About us
Organization Outline
| Name | JIPDEC "JIPDEC" is our formal English name, not an acronym. When we established in 1967, JIPDEC is an acronym for Japan Information Processing and DEvelopment Center, but when we changed our Japanese name in 2011, the "JIPDEC" became our formal English name. |
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| Establishment | December 20, 1967 |
| Capital | 3,999 million yen |
| Budget | 2,392 million yen (FY 2023) |
| Number of Employees | 86 (as of April 1, 2023) |
Board of Directors
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President |
Hideji SUGIYAMA |
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Executive Managing Director |
Shuichi WADA Tetsuya SAKASHITA Eiji TAKEUCHI Toru YAMAUCHI |
Headquarters
Locations
Roppongi First Building, 9-9 Roppongi 1-chome,
Minato-ku Tokyo, 106-0032 Japan
Departments
| Names of Departments | Activities of Departments |
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| PrivacyMark Promotion Center | Operation of PrivacyMark® System |
| Digital Trust Assessment Center | Trust service evaluation business Business certification through the authentication of electronic signature Registration and management of Standard Company Codes |
| Utilization of Digital Information Research Department | Research on the development of a platform for the use of digital information |
| Accrdited Personal Information Protectoin Organization Administrative Office | Acting as an accredited personal information protection organization |
| Public Relations Office | Public relations |
| Security Management Promotion Office | Promotion of information security management |
Corporate History
| December, 1967 | Japan Information Processing Development Center (JIPDEC) was established. |
| September, 1968 | Japan Computer Usage Development Institute (CUDI) was established. |
| March, 1970 | Institute of Information Technology (IIT) was established. |
| April, 1976 | CUDI and IIT were incorporated into JIPDEC. |
| April, 1984 | Japan Information Technology Engineers Examination Center (JITEC) was established (JITEC was moved to the IPA in 2004). |
| February, 1985 | Center for the Informatization of Industry (CII) was established (CII was abolished in 2000). |
| October, 1992 | Japan Electronic Data Interchange Council (JEDIC) was jointly founded by 39 industrial organizations as a voluntary organization (JEDIC was abolished in 2012). |
| July, 1995 | Japan STEP Promotion Center (JSTEP) was established (JSTEP was abolished in 1998). |
| October, 1995 | Research Institute for Advanced Information Technology (AITEC) was established (AITEC was abolished in 2003). |
| January, 1996 | Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan was established. |
| April, 1998 | JIPDEC established the PrivacyMark System on April 1, 1998 |
| July, 1998 | JSTEP was reorganized into Japan EC/CALS Organization (JECALS). |
| April, 2000 | CII, and JECALS were incorporated into the ECOM. |
| April, 2002 | JIPDEC officially started the operation of the ISMS (Information Security Management System) accreditation activities. |
| April, 2003 | JIPDEC was designated as the official investigative body for the e-Signature Act. |
| June, 2005 | JIPDEC was designated an accredited personal information protection organization under Japanʼs Act on the Protection of Personal Information. |
| April, 2006 | Database Promotion Center, Japan was incorporated into JIPDEC. |
| April, 2011 | “JIPDEC” became a general incorporated foundation and revised its Japanese name. |
| December, 2011 | The office was relocated to Roppongi 1-chome. |
| April, 2012 | JIPDEC launched the JCAN Certificate service. |
| July, 2013 | JIPDEC launched ROBINS-The Cyber Business Register. |
| April, 2014 | JIPDEC PIA (Privacy Impact Assessment) support service was started. |
| January, 2016 | JIPDEC was recognized as Japan’s first Accountability Agent in compliance with APEC CBPR system. |
| October, 2017 | JIPDEC launched the JCAN Trusted Service Registration. |
| December, 2017 | JIPDEC marked its 50th Anniversary of establishment. |
| April, 2022 | The ISMS conformity assessment scheme marked its 20th Anniversary |
| April, 2023 | The PrivacyMark System marked its 25th Anniversary |