Smart Contracts as a Form of Solely Automated Processing Under the GDPR

Finck, Michele

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Smart Contracts as a Form of Solely Automated Processing Under the GDPR

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Finck, Michele
MPI for Innovation and Competition, Max Planck Society;

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Finck, M. (2019). Smart Contracts as a Form of Solely Automated Processing Under the GDPR. Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 19-01.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0002-BF98-C

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This article examines the interaction between smart contracts and Article 22 GDPR. There is currently much debate regarding the potential of smart contracts. In spite of their name, this form of computer code is however neither necessarily smart nor a contract. I argue that they are, however, a form of solely automated data processing under Article 22(1) GDPR and subsequently examine the interaction between smart contracts and the European data protection framework to highlight uncertainties regarding the interpretation of the legal regime applying to solely automated forms of data processing under the GDPR.