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Central Bank Digital Currency Data Use and Privacy Protection
Author: Kieran P Murphy, Tao Sun1, Yong Sarah Zhou2, Natsuki Tsuda, Nicolas Zhang, Victor Budau, Frankosiligi Solomon, Kathleen Kao, Morana Vucinic, and Kristina Miggiani
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Series:
Fintech Notes
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2024: Issue 004
Language:
English
Publication Date:
30 Aug 2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400286971.063
ISBN:
9798400286971
ISSN:
2664-5912
Pages:
51
Keywords:
CBDC; central banks; data use; privacy protection; technology; trust; CBDC data; CBDC design; CBDC stakeholder; IMF Fintech Note 2024/004; Central Bank digital currencies; Data processing; Payment systems; Digital financial services; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Global; Europe; data privacy
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This note offers a framework to help countries navigate, as well as tools to help them manage, the trade-offs between CBDC data use and privacy protection. It addresses retail CBDC, as data access and privacy-preserving considerations in a wholesale environment are similar to those of the traditional RTGS systems. It emphasizes the role of institutional arrangements, data collection, access and storage policies, design choices, and technological solutions. At a given level of preference for privacy, central banks can facilitate better use of CBDC data through robust transparency and accountability arrangements, sound policies, and judicious adoption of privacy-by-design approaches including the use of privacy-enhancing technologies.
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FinTech Notes
ISSN:
2664-5912
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