Month: March 2019

  • GDPR and Self-Sovereign Identity: What Lies Ahead

    GDPR and Self-Sovereign Identity: What Lies Ahead

    GDPR and self-sovereign identity share a lot in common. GDPR regulates “the right to be forgotten” and self-sovereign identity enables it for the decentralized web. So, when and how will these two privacy functions intersect? Self-sovereign and decentralized identity (DID) solutions like Sovrin or Ethereum’s uPort represent innovative opportunities for data ownership that use blockchains…