Thursday, 26 July 2018
When an enforceable right meets an immutable ledger, it looks like a textbook clash of law and technology. On the one hand, we have the General Data Protection Regulation laws (GDPR), which aims to give people a say in how information about them is processed. For example, individuals have the right to request that their personal data is corrected or deleted. On the other hand, we have blockchain – a technology that creates what some call an “immutable” ledger. By combining cryptography and distribution, blockchain makes it very difficult to alter or delete any information stored “on the chain.” So…
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