Portugal’s knowledge regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), imposed a 90-day suspension on Worldcoin’s biometric knowledge collection activities in the country, raising court cases over unauthorized knowledge collection of minors and insufficient communications related to its iris scans. Program. Orb that provides cryptographic tokens in exchange for biometrics and other risks to virtual private rights.
In a statement, the CNPD said the “urgent interim measure” follows a notable increase in the company’s activity, with the number of sites where an Orb device for biometric knowledge capture has nearly doubled in six months. In addition, the regulator said that “there is no mechanism to determine the age of members. “
“Minors are particularly vulnerable individuals and are also subject to special coverage by European and national legislators, as they may be less aware of the risks, consequences and safeguards of the processing of their personal data. “
Reuters reports that the CNPD’s suspension applies to the Worldcoin Foundation, “a Cayman Islands entity described in its document as ‘no members,’ no owners and no shareholders. “It aims to make it transitory while the knowledge regulator conducts due diligence on monitoring. in complaints. But observers of Worldcoin’s history might liken it to a game of Whac-A-Mole, as the company travels country after country, only to face the regulatory hammer.
Portugal joins Kenya, Spain, Germany, France, India, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, and Hong Kong in surprising regulators regarding Worldcoin, which is owned by Tools for Humanity, a company owned by Open AI author Sam Altman.
To the allegations about the collection of knowledge from minors under the age of 18 (the official age at which Worldcoin registration and iris scanning are allowed) Jannick Preiwisch, head of knowledge coverage at the Worldcoin Foundation, responds that Worldcoin “fully complies with all legislation and regulations governing the collection and transfer. ” biometrics.
“The CNPD report is the first time we have heard about many of these issues, adding reports of minors registered in Portugal, for which we have zero tolerance and we will do so in any case,” Preiwisch told Reuters.
It should be noted that the company has moved towards transparency. It recently made its Orb iris biometric collection software open source, to “promote a community-driven audit process, in which independent verification and public reporting of results will help ensure Orb’s adherence to protocols governing privacy and knowledge security. “
A recent security audit evaluated Orb’s biometric collection software as trustworthy from a data coverage and privacy perspective. The company has introduced several projects to the Worldcoin system, which is based on the concept of offering universal evidence of personality in an increasingly machine-dominated world (some run on the kind of AI Altman evolved with ChatGPT). He’s even pledged to make the round chrome orb that captures iris biometrics look a little less like a relic from a retro-futuristic dystopia.
What will Worldcoin have to do to convince the hammer-wielding regulators that it is a moral contributor to the virtual identity ecosystem, than a malicious computer virus that seeks to devour the security of its knowledge like so many torn carrots?Whatever the answer, society continues to invite anyone willing to stand up to the Orb to mobilize.
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