The WordPress foundation which is suppose to be free and non-profit is actually directed by people which are sponsored throw Matt Mullenweg‘s Automattic and because of this many people demand more transparency and a actual transformation for WP to become more democratic. Money that was bring from this group for the foundation cannot be a reason of the company to control the foundation.

On the note that it was about violating GDPR, it clearly does, but it is also true that WP.org doesn’t care about the EU laws.