data protection authority

A public body that enforces the GDPR (glossary)GDPR General Data Protection Regulation The European Union data protection law that led to hiding personal data in WHOIS. Full definition of GDPR in a European Union country and can fine those who break it. Some countries, such as Germany, have more than one. The European Data Protection Board brings together the head of one authority from each country and the European Data Protection Supervisor. Its letters to ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN shaped the WHOIS (glossary)WHOIS The legacy lookup service for domain registration data, now replaced by RDAP for gTLDs. Full definition of WHOIS changes.