Worldcoin , the cryptocurrency project that aims to distribute digital coins to everyone on the planet using iris scans, has announced that it is temporarily suspending its operations in Spain following a complaint from the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).
The AEPD issued a resolution on March 8, 2024, stating that Worldcoin’s biometric data collection violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Spanish Organic Law on Data Protection and Digital Rights (LOPDGDD). The agency ordered Worldcoin to cease its activities in Spain and to delete all the iris scans it had obtained from Spanish citizens.
Worldcoin claims that the […]
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