In brief
- The Kenya High Court has said World violated privacy law by using crypto payments to obtain biometric data in Kenya.
- The ruling forces the deletion of all collected data within seven days under government supervision.
- Kenya joins a list of countries halting or restricting World amid regulatory concerns.
A Kenyan court has ordered Sam Altman’s World project to delete all biometric data collected in the country, escalating global scrutiny of the crypto startup’s data collection practices.
The High Court in Nairobi ruled on Monday that World, formerly known as Worldcoin, and its agents collected sensitive biometric data without valid consent from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) and used inducements in the…
Jun 28 2025
