In a packed room at P.S.R. in San Diego, California, yesterday, privacy pros learned about and discussed what is perhaps the most hyped and least understood technology in the digital world: blockchain. With an internet-of-things ecosystem exploding across the globe, the mathematics and cryptography informing blockchain may well provide a transparent, cohesive formula for solving IoT's privacy and security issues, as well as other obstacles in finance, health care, industrial infrastructure and beyond. Though there is a hunger to leverage the concept, obstacles clearly remain. Privacy Tech Editor Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, reports on the lively discussion lead by Filament CEO Allison Clift-Jennings, NCR Corporation Chief Software and Services Counsel Evan Glover, and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Partner Amanda Witt, CIPP/US.
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