The PrivacyMarkⓇ System

PrivacyMark Promotion Center

About the PrivacyMarkⓇ System
1Objectives

5 toenhance consumersʼ awareness of personal
information protection
 to provide entities with an incentive to win social
trust from consumers and business partners

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Date of Commencement

17,681
6April 1, 1998

3Promotion Body
JIPDEC

4Japanese
Industrial
Standards

The serial number for “Personal
information protection management
systems – Requirements”

The PrivacyMark System has adopted JIS Q
15001 as its assessment criterion since 1999
when the first edition was developed,
encompassing the eight principles of OECDand extracting most of the concept of theEU Directive 95/46/EC）.
The Third edition of JIS Q 15001 was madepublic in Dec 20, 2017.
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Number of Assessment
Bodies
197Criterion

JIS Q 15001:2017

Number ofPrivacyMark registered Entities

Number of Assessor Training
Bodies3

8

Number of Assessors
Lead Assessors

380Assessors

290

Provisional Assessor

697

Number of Assessors

1,367（as of April 1, 2024）2

Trend in the number of registered entities
20,00017,681
17,48016,957
16,47716,678
Revision of JIS Q
16,27515001（2017.12）
15,78815,297
14,755Revision of JIS Q
14,04415001（2006.5）
13,591
13,075
12,57012,091
11,377

16,00012,000Comprehensive Law
enforcement of thepersonal information
protection（2005.4）

10,276
9,332

8,000

7,347

Proclamation of thepersonal information
protection law（2003.5）

3,656

4,000

58 129 219 321

485

762

1,2940（as of March 31, 2024）
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The number of the entities by industry
total

17,681

services

13,579manufacturing

1,421

wholesale, retail & restaurant

985

transportation & communication

772

construction

Breakdown of “services” industry

329finance & insurance

267

real estate304

public utility

24

public offices0mining0

fishery0

forestry0

agriculture

00

4,000

information, research, investigation

7,287

general business services

3,823

special & professional services

1,097

advertisement525

ceremonial occasions services

141

others784

TOTAL

13,5798,000

12,00016,00020,000（as of March 31, 2024）
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4Application Requirements

 Companies
eligible to receive
certification forPrivacyMark are
any enterprises
based in Japan.

 Enterprises mustmeet therequirements
stated below;

 The PrivacyMark
is certified in theunit of per one
enterprise.

Must have set up a
personal information
protection management
system（PMS）
complying with JIS Q
15001:2017.
Must have prepared an
enforceable system
based on PMS and must
be appropriately
handling personalinformation.

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Individuals／Consumers

Assessment Report
Assessor Registration
Division

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Designation／Supervision
Registration

Assessors

Training

Application

Assessment

Granting useof the MarkThe Granting Body

Designation／Supervision

Complains ,Inquiries &ResponsesSafety &Security

Trust

Complains ,Inquiries &Responses

Entities

Assessment
Body（19 Bodies）
Assessor
Training Body
（3 Bodies）

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The Fee Table
Since October 1, 2019［JPY（Tax included）］

Category

New Application
Small

Scale

MediumRenewal

Large

Small

MediumLarge

Application Fee

52,382

52,382

52,382

52,382

52,382

52,382

Screening Fee

209,524

471,429995,238

125,714314,286

680,952

Mark Registration Fee

52,382

104,762

209,524

52,382

104,762

209,524

Total

314,288628,573

1,257,144

230,478

471,430

942,858

 The effective period of PrivacyMark certification︓2 years.
 Business scale
Large:
Small:
Medium:Business operators on a scale exceeding that of medium scale business operators
Business operators with a number of full-time employees of 20 or less. In the case forwholesalers, retailers（including food outlets）and services, with a number of the employees of
5 or lessManufacturers and Others

Wholesalers

RetailersServices

Capital

300 million or less

100 million or less50 million or less50 million or lessPersons※

300 or less

100 or less50 or less

100 or less

※NOTE: the number of the persons who belong to the entity such as employees, part-time workers andexecutive officers.

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PrivacyMark Promotion Center
Roppongi First Building, 1-9-9 Roppongi,
Minato-ku Tokyo, 106-0032 JAPANTEL +81-3-5860-7563
FAX +81-3-5573-0562
https://privacymark.org/9