Corporate News
Landscape Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Katsuhito Nagatake; hereinafter "Landscape"), a company supporting database marketing, hereby announces that it has strengthened its personal data protection systems to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter "GDPR").
Building upon its existing information management systems—which include ISO/IEC 27001:2013, as well as the international standards for cloud service information security management, ISO/IEC 27017:2015 and ISO/IEC 27018:2019—Landscape has enhanced its management framework to expand the scope of personal data protection and appropriate handling in accordance with GDPR requirements. This includes updating relevant terms of service and ensuring that each product complies with GDPR, thereby implementing appropriate protection measures for personal data from both organizational and technical perspectives.
This development was carried out under the supervision of TMI Associates, a law firm with extensive expertise in data utilization and cybersecurity.
Landscape has strengthened the information security management systems for its customer data integration solution, uSonar, and its business card management application, uMeishi, and remains committed to providing secure and reliable cloud services to our customers.
About the Customer Data Integration Solution uSonar
uSonar is a cloud-based data integration tool that allows for the consolidation and management of various information related to customers. It incorporates Landscape's long-cultivated expertise in cleansing data across diverse formats, as well as our proprietary corporate master database, LBC. It enables seamless integration with solutions such as CRM/SFA, business card management, Marketing Automation (MA), and DMP.
https://usonar.co.jp/service/usonar/
About the Business Card Management Application uMeishi
uMeishi is a business card management application that leverages LBC (8.2 million locations), the largest corporate master database in Japan, owned by Landscape. By utilizing LBC as a master dictionary for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) data analysis technology, the application enables instant data correction and high-precision digitization simply by photographing a business card. Furthermore, it allows for the immediate utilization of business card data by appending attribute information such as industry, annual revenue, and corporate registration numbers.
https://meishisonar.jp/
Overview of TMI Associates
TMI Associates maintains offices both domestically and internationally, providing legal services focused on customer satisfaction by leveraging the broad business scope, expertise, and extensive experience characteristic of a major law firm. In 2019, the firm established TMI Privacy & Security Consulting, Inc., specializing in privacy protection and security, as well as TMI Ventures, Inc., which supports investment and startups, thereby establishing a framework capable of meeting a wide range of needs.
https://www.tmi.gr.jp/
*The uMeishi service was discontinued in August 2025. The business card management application currently offered is mSonar, which features significantly enhanced functionality. mSonar
