Dear all, ICANN announced on 2 November 2017 that it published a statement regarding the ability of registries and registrars to comply with their WHOIS and other contractual requirements related to domain name registration data in light of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...>). Detailed guidance regarding the process and eligibility requirements will be provided shortly. View the statement here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/contractual-compliance-statement-2017-... Additional information on the ICANN org's data protection/privacy activities is published here: https://www.icann.org/dataprotectionprivacy Read more: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2017-11-02-en Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org