PANews reported on November 26 that Thailand's Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has ordered World (formerly Worldcoin), a digital identity project co-founded by Sam Altman, to delete approximately 1.2 million iris scan records and suspend operations in Thailand, ruling that exchanging cryptocurrency for biometric data violates local data laws. Local cryptocurrency platforms Binance, Bitkub, and Orbix have warned users to exercise caution when trading WLD. According to the Bangkok Post, executives at M Vision, the contractor responsible for installations in Thailand, objected, claiming the deletion would result in losses of approximately $31 million for users.PANews reported on November 26 that Thailand's Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has ordered World (formerly Worldcoin), a digital identity project co-founded by Sam Altman, to delete approximately 1.2 million iris scan records and suspend operations in Thailand, ruling that exchanging cryptocurrency for biometric data violates local data laws. Local cryptocurrency platforms Binance, Bitkub, and Orbix have warned users to exercise caution when trading WLD. According to the Bangkok Post, executives at M Vision, the contractor responsible for installations in Thailand, objected, claiming the deletion would result in losses of approximately $31 million for users.
Thailand's data regulator has ordered World to delete over 1.2 million iris scans and suspend operations.
PANews reported on November 26 that Thailand's Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has ordered World (formerly Worldcoin), a digital identity project co-founded by Sam Altman, to delete approximately 1.2 million iris scan records and suspend operations in Thailand, ruling that exchanging cryptocurrency for biometric data violates local data laws. Local cryptocurrency platforms Binance, Bitkub, and Orbix have warned users to exercise caution when trading WLD. According to the Bangkok Post, executives at M Vision, the contractor responsible for installations in Thailand, objected, claiming the deletion would result in losses of approximately $31 million for users.
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