Blockchain Application in Educational Certificates and Verification Compliant with General Data Protection Regulations

Abstract

Blockchain technology is a relative innovation in computer science that is expected to fuel global economic growth. In recent years, various sectors and one of the fields of education have implemented Blockchain technology to improve information integrity in ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of educational data. There is a problem in education, namely the existence of data that is not following the General Data Protection Regulation. So the purpose of this research is to provide a descriptive analysis of the education sector, the role of big data, and applying Blockchain technology to verify education data and develop solutions to overcome it. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with a literature study approach to track event record data, which supports publishing, storing, and leveraging various types of academic information. The results and conclusions of this study are increasing awareness of the world of education, of the importance of protecting educational data in the form of the General Data Protection Regulation, which can further provide a sense of security and comfort in processing data in universities.