alteration, or disclosure. Our key security controls include:

Despite these measures, no system is completely immune from security threats. We encourage business customers to use strong, unique passwords, enable multi-factor authentication, and report any suspicious activity to privacidad@respondo.es.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, our services, or applicable legal requirements.

For material changes — those that significantly affect your rights or how we process your data — we will provide at least 30 days' advance notice via email to the registered contact address of our business customers, or via a prominent notice within the Respondo platform. The updated date at the top of this page will always reflect when the policy was last revised.

For non-material changes (such as clarifications, corrections of typographical errors, or updates to contact details), we will update this page without prior notice. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Your continued use of the Respondo platform after the effective date of a revised policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

14. Contact and Data Protection

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal data, please contact us:

We aim to respond to all privacy-related enquiries within 5 business days.

Respondo has not appointed a data protection officer because it is not required to (GDPR Article 37 and Article 34 of the LOPDGDD). Please send any data protection request to privacidad@respondo.es.

Supervisory Authority

Our lead supervisory authority under GDPR is the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD):

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the AEPD at any time if you believe we have not handled your personal data in accordance with GDPR. We would, however, appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns directly before you approach the supervisory authority.