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EDPB Finalises Guidelines on GDPR and Blockchain, Ian Ranson

22 July 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

Published

22 July 2026

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regulatory

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Crypto & Web3

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Europe

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Fusion42 · 22 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

The European Data Protection Board has finalised guidelines on GDPR compliance for blockchain technologies, rejecting the notion that blockchain's technical constraints excuse non-compliance and emphasising that private, permissioned blockchains are preferable to public networks for handling personal data.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Crypto & Web3.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

If you're building blockchain infrastructure or crypto products handling EU user data, the EDPB just killed the 'but blockchain is immutable' defence. You must now engineer erasure, rectification, and access rights into your protocol — or choose a private chain and accept you're not decentralised.

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