The Clash Between Blockchain and the EU Data Protection Regulation: EDPB's 2025 Guidelines Offer New Solutions
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Guidelines 02/2025 on processing of personal data through blockchain technologies on April 8, 2025, highlighting serious compliance issues between blockchain and GDPR principles. The immutable nature of blockchain fundamentally conflicts with GDPR principles on storage limitation, accuracy and the right to erasure,
