Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community (JIPDEC or 一般財団法人日本情報経済社会推進協会 in Japanese) is a nonprofit foundation for development of key IT technologies and policies, as related to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
The promotion of information processing by computers is JIPDEC's objective.
The organization was renamed to ″Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community (JIPDEC)″.
The JIPDEC is part of the accreditation process for the certification of several management systems.
Based on the ″Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI)″ of 2005 the PrivacyMark System helps private enterprises to fulfill the compliance with Japanese Industrial Standards JIS Q 15001:2006 Personal Information Protection Management System - Requirements on Personal Information Protection Management Systems (PMS).