Blockchain Technology: Data Privacy Issues and Potential Mitigation Strategies | Practical Law

Blockchain Technology: Data Privacy Issues and Potential Mitigation Strategies | Practical Law

A Practice Note discussing blockchain technology and its tensions with certain data privacy concepts and laws. It explains blockchain technology's characteristics and describes issues and potential strategies for complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), including anonymity and pseudonymity, controller and processor identification, territorial and cross-border personal data transfer issues, legitimate bases for processing personal data, and individuals' rights.

Blockchain Technology: Data Privacy Issues and Potential Mitigation Strategies

Practical Law Practice Note w-021-8235 (Approx. 20 pages)

Blockchain Technology: Data Privacy Issues and Potential Mitigation Strategies

by Matthew Bacal and Pritesh Shah, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (with special thanks to our former colleague Daniel Forester) and Matthias Berberich and Carolin Raspé, Hengeler Mueller, with Practical Law Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Law stated as of 14 Nov 2023 • California, European Union, USA (National/Federal)
A Practice Note discussing blockchain technology and its tensions with certain data privacy concepts and laws. It explains blockchain technology's characteristics and describes issues and potential strategies for complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), including anonymity and pseudonymity, controller and processor identification, territorial and cross-border personal data transfer issues, legitimate bases for processing personal data, and individuals' rights.