
Law versus technology: Blockchain, GDPR, and tough tradeoffs
August 15, 2020
Co-authored by Yasir Gökçe, published on 15 August 2020
In this paper, co-authors analyze the contradiction of blockchain technology and the requirements of GDPR. The three contradictions we examine are (i) right to be forgotten versus irreversibility/immutability of records, (ii) data protection by design versus tamper-proofness and transparency of blockchain, and (iii) data controller versus decentralized nodes.