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EDPB Finalises Guidelines on GDPR and Blockchain, Ian Ranson
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22 July 2026
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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.
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◆ 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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Crypto & Web3 · gdpr · blockchain · data-privacy · compliance · regulatory-guidance