Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a system for protecting personal information data comprising a private blockchain or distributed ledger, comprised of a first plurality of blocks, wherein each of the first plurality of blocks represent a personal data vault for storing personal information data, a public blockchain, comprised of a second plurality of blocks, wherein each of the second plurality of blocks represents a public profile for each user, associating the user of each of the second plurality of blocks with the same user of the first plurality of blocks, and a metadata filtering device, configured to match personal information data from an inputted data stream of personal information data with prestored metadata fields, and producing personal information data tagged with an associated metadata tags.