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The Use of Decentralized and Semantic Web Technologies for Personal Data Protection and Interoperability

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AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems XI-XII (AICOL 2020, AICOL 2018, XAILA 2020)

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The enactment of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been the response of the European Union to the growing data-driven economy backed up by the largest companies in the world. It provides the data protection and portability needed by individuals that “unconsciously” generate personal data for “free” services offered by providers that lack transparency on their use. Meanwhile, the rise of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) offers new possibilities for the management of general purpose data, hence being suitable for handling personal data in a trustless scenario. These decentralized technologies bring a new concept of contract called smart because of its ability to be self-executable. DLTs and smart contracts, together with the use of Semantic Web standards, allows the creation of a decentralized digital space controlled entirely by an individual, where his personal data can be stored and transacted.

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    https://www.w3.org/TR/shacl/.

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    https://www.w3.org/TR/vcard-rdf/.

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    https://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/.

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    https://www.w3.org/TR/odrl-vocab/.

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This work has been partially funded by the EU H2020 MSCA projects LAST-JD-RIOE with grant agreement No. 814177 and PROTECT with grant agreement No. 813497.

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Zichichi, M., Rodríguez-Doncel, V., Ferretti, S. (2021). The Use of Decentralized and Semantic Web Technologies for Personal Data Protection and Interoperability. In: Rodríguez-Doncel, V., Palmirani, M., Araszkiewicz, M., Casanovas, P., Pagallo, U., Sartor, G. (eds) AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems XI-XII. AICOL AICOL XAILA 2020 2018 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13048. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89811-3_23

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