Supplier due diligence
Japan Service Provider Due Diligence
Service providers may create data, financial, operational, regulatory, and reputational risks even when no physical goods are involved.
Key takeaways
- Service provider screening should consider access and activity, not only spend.
- Data, finance, advertising, and regulated services may need deeper checks.
- Public enforcement records can support early triage.
- RegBase should be combined with contract, security, privacy, and operational review.
Practical workflow
- 1Classify the service provider's role, access, data handling, and regulated activity.
- 2Confirm the legal entity behind the service contract.
- 3Search company and enforcement records in RegBase.
- 4Check public-risk records relevant to data, finance, labor, travel, or consumer activity.
- 5Escalate for privacy, security, legal, or operational review as needed.
Why service providers deserve screening
Service providers can touch sensitive data, payments, customers, operations, marketing claims, and regulated workflows. Public-record screening is a quick way to identify disclosed issues before a deeper vendor review.
The main question is not whether the vendor sells goods. It is what the vendor can access or influence.
Records to prioritize
Prioritize records based on service type: data processors may require privacy context, financial service providers may require FSA context, marketing agencies may require consumer and advertising context, and labor-intensive vendors may require labor-related public-risk review.
Important limitation
RegBase supports public-source screening and evidence collection. It is not a credit report, sanctions result, legal opinion, or final due-diligence conclusion.