1. Initial provisions
We at Argo ENERGIA EMPREENDIMENTOS E PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Argo” or the “Company”) wish to maintain a relationship of trust, integrity, and transparency with all our customers, third parties, business partners, users of our services, and other external audiences (“You”). For this reason, we ensure that your browsing here at Argo Energia will be carried out as securely as possible and in compliance with all current privacy standards.
We have prepared this Privacy Notice (“Notice”) to help You understand how your information is processed by Argo and how You may exercise your rights regarding that information.
For us, the priority is to safeguard the privacy and security of your Personal Data. Therefore, any information You provide to us will be processed according to the limits established herein and under applicable law.
You are not required to share the Personal Data we request. However, if you choose not to share it, in some cases we may not be able to fulfill the purposes described in this document.
2. Definitions
Argo: Argo ENERGIA EMPREENDIMENTOS E PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Argo”) is a privately held legal entity registered with the CNPJ/MF under No. 24.624.551/0001-94, headquartered at AV ROQUE PETRONI JUNIOR, No. 999, room 111, 11th floor, Vila Gertrudes, ZIP Code 04.707-910, São Paulo/SP.
Accept or acceptance: means the act of the Data Subject clicking the box “I agree with the Privacy Notice.” Such act implies the Data Subject’s free, informed, and unequivocal expression of agreement with all provisions set forth in those documents.
Cookies: means small files or data packets sent by Argo to your device to identify it and collect information that will help us improve the services provided.
Data Subject: means a natural person to whom the Personal Data belongs. In this case, you.
Personal Data: means information that allows the direct or indirect identification of natural persons.
Sensitive Personal Data: means Personal Data concerning racial or ethnic origin, religious belief, political opinion, membership in a trade union or religious, philosophical, or political organization, data concerning health or sex life, genetic or biometric data, when linked to a natural person.
Processing of Personal Data: means any operation carried out with Personal Data, such as collection, production, receipt, classification, use, access, reproduction, transmission, distribution, processing, filing, storage, deletion, evaluation or control of information, modification, communication, transfer, dissemination, or extraction.
Controller: a natural or legal person, governed by public or private law, responsible for decisions regarding the Processing of Personal Data.
Processor: a natural or legal person, governed by public or private law, who carries out the Processing of Personal Data on behalf of the Controller.
Person in Charge or Data Protection Officer (DPO): person (natural or legal) appointed by Argo to act as a communication channel between us, you, and government authorities on matters related to this Notice and the use, collection, and Processing of Personal Data.
Legal Bases: refers to the legal grounds that allow Controllers and Processors to Process Personal Data. Legal Bases establish the justifications or reasons why organizations may collect, process, and use Personal Data.
Data Protection Laws: means all legislation applicable to the Processing of Personal Data, including, without limitation, Law No. 13,709/2018 (LGPD).
3. How about a summary of the most relevant information?
To make this Notice easier to understand, we provide below a summary table of the information that will be presented to You in this document:
Who will process your personal data?
Meet Argo!
Argo ENERGIA EMPREENDIMENTOS E PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Argo”) is a privately held legal entity registered with the CNPJ/MF under No. 24.624.551/0001-94, headquartered at AV ROQUE PETRONI JUNIOR, No. 999, 11th floor, Vila Gertrudes, ZIP Code 04.707-910, São Paulo/SP. Its focus is on operating in the electricity sector, specifically in the transmission segment.
You can learn more about us by visiting: https://www.argoenergia.com.br/.
Argo is the entity responsible for Processing Personal Data and determining the respective purposes and means of Processing.
The purpose of this Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice is intended to provide comprehensive information about the collection and Processing of your Personal Data by Argo through the use of this website, including any information You may provide while using it.
It is important that You read this Privacy Notice, as well as any other Privacy Notice or fair Processing notice that we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or Processing Personal Data about You, so that You are fully aware of how and why we are using your Personal Data.
Special note for legal representatives
The LGPD requires greater rigor in the Processing of Personal Data of children and adolescents and, in such cases, requires specific and highlighted consent to be given by at least one parent or legal guardian (Article 14, paragraph 1).
For this reason, one parent or legal representative may be asked to sign a consent form when Personal Data of children or adolescents is involved.
We do not intend to collect or otherwise process Personal Data from individuals under 18 (eighteen) years of age, since the website is intended only for browsing by adults. Therefore, if we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from an individual under 18 (eighteen) years of age, we will disregard the information provided and will not keep it in our databases.
We emphasize that we are not responsible for misuse of our website, and parents and/or guardians are responsible for controlling children’s and adolescents’ browsing. If You are the parent or legal guardian of a minor and know that they have provided personal data to Argo, please contact us through the channel indicated below.
Contact information for the Person in Charge/DPO
The DPO is the external or internal professional responsible for handling matters related to the protection of the organization’s and its customers’ data.
Argo informs that its Data Protection Officer/DPO is CLA – Cliffton Larson Allen Brasil Consultoria Empresarial e Tecnologia da Informação (“CLA Brasil”), represented by Claudio Mello de Castro as the Main Data Protection Officer and Debora Pinheiro Oliveira Silva as the Substitute Data Protection Officer, whose contact email is gtpd@argoenergia.com.br.
How do we collect your personal data?
The information we process about You may have been provided directly by You to Argo, by Third Parties, or even collected automatically through our Platform and other channels.
What data will be collected?
Below, in summary form, we indicate some Personal Data that we process, which will be detailed in Topic 4:
Personal Data: name, date of birth, ID card, CPF, PIS number, CTPS number, passport number, driver’s license number, residential/business address, marital status, nationality, parentage, date of birth, age, gender, landline or mobile phone number and personal and/or professional email addresses, bank, checking account and bank branch, income tax statement, profession, workplace, position, professional history, academic qualifications, diplomas and other training certificates, enrollment number, professional profile, criminal background, social media profile, signature, geolocation, and attributes associated with your electronic devices.
Sensitive Personal Data: data related to your racial/ethnic origin, health, biometric data, or union membership.
Why do we need your personal data?
Below, in summary form, we indicate some purposes for which we process your Personal Data, which will be detailed in Topic 5:
- Enable a service/product requested by You;
- So that we can communicate with You;
- Comply with our legal or regulatory obligations;
- Allow the regular exercise of our rights;
- Enable activities necessary for our Company;
- Perform a contract that You have entered into with us or carry out pre-contractual procedures;
- Recruitment and selection;
- Prevent fraud and ensure your security; and
How long will your data be kept?
We store your Personal Data for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected. Whenever possible, we will keep Personal Data in anonymized form, respecting the highest level of market care and security.
How can You exercise your rights as a data subject?
We are committed to complying with all your rights as a Data Subject. Therefore, we have a communication channel to resolve any questions, suggestions, or requests related to the Processing of collected Personal Data.
Contact our Person in Charge of Personal Data Processing by email: gtpd@argoenergia.com.br.
4. How do we collect your Personal Data?
The information we process about You may have been provided directly by You to Argo, by Third Parties, or even collected automatically through our Platform and other channels.
Shall we better understand each of these data collection situations?
a.Information provided directly by You
From the beginning of your interaction with us, You voluntarily provide us with information about yourself. For example, when You contact us through social media, including when You register to participate in a recruitment process via LinkedIn or similar platforms, or through our service channels or Ethics Channel, when You interact with the content of our Platform, by telephone, by email, or through other tools such as the “Customer Area.”
b. Information obtained from Third Parties
In specific cases, we may also receive some of your Personal Data from Third Parties. For example, information made available by partners who provided your Personal Data in contracts with Argo.
c. Information obtained automatically
In some situations, we may also collect Personal Data automatically through the devices You use to access our Platform. This information helps us generate access statistics and better understand our audience. This is important so that we can improve our Platforms and services and adapt them to different audiences. Some of this data may be collected through cookies or similar technologies, as we will explain in a specific section below.
d. Publicly available information
There is also the possibility that we may collect information about You that is publicly available on social media, such as LinkedIn, and in databases of public agencies, such as the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service.
5. Which of your Personal Data do we process?
For the purpose of respecting your privacy, we understand that any and all Processing of Personal Data must be limited to the minimum necessary, in a relevant and proportional manner, to allow the intended purpose to be achieved.
Therefore, the Personal Data we collect about You will vary according to the relationship You choose to have with us, such as customer, consumer, visitor, partner, among others.
Below, grouped into categories, we present the main Personal Data that may be processed by us:
Registration data: name, date of birth, ID card, CPF;
Qualification data: residential/business address, marital status, nationality, parentage;
- Contact data: landline or mobile phone number and personal and/or professional emails, residential/business address;
- Financial data: checking account and bank branch;
- Professional and academic data: profession, workplace, position, professional history, academic qualifications, diplomas and other training certificates, enrollment number, education, school/academic records, languages, professional experience, salary expectations, hiring date, languages, as well as other information included in a résumé;
- Behavioral data: consumer or professional profile, social media usage pattern, travel history;
- Sensitive Personal Data: data related to your racial/ethnic origin, health, such as any disability — PWD; occupational risks; or union membership; and
- Attributes associated with your electronic devices: access provider, operating system, browser (type, version, enabled options, and installed plug-ins), video settings (size/resolution and number of colors), access date and time, and pages viewed through cookies.
6. Duty to inform us about changes to your Personal Data
Argo is not responsible for the truthfulness, falsity, or outdated nature of the information and Personal Data provided by You, and You are responsible for providing it accurately and keeping it updated.
