Worldcoin fights Spanish regulator’s ban in court

After the Spanish data protection regulator temporarily banned Worldcoin from collecting personal information last week, the biometric-based cryptocurrency and proof-of-personhood project has hit back with a lawsuit against the agency.

Worldcoin developer Tools for Humanity announced on Friday that it filed a suit against the order from the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD).

“It is unfortunate that the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) is circumventing established procedures under GDPR with their actions today, which are limited to Spain …

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