International Business Machines Corporation
Blockchain Network to Protect Identity Data Attributes Using Data Owner-Defined Policies

Abstract:

Applying data owner-defined data protection policies for identity data security within a blockchain environment is provided. A data sharing request for an identity data attribute corresponding to a data owner is received from a data consumer. A data protection policy defined by the data owner that corresponds to the identity data attribute requested by the data consumer is retrieved from a blockchain. The data protection policy is applied to the identity data attribute requested by the data consumer to determine amount of data sharing with the data consumer.