Portugal orders Worldcoin to stop collecting iris biometrics for 90 days

Portugal’s data regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), has imposed a 90-day suspension on Worldcoin’s biometric data collection activities in the country, citing complaints about the unauthorized collection of data from minors, inadequate communications regarding their iris-scanning Orb program offering crypto tokens in exchange for biometrics, and other risks to personal digital rights.

In a release, the CNPD says the “urgent provisional measure” is in response to a notable spike in activity by the firm, with the …

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