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    Blockchain: A European Perspective on the compatibility in regards with General Data Protection Regulation
    (Griffith College, 2022) Raghuram Iyer, Radhika
    The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the compatibility between Blockchain technology with the General Data Protection regulation (GDPR). The GDPR was adopted in May 2018 across all the European Union member nations with the intention of harmonising the data protection regulations throughout Europe. The GDPR established numerous basic rights and privileges for individuals in terms of protecting their personal data. That alone implies that the relevant stakeholders who process personal data undertake specific duties. The legislation, although is predicated on the assumption that data is maintained and processed in a centralised architecture. This creates a problem for distributed networks, the core technology of blockchain. The blockchain technology is utilised to safeguard and maintain the integrity of the personal data in a potentially dangerous technological world. Typically, the peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, also known as shared networks, have confronted the challenge of assuring data integrity. This dissertation explores whether the GDPR is relevant to a decentralised architecture and if the essential rights and principles of the regulation can be preserved, which is to say whether the involved authorities can perform their regulatory tasks.
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    The Blockchain and its conflicts with The General Data Protection Regulation
    (Griffith College, 2022) Felisoni Coelho de Mendonça, Helena Catarina
    In this dissertation, it was shown the main existing conflicts between the blockchain and the GDPR, concluding that there are possible solutions to such paradoxes as long as technical and governance factors are observed specifically considering each blockchain tool and there is the deepening of interdisciplinary researches. Through this work, it was not possible to prove the full possibility of adequacy of all blockchain systems before such data protection regulation. The study was conducted through Doctrinal, Comparative and Socio-Legal Research methodologies, firstly by understanding the technology and it's developments in relevant sectors of society. Secondly, there was the understanding of GDPR provisions in order to understand the incidence hypotheses of such law in the DLT and the points of conflict. Finally, possible recommendations were demonstrated to enable the desired legal adequacy.