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ISO/IEC 27701 certification in Kobe

Achieve ISO 27701 certification in Kobe with Sterling: 8,100+ client engagements in 60+ countries, 20+ years.

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Who asks for ISO 27701 in Kobe

Clients include

  • Allianz
  • Emirates Flight Catering
  • Etihad Rail
  • Haier
  • Whirlpool
  • Emerson
In short

ISO 27701 certification in Kobe at a glance

Take a Port Island start-up that stores donor cell data for a pharmaceutical sponsor. Securing the servers is only half of what the sponsor wants to hear; it also asks who decides how the data is used, how deletion requests are handled and where copies travel. ISO/IEC 27701 extends an ISO 27001 system into privacy, with controller and processor controls, records of processing, data-subject rights, impact assessments and transfer controls. In Kobe it suits biomedical teams working with overseas sponsors, and foreign-affiliated companies whose group parents expect consistent privacy evidence. Sterling serves Kobe from its Tokyo office, maps data flows, builds the privacy layer, and prepares an accredited certification body's audit.

Why here

Why ISO 27701 in Kobe

  • Biomedical companies handling health-related personal dataSponsors and hospital partners ask who is controller or processor and how requests are handled.
  • Foreign-affiliated companies with cross-border data flowsGroup privacy programmes expect consistent evidence from local entities.

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Local drivers

What drives ISO 27701 in Kobe

Demand is buyer-led: overseas sponsors and group parents ask for privacy evidence; the Act and PrivacyMark are covered on the country page.

Requirements

What ISO 27701 requires

Strip away the vocabulary and ISO/IEC 27701 requires a company to prove six things about how it handles personal data.

You know whose data you hold and whyYou know what personal data you process, for which purposes and on what basis, and whether you act as controller, processor or both.
Privacy has an ownerManagement assigns responsibility for privacy and sets objectives, so everyone who handles personal data knows their role.
You assessed the privacy risksRisks to the people whose data you process are assessed and treated, including when new products and processes are designed.
People can exercise their rightsRequests to access, correct or delete data, and other individual rights, run through a defined and timely process.
Sharing and suppliers are controlledDisclosures, transfers and processors are governed by agreements and checks, so data is used only as agreed.
You can demonstrate itRecords of processing, notices and decisions are kept, and the privacy system is audited and reviewed like any management system.

The detail is on the global hub: ISO/IEC 27701 explained →

How Sterling delivers

How Sterling delivers ISO 27701 in Kobe

Served from Sterling's Tokyo office; Sterling can run records-of-processing sessions at Kobe sites. One team carries the work from scoping to certificate.

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  • End to end, from one team
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  • Preferential Sterling Academy access, with complimentary awareness training for your people
  • Internal auditor training for your audit team, as applicable to your standard
  • Vulnerability assessment on ISMS engagements

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Law and accreditation

Regulations and accreditation for ISO 27701 in Japan

The laws, regulators and accreditation route for ISO 27701 apply across Japan, Kobe included. They are set out on the country page: ISO 27701 certification in Japan →

Related

Standards Kobe organisations combine with ISO 27701

ISO/IEC 27001 in KobeOften combined with ISO 27701Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) in KobeOften combined with ISO 27701SOC 2 in JapanOften combined with ISO 27701

All standards Sterling delivers in Kobe →

ISO 27701 in Kobe: questions clients ask

Why would a Kobe biomedical firm add ISO 27701 to ISO 27001?

Because partners want privacy answers as well as security ones: roles, purposes, retention, data-subject requests and transfers abroad. The extension adds those controls to an existing system, and gives sponsors one certificate to review rather than separate questionnaires for each project or contract.

Is ISO 27701 mandatory for Port Island tenants?

No. The land-call and incentive pages used for this record set no privacy-certification condition. It is a customer-led option, and overseas sponsors or group parents are the usual source of the request. The Act itself is explained on the country page.

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Sources

  1. Biomedical, regenerative medicine and medical devices — city.kobe.lg.jp; jetro.go.jp (accessed 8 Oct 2026)
  2. Foreign-affiliated companies and international business services — jetro.go.jp (accessed 8 Oct 2026)

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