Another Country Ordered Worldcoin to Stop! Is the Price Affected?

It has been the focus of investigations since the day it was launched. to Worldcoin More bad news came from another country.

According to Reuters news, Worldcoin has been ordered to stop collecting biometric data in Portugal.

Portugal’s data regulator CNPD announced today that it has ordered Sam Altman’s iris scanning project Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days.

While Worldcoin encouraged people to have their faces scanned with “orb” devices in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency, many people had iris scans. According to Worldcoin’s website, more than 4.5 million people in 120 countries have scanned and registered.

Stating that they took urgent action due to the high risk and great harm to citizens’ data protection rights, CNPD said that more than 300,000 people in Portugal have registered with Worldcoin by scanning their biometric data.

At this point, the CNPD added that it had received numerous complaints in the past month about “unauthorized data collection from minors,” “deficiencies in the information provided to data subjects,” and “the impossibility of deleting data or withdrawing consent.”

Jannick Preiwisch, data protection officer at the Worldcoin Foundationstated that Worldcoin is “fully compliant with all laws and regulations governing the collection and transfer of biometric data” regarding the CNPD cease-and-desist order:

“The cease-and-desist order from the CNPD is the first we’ve heard from them regarding many of these issues, including reports of underage registration in Portugal; “We have zero tolerance for these and try to address them in every situation, even if there is an issue.”

Worldcoin continues to rise despite the negative news from Portugal. With an increase of 8.5% in the last 24 hours WLD It continues to trade at $9.12.

*This is not investment advice.