Original sourceTech Times
Summary
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) finalized guidance on July 8, requiring anonymization to pass a triple test: no isolation, no linkage, and no inference. Encrypted or hashed on-chain data remains subject to GDPR if it can be linked to an identifiable individual. Best practice is to keep pe…
Key points
- Provides compliance guidance for projects storing or processing user data on public chains, helping avoid violations of EU data protection law.
- Makes clear there is no safe harbor for on-chain encryption, forcing blockchain applications to reassess data storage architectures.
- NFT, DeFi, and other projects with EU users will need to restructure to move personal data off-chain to meet erasure rights and compliance.
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