Spain’s Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has ordered Tools for Humanity Corporation to cease the collection and processing of personal data that it is carrying out in Spain within the framework of its Worldcoin project.
The AEPD has received several complaints against this company referring to insufficient information about the data gathering, the collection of data from minors or that withdrawal of consent is not allowed.
The processing of biometric data, considered in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as having special protection, entails high risks for people’s rights, taking into account their sensitive nature. Consequently, this precautionary measure is a decision based on exceptional circumstances, in which it is necessary and proportionate to adopt provisional measures aimed at the immediate cessation of this processing of personal data, preventing…
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