Europe Moves to Rein In Blockchain Data Access With New Privacy Guidelines

Making the case for zero knowledge proofs

"It is also a mistake to apply data protection laws to data on the blockchain, as the 'right to be forgotten' would effectively require decentralized blockchains to be mutable and censored by regulators. If this is the goal, then just use normal centralized databases.”

Isn‘t GDPR on its way out?

https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Europe's-GDPR-privacy-law-is-headed-for-red-tape-bonfire-within-'weeks'?index=0x67f3d878f85cef173c5f0e9dff10979dd0d394c1f61c40246039d34cd6554f6c779bf722

Or are we now getting even more protectionist and stricter rules?

I think there could be multiple institutions in Brussels with different perspectives, not sure which one has the power to actually change things.