Kenya Slams Worldcoin for Privacy Violations, WLD Drops 10%
World (formerly Worldcoin) suffered a legal blow in Kenya after the High Court ruled that its biometric data collection practices violated constitutional privacy rights.
The court’s decision marks a landmark victory for digital rights advocates in the country and beyond and comes amid growing global scrutiny of the controversial crypto and identity project.
Kenyan High Court Slams Sam Altman’s World Over Privacy Violations
In a judgment delivered on Monday, Justice Aburili Roselyne granted a judicial review application filed by Kenya’s Katiba Institute. The court ordered the Worldcoin Foundation and its agents to terminate all biometric data processing.
The court also ruled that all previously collected data from Kenyan users should be permanently deleted.
“An order of prohibition [is issued] restraining Worldcoin Foundation and its agents from further processing, collecting or dealing in Biometric data without undertaking (or using an inadequate) Data Protection Impact Assessment… or using consent obtained by inducement of a cryptocurrency — Worldcoin,” Katiba Institute reported, citing the ruling.
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