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2023年8月11日

著者:
BE(IN)CRYPTO,
著者:
The Daily HODL

Argentina: Eye-scanning crypto-project Worldcoin under investigation for alleged privacy violations

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"Argentina’s Data Privacy Agency Investigating Controversial Crypto Project Worldcoin (WLD)", 11 August 2023

...Argentina’s data privacy government agency is following in France and the United Kingdom’s footsteps by investigating the eye-scanning crypto project Worldcoin.

The Agency of Access to Public Information (AAIP) says in a new press release it’s looking into how the Worldcoin Foundation collects, stores and uses personal data in Argentina.

The agency’s new investigation comes on the heels of France’s privacy watchdog, the CNIL, announcing late last month that it planned to probe the hot-button project over the legality of its biometric data collection.

The UK’s data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), also said in a statement in late July that it would be “making inquiries” into the launch of Worldcoin in the UK.

The project, which was co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, utilizes iris scanners to verify users’ identities...