Worldcoin Introduces Complaint Against Operations Ban in Spain
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Worldcoin, the biometric iris scanning project, has introduced a complaint against the actions of the AEPD, the personal data protection agency in Spain. Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, argues that the agency circumvented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) established procedures when taking the ban actions against the project.
Worldcoin to Fight Operations Ban in Spain
Worldcoin, the proof-of-personhood-based project, is taking the fight back against regulators in Spain. Tools For Humanity, the company spearheading Worldcoin’s operations, recently announced that it has sued the AEPD, Spain’s data protection agency, for its actions against the company.
Worldcoin argues that the operations ban and the requirement to withdraw the data registered by Spanish users for their verification is illegal, given that it circumvents procedures already established by the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Tools For Humanity argued that the AEPD has no jurisdiction to stop the company’s operations in the country. This is because the GDPR establishes that the data protection agency that can intervene in this case is located where Worldcoin is incorporated. In Tools For Humanity’s case, this would be the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA).
In a press release, the company stated:
It is unfortunate that the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) is circumventing established procedures under GDPR with their actions today, which are limited to Spain and not the broader EU.
Jannick Preiwisch, the data protection officer at the Worldcoin Foundation, stressed that Tools For Humanity has been operating legally under the oversight of the BayLDA, having regularly answered the questions and inquiries of the institution. BayLDA confirmed that it is currently completing an audit of the project and will be able to communicate the results in the coming weeks.
While Tools For Humanity considers this ban order illegal, it communicated that the World ID verification services, which include biometric scan operations, have been paused in Spain. Nonetheless, World App services, related to the digital wallet of the project, remain available.
Source : Bitcoin News by Sergio Goschenko / Mar 10, 2024