World Network, the iris-scanning digital ID project formerly known as Worldcoin, can no longer offer crypto incentives to Brazilians.
Brazil’s data protection watchdog has ordered the company behind the biometrics for the World ID project to stop offering crypto or financial compensation for collecting biometric data from its citizens.
The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) on Jan. 24 ordered Tools for Humanity (TFH), which is behind the eye-scanning crypto project World Network, formerly Worldcoin, to stop providing services to Brazilians from Jan. 25 after an investigation that began in November following the launch of the World ID project in Brazil.
The ANPD’s enforcement division reported that it determined offering crypto as compensation could compromise the validity of user consent for collecting sensitive biometric data.
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