Ethereum, responding to GDPR’s data erasure requirements, proposes an off‑chain data‑custody model, linking on‑chain activity through encrypted references to enable GDPR‑aligned erasure and unlinkability

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- Ethereum can integrate GDPR principles by managing personal data off-chain and using encryption to protect it.

Right to Erasure: Immutable ledgers cannot delete data; controllers must keep personal data off-chain and store only pointers on-chain. Deleting the off-chain record “unlinks” the on-chain pointer.