From Cointelegraph

June 9, 2025 8:25 am:

A proposal suggests a modular compliance strategy to align Ethereum with the EU’s GDPR, focusing on pushing personal data to wallets and DApps while using offchain storage. Integration of privacy-enhancing technologies like zk-SNARKs and PETs could achieve GDPR compliance in permissionless blockchain environments.

The proposal outlines technologies like proto-danksharding and zk-SNARKs to reduce personal data exposure on Ethereum. Other PET integrations include Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Trusted Execution Environments, among others, to enhance privacy and assist with GDPR compliance.

The proposed GDPR compliance framework breaks down implications across Ethereum’s three layers: execution, consensus, and data availability. By focusing data controllership on the application layer and leveraging PETs, Ethereum can protect user privacy while maintaining core principles. Success depends on community adoption, developer support, and alignment with EU regulators.

Read more at Cointelegraph: Ethereum Proposal Outlines GDPR Compliance Path via Modular Design