The European Data Protection Board endorsed the statement of the WP29 on ICANN/WHOIS during its first plenary meeting on 25 May. WP29 has been offering guidance to ICANN on how to bring WHOIS in compliance with European data protection law since 2003. ICANNs GDPR compliance process appears to have been formally initiated in the course of 2017, which may be part of the reason why stakeholders are concerned over the entry into application of the EU’s new data protection laws.”]