Ismail Malik (right) and Opiria’s CEO Dr. Christian Lange (left) at the World Blockchain Token Summit 2018

The PDATA token has set its sights on building a secure and ethical marketplace for the buying and selling of personal data on the blockchain — aiming to revolutionize the data brokerage industry! Therefore it is key to have advisors onboard that have ample experience in the blockchain space and hold leadership positions within it.

Ismail Malik, a self-styled ‘social engineer and PR Renegade’, is the Editor in Chief of the world’s foremost publication on Initial Coin Offerings — ICOcrowd, has over 20 years experience in technology related startups and entrepreneurship, and is among the leading experts in the blockchain field. In fact, Ismail has been recognized as part of the top-100 most influential people in blockchain by rise.global.

Ismail is also the founder and CEO of Blockchain Lab, ‘supplychain on blockchains consultant’ for Chainx, crafts smart contracts on the blockchain for SmartLedger, retired co-founder of the Credits protocol, and former director of the Ideas Lab for College Space. He is a man of many talents, including a professional mastery of 5 languages, has a wide range of skills & expertise relating to blockchain & crypto, and regularly speaks at blockchain events. Recently, Ismail held a panel during the Gibraltar International FinTech Forum 2018, where he also talked with our CEO, Dr.-Ing. Christian Lange about the future of personal data.

Panel discussion at the Gibfin 2018

He had this to say about Opiria: “I’m really impressed by the Opiria-team and its vision to build a decentralized marketplace for the trading of personal data on the blockchain.The Opiria-Platform and PDATA token are the perfect application for the blockchain. By empowering self-sovereignty and enabling General Data Protection Regulation compliant trading of personal data, they are solving a real problem as well as adding huge value to the whole blockchain space.”

On a more personal note, Ismail is also the founder and head of Disruptive Networking for Dyslexics Anonymous, has had extensive involvement in higher education to promote virtual learning environments (MOOKS) in order to help distribute learning globally, and leads the lobby to add Cricket as an Olympic sport.

We are proud to have such a polymath as one of our closest advisors and are looking forward to a great collaboration with Ismail in the future.

Ismail Malik’s LinkedIn profile can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blockchain.

If you are curious, here is the panel discussion at the Gibraltar International Fintech Forum 2018 on the topic “How Blockchain supports data privacy” with PDATA’s advisor Ismail Malik and our CEO Christian Lange:

About Opiria and PDATA

The Opiria platform and PDATA token are creating a global decentralized marketplace for the secure and transparent buying and selling of personal data.

Opiria and PDATA will democratize the brokerage of personal data in a secure, lawful, fair and transparent way, by making use of blockchain technology and the principle of choice — your choice to securely sell your personal data to any interested companies you want to, with the help of the Opiria platform.

As such, Opiria enables consumers to create a passive income stream by monetizing their personal data and will connect consumers and companies globally and become the world’s largest decentralized personal data marketplace. Companies can buy personal data directly from consumers and compensate them with PDATA Tokens — the currency that expresses the value of personal data and enables its trading by using smart contracts on the blockchain.

Companies benefit by gaining access to real, reliable and high-quality consumer data and compensate consumers for their data with PDATA tokens; all the while respecting their privacy, in line with rigorous General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines.

For more information, please visit their website, Telegram, and read the Opiria and PDATA whitepaper. Join Opiria’s announcement channel for all updates regarding Opiria and PDATA.

PDATA — Monetize your personal data.