, Kenya’s data regulator has asked the high court to protect data collected in the East African nation by Worldcoin.
It wants the court to issue an order directing the cryptocurrency project to preserve data collected from Kenyans between 19 April and 8 August.
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner aims to stop the information being tampered with before an investigation into Worldcoin’s activities in Kenya have been completed.
Earlier this month, the government ordered Worldcoin, recently launched by US AI entrepreneur Sam Altman, to stop signing up new users pending a probe.
The project has sparked global controversy over its questionable data collection practices, which include giving people digital coins in exchange for a scan of their eyeballs.
It has reportedly collected sensitive personal data from more than 350,000 Kenyans, using facial and iris recognition.
Worldcoin seeks to become the world’s largest human identity and financial network using cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, according to its website.
Source: Fiilafmonline/BBC
