The Worldcoin project, in which people
agree for their irises to be scanned in exchange for free
cryptocurrency and a digital ID, would breach EU regulations if
it came to Italy and thus incur penalties, Italy's privacy
authority said it has told the Worldcoin Foundation on Tuesday.
Although Worldcoin's 'orb' scanning devices are not yet
functional in Italy, Italian citizens can download the World App
via the app store, hand over their personal data and book free
Wld tokens.
Worldcoin, which was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, says
that the biometric data it collects is either deleted or stored
in encrypted form.
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