Abstract

The General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) regulates the export of personal data outside the EU. The regulation has provisions for individual control over one’s own data that includes many rights to the individual to manage personal data -access, consent, removal, portability and minimization. It becomes enforceable from 25 May 2018 after a two-year transition period. Enter Blockchain, a distributed ledger technology creating decentralized digital identity networks that provide publicly auditable and valid data. For a self- sovereign identity, these methods provide a neutral, trusted and secure mechanism of managing data as per GDPR requirements.