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Japan's PrivacyMark system as a good illustration of certification mechanisms

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  • Horibe, Masao

    (Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University, Japan)

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Privacy and data protection certification mechanisms have increasingly been attracting great interest. Japan was one of the first countries in the world to introduce privacy and data protection certification mechanisms and privacy and data protection seals and marks. At the prefectural level, this began in 1990, and at the national level, in 1998. JIPDEC (then the Japan Information Processing and Development Corporation) launched the PrivacyMark system in April 1998. Applications from private enterprises are assessed by JIPDEC or one of 19 designated assessment bodies. There were 1,380 registered assessors (391 lead assessors, 282 assessors and 707 provisional assessors) as at 1st April, 2022. There are three assessor training bodies. The number of registered entities has been increasing year by year, and as at 10th May, 2023, the number of PrivacyMark Entities is 17,447.

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  • Horibe, Masao, 2023. "Japan's PrivacyMark system as a good illustration of certification mechanisms," Journal of Data Protection & Privacy, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 6(1), pages 37-50, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jdpp00:y:2023:v:6:i:1:p:37-50
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    Keywords

    privacy; data protection; PrivacyMark; JIS Q 15001; JIPDEC; granting body; designated assessment bodies; assessors;
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    • K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law

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