Therefore, we ask that You keep us informed if your Personal Data changes during your relationship with us, so that we can keep it accurate and up to date.
7. What do we use your information for?
The Personal Data we collect may be used as described in the table below:
| Personal Data Category | Purposes |
|---|---|
| Registration data; Contact data; Financial data. |
Enable a service/product requested by You
· We will process your data to provide the service/product acquired by You. · We may also process your data to enable your participation in our promotions and prize drawings. |
| Registration data; Contact data; |
Communication
· We may process your Personal Data to respond to your requests or other interactions with us, such as by email, telephone, Ethics Channel, social media, or Customer Area, all indicated on the Company’s website. · Send relevant notices about our activities, such as changes of address and corporate structure. · Send updates that affect your relationship with us in the interest of transparency, such as updates to this Privacy Notice. |
| Registration data; Contact data; |
Comply with our legal or regulatory obligations Your Personal Data may be used to comply with our obligations established by law and/or regulations of government agencies and orders or requests from tax authorities, the Judiciary, and/or another competent authority. For example, we may process Personal Data to issue invoices. |
| Registration data; Contact data; |
Allow the regular exercise of our rights Even after the end of your relationship with us, we may process some of your Personal Data to exercise our legally guaranteed rights, including as evidence in judicial, administrative, or arbitration proceedings. |
| Registration data; Contact data; Behavioral data; Attributes associated with your electronic devices. |
Enable activities necessary for our Company Based on our legitimate interest, we may also process your Personal Data in activities such as improving our products and services, relationships with our customers and partners, company performance analyses and reports, and internal consultations. |
| Registration data; Contact data; Financial data; |
Perform a contract that You have entered into with us or carry out pre-contractual procedures
· If You are party to a contract with Argo, or represent a company in a hiring process, we will process your data for the execution and performance of the contract, to ensure the work is carried out and the corresponding payment is made. |
| Registration data; Contact data; Professional and academic data. |
Recruitment and selection We will process your Personal Data to review your résumé, verify your skills, and proceed with the selection process, when applicable. |
| Registration data; Sensitive Personal Data (biometrics) |
Prevent fraud and ensure your security We may process your Personal Data to ensure your security and prevent identity fraud. |
| Registration data; Contact data; Behavioral data; Attributes associated with your electronic devices. |
Advertising We may use your Personal Data to create target-audience segmentations and thereby more appropriately promote updated content from Argo marketing campaigns. In this case, the option to unsubscribe from our database will always be available at the end of each communication we send, and You may choose whether to receive information such as offers and news about the latest trends from Argo. |
8. What are cookies and how do we use them?
Cookies are text files that may be stored on your electronic devices when You visit our Platform. Argo uses this tool for different purposes, such as generating access statistics and improving your experience on our Platform.
We list below the types of cookies used and their purposes:
| Cookie Type | What do they do? |
|---|---|
| Necessary/Essential | These cookies are essential to enable the proper functioning of our Platform, as well as to allow You to use all available features. |
| Performance/Analytics | These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Platform by providing information about the areas visited, the time spent on the Platform, and any problems encountered. |
| Functional | These cookies allow us to remember your previous choices, such as browsing language. They are responsible for providing a personalized experience. |
| Marketing/Advertising | These cookies are used to provide content that is more relevant and specific to your interests. They may also be used to present more targeted advertising or limit the number of times it is shown. They also allow us to measure the effectiveness of a launched campaign. |
We emphasize that necessary cookies are essential for the normal functioning of our Platform. This means that, if You object to the use of this tool, this may make your experience unfeasible or result in the suspension of your access.
If You do not want your information to be collected through Cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers and devices that allows non-essential Cookies not to be collected.
9. With whom do we share your Personal Data?
We value the confidentiality and security of the personal data processed, maintaining a relationship of transparency and trust. Therefore, we inform You that, if necessary, we may share your Personal Data, in which case such sharing will be restricted to the minimum appropriate and necessary to fulfill any of the specific purposes previously informed to You in this Notice.
Accordingly, we may share your data with Third Parties in the following situations:
- When it involves a company that is part of the group to which Argo belongs and affiliated companies, for the purpose of enabling the achievement of the results of our surveys and the consequent disclosure of these indicators;
- Business partners, service providers, subcontractors, and other suppliers, within the limits of what is necessary and always in accordance with applicable Brazilian law and with the adoption of information security best practices to enable communication and marketing channels, as well as the provision of the structure necessary for the feasibility of our services;
- In the event of a corporate transaction, such as merger, acquisition, spin-off, or incorporation transactions;
- With administrative and judicial authorities when necessary to comply with a legal obligation or to assist in the investigation of suspicious or illegal activities; and
- With law firms, legal advisors, and other legal representatives when necessary to defend Argo’s interests in administrative, arbitration, or judicial proceedings.
