Blockchain: Disrupting Data Protection?

Privacy Law and Business International Report, November 2017

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/041

5 Pages Posted: 2 Jan 2018 Last revised: 1 Feb 2018

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Henry Chang

The University of Hong Kong - Law and Technology Centre

Date Written: November 13, 2017

Abstract

There is much hype around blockchain and maybe not so much discussion about the security and privacy aspects. This article introduces the issues on how blockchain has exhibited characteristics that are challenging to data protection, and what steps are being taken to resolve them.

Keywords: data protection, blockchain, DLT, privacy

Suggested Citation

Chang, Henry, Blockchain: Disrupting Data Protection? (November 13, 2017). Privacy Law and Business International Report, November 2017, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/041, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3093166

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