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The Kenyan information regulator said it is conducting an “assessment of Worldcoin’s practices to guarantee compliance with the law.” The information regulator has urged “increased vigilance” by Kenyans who are signing up to person Worldcoin’s “free money.” Immaculate Kassait warned of the consequences to token recipients and issuers should the information regulator neglect to guarantee Worldcoin and others’ compliance with the law.
Kenya’s Data Protection Laws
The Kenyan information regulator, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), has called for “increased vigilance” by residents seeking to get their hands connected Worldcoin’s “free” tokens. In a statement issued via Twitter connected July 28, ODPC stated that Worldcoin’s activities successful the East African federation are governed by the country’s 2019 Data Protection Act.
STATEMENT: @ODPC_KE Calls for Vigilance from the Public arsenic It Engages WorldCoin connected Compliance with Data Protection Act, 2019. pic.twitter.com/xoY7uOqcNG
— OFFICE OF THE DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER (@ODPC_KE) July 28, 2023
According to the information regulator, the Kenyan extortion information instrumentality gives the ODPC the authorization to behaviour assessments oregon petition accusation which helps it ascertain if Worldcoin is adhering to the law. The ODPC added:
As the ODPC conducts its appraisal of Worldcoin’s practices to guarantee compliance with the law, Kenyans are urged to guarantee they person due accusation earlier disclosing immoderate idiosyncratic oregon delicate data. Individuals are advised to thoroughly inquire astir however their information volition beryllium used.
In the aforesaid statement, Kenya’s Data Commissioner, Immaculate Kassait is quoted informing of the consequences for the token recipients and issuers should the ODPC neglect to guarantee Worldcoin and others’ compliance with the law.
Worldcoin Free Money
The informing by the Kenyan information regulator follows reports that hundreds of