When we share your Personal Data in the situations above, we use contractual instruments to ensure that any Third Party receiving it provides appropriate protection.
In situations where sharing is with a Third Party located outside Brazil, in addition to ensuring the security and protection of Personal Data through a contract, Argo will rely on one of the legal grounds for international transfer authorized by law.
There may also be sharing when necessary to respond to requests from judicial authorities or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
10. How long do we store your Personal Data?
We will not keep your Personal Data for longer than necessary for the purposes stated above, nor will we use your data for other purposes, except in cases authorized by law.
When retaining Personal Data after the purpose for which it was collected has been achieved proves necessary, the criteria for defining the retention period will be as follows:
- Whether we have a legal, regulatory, contractual obligation, or an obligation imposed by a competent authority, to retain Personal Data; and
- Whether it is necessary to maintain accurate historical, commercial, and financial records or to comply with internal requirements of our Company.
The Processing of Personal Data will end when:
- The purpose for which the data was collected has been achieved, or the Personal Data collected is no longer necessary or relevant to achieving the specific intended purpose;
- The Data Subject expresses this intention, especially in cases where Argo received specific consent for a certain Processing of Personal Data; or
- There is a legal or judicial order to terminate the Processing.
In cases of termination of Personal Data Processing, except for the cases established by applicable law or by this Policy, the Personal Data will be deleted by Argo, although it may remain stored in backup systems, pursuant to the Personal Data Retention Policy.
11. How do we protect your Personal Data?
We have internal policies and procedures that determine how Personal Data must be handled by Argo. These guidelines are intended to ensure the proper and lawful Processing of the Personal Data we hold.
In addition to these organizational and governance measures, we adopt several other technical measures that provide even greater security for your Personal Data, including, but not limited to:
- Strict control over the Processing of Personal Data, including access limitation and password-protected access;
- The existence of an information security program;
- Segregation of access to Personal Data;
- Guidelines for password protection; and
- Access to services exclusively through secure networks.
Although we use our best efforts to protect the Personal Data to which we have access, we know that incidents may occur, precisely because no security system is infallible. Therefore, if any of your Personal Data is exposed in any way, we will take the necessary actions to reduce and manage the risks, including notifying You and the relevant authorities whenever necessary.
If You have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure — for example, if You believe that the security of your data has been compromised — please inform us immediately.
12. International Transfer
International transfer generally occurs when the Controller offers and proves guarantees of compliance with the principles, Data Subject rights, and data protection regime provided for in the General Data Protection Law, in the form of: (i) specific contractual clauses for a given transfer; (ii) standard contractual clauses, internationally known as SCCs (Standard Contractual Clauses); (iii) global corporate rules or binding corporate rules, globally known as BCRs (Binding Corporate Rules); or (iv) seals, certificates, and regularly issued codes of conduct.
Some services provided by the platform require the support of technological infrastructure that may be established outside Brazil, such as servers and cloud services, which may be owned or provided by third parties.
In such situations, the transfer will always be carried out for the purposes described in this Notice, and we will make the necessary efforts to seek third parties that meet the highest security standards, at least at the same level of Personal Data protection appropriate to Brazilian law.
13. What are your rights and how can You exercise them with Argo?
Whatever relationship is established with Argo, You are guaranteed all rights related to your Personal Data provided by law, including:
- Knowing whether we process any of your Personal Data;
- Knowing which of your Personal Data is processed by us;
- Correcting incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated data;
- Requesting the anonymization, blocking, or deletion of unnecessary or excessive data, or data that may have been processed in violation of the law;
- Requesting data portability to another service or product provider;
- Requesting the review of solely automated decisions that affect your interests;
- Requesting the deletion of data processed with your consent;
Obtaining information about the public or private entities with which we share your data; and - When the Processing activity requires your consent, You may refuse to consent. In this case, we will inform You of the consequences of not carrying out such activity. If You consent, You may revoke it at any time.
You may exercise your rights at any time. To do so, You may contact our Data Protection Officer by email at gtpd@argoenergia.com.br. For this purpose, we ask that You identify yourself and indicate which right You wish to exercise.
Argo may request additional information and/or documents to confirm your identity or the accuracy of your information.
Requests involving Personal Data and/or documents of other Data Subjects will not be fulfilled, except by power of attorney, parental authority, or another circumstance that authorizes You to exercise another Data Subject’s right.
It is important to inform You that, in specific circumstances, your request may not be fulfilled. In such cases, we will explain the reasons that justified not fulfilling it.
14. Questions?
If You have any questions, You may contact our Data Protection Officer by email at: gtpd@argoenergia.com.br.
15. Update
Some of the information made available here may be updated or changed. Therefore, we recommend that You consult this Privacy Notice periodically. When any change occurs, we will inform You on our homepage.
Last update of this Privacy Notice: 07/2026
