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Worldcoin Defied Local Government Orders To Stop Collecting Personal Data Before Being Forced To Shut Down in Kenya

According to Techcrunch, on August 16th, prior to Kenya's final ban on Sam Altman's cryptocurrency startup Worldcoin conducting iris scans, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) had ordered its parent company, Tools for Humanity, to stop collecting personal data.

The ODPC's letter to Worldcoin showed that in May of this year, the ODPC instructed Worldcoin to stop collecting iris scans, facial recognition, and other personal data in Kenya. However, its parent company, Tools for Humanity, only stopped collecting biometric data earlier this month, and a larger regulatory body, Kenya's Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, suspended the project after it was formally established.

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