Blockchain technology is an of import tool in addressing the data protection crunch, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Brittany Kaiser believes.

Kaiser, a quondam business development director at controversial British information analytics business firm Cambridge Analytica, has discussed global information privacy issues in an interview with Cointelegraph on Jan. 23.

Currently serving every bit co-founder at digital intelligence startup Own Your Data Foundation, Kaiser first came into the spotlight during the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which revealed that the business firm had collected raw data from up to 87 million Facebook profiles for the Trump campaign.

Speaking with Cointelegraph's head of news Dylan Love at the World Economical Forum in Davos, Kaiser expressed confidence that emerging technologies like blockchain volition help people protect their personal data, which is, per Kaiser, the well-nigh valuable asset in the globe.

Kaiser said that she is excited to meet some blockchain-powered social media solutions, while opposing social media giant Facebook as well as its messenger WhatsApp.

"In my opinion, it'southward actually blockchain tech and blockchain entrepreneurs that are gonna solve a lot of the issues of the data protection crisis."

Additionally, Kaiser said that Germany and Switzerland are currently the two all-time countries in terms of data protection, while her native land, the United States, has had "nearly zero information legislation or regulation." However, the U.Due south. has been actively working on some data privacy initiatives, with California enacting its own state-level California Consumer Privacy Act on Jan. 1, Kaiser noted.

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