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X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is expanding the amount of data it collects on users by updating its privacy policy so that it can begin gathering data ranging from people's biometric data and employment history.

Telephone Game Kenya claims it is shutting down Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning Worldcoin cryptocurrency within its borders — but Worldcoin itself appears to have a different take. In a joint statement, a group of agencies in the East African nation said that Worldcoin "must cease its data collection activities in Kenya until further notice" as it […]

A member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party has clashed head-on with privacy claims made by Worldcoin and its Orb activity.

Worldcoin, the new cryptocurrency project that aims to create a global ID system tied to people's unique biometric data by scanning everyone's irises, says its ID system will be open to governments and companies around the world.

Telephone Game Kenya claims it is shutting down Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning Worldcoin cryptocurrency within its borders — but Worldcoin itself appears to have a different take. In a joint statement, a group of agencies in the East African nation said that Worldcoin "must cease its data collection activities in Kenya until further notice" as it […]

Worldcoin faces further scrutiny over its iris-scanning project, despite over 2 million sign-ups worldwide.

Co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Worldcoin launched last week, requiring users to give their iris scans in exchange for a digital ID and, in some countries, free cryptocurrency as part of plans to create a "identity and financial network".

The Collection and Use of Biometric Data at the Workplace policy paper was published by the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) in July.

Worldcoin will expand its operations to sign up more users globally and aims to allow other organisations to use its iris-scanning and identity-verifying technology, a senior manager for the company behind the project told Reuters. Co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Worldcoin launched last week, requiring users to give their iris scans in exchange for a digital ID and, in some countries, free cryptocurrency as part of plans to create a "identity and financial network". In sign-up s...

Kenya’s data privacy regulator is warning the public about the use of “sensitive personal data” by WorldCoin, a cryptocurrency company founded in 2019 by Open AI’s co-founder Sam Altman.