Breaking: Sam Altman's Worldcoin (WLD) Files Lawsuit Against...

Breaking: Sam Altman's Worldcoin (WLD) Files Lawsuit Against Ban in Spain

cryptodaily.co.uk | 2024-03-08 13:37

Worldcoin, an iris biometric crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has filed a lawsuit against Spain in response to an order by Spain's data protection body AEPD to stop personal data collection in the nation or utilize the already collected data. Worldcoin Files Lawsuit Against Spain Sam Altman's Worldcoin developed by San Francisco- and Berlin-based Tools for Humanity to counter the recent action by AEPD with a legal challenge, reported TechCrunch on March 8. Tools for Humanity announced a lawsuit filed against the order claiming that Worldcoin complies completely with all laws and regulations governing the collection and transfer of biometric data, including Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). "As a result, we have been in consistent and ongoing dialogue with BayLDA, our lead data privacy regulator in the EU, for several months. We are disappointed th...

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