Many think of blockchain solely as the underpinning of virtual currency, but there are myriad organizations planning different kinds of applications for it: executing contracts, modernizing land registries, even providing new systems for identity management. There's just one problem: the GDPR, which says people must be able to demand that their personal data is rectified or deleted under many circumstances. How will that jibe with the immutable nature of blockchain technology? David Meyer talks with German MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht and a number of blockchain technologists for The Privacy Advisor to examine what happens when blockchain and the GDPR collide.
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