The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) sanctioned with COP$8,381,068,839 (aprox. USD$2.1) Industrias Alimentos y Catering S.A.S, la Huerta de Oriente S.A.S., Iberoamericana de Alimentos y Servicios S.A.S.

There are many and varied topics that the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce offers citizens for virtual training.

In the month of July, the Training Group made it possible for 3,400 citizens to participate virtually in conferences, academic conferences and virtual courses on Industrial Property, Personal Data, Consumer, Legal Metrology and Competition.

The SIC granted an invention patent to the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe for an intelligent heart rate monitor for active athletes that will allow coaches "to make a more objective evaluation of the physical performance of the competitors." The novelty in this device consists in its ability to send information over long distances and that data from several users can be monitored simultaneously by a single person.

This instrument will make it more agile and simple to advance the use of digital services that allow interoperability between the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce and the H. Council of State, this in order to provide an effective solution to the entire chain that derives from the presentation, processing and execution of requests from said Judicial Corporation, thus generating a benefit for users of the administration of justice.

The agreement will be developed in two parts:

The actions taken jointly as a result of this agreement are aimed at fulfilling the tasks of the SIC Office for Industrial Property. In this regard, the Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, Mr. Andrés Barreto González, highlighted the importance of this agreement, “these cooperation instruments allow us to adopt the necessary measures to promote the use, consultation and disclosure of the Industrial Property System as source of technological information and competitiveness tool”.

According to the SIC, the establishments that request personal data must:

- COMPLY WITH the regulation of personal data processing. The resolutions of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection do not suspend the fundamental right to data protection.

- When collecting personal data, it should be taken into account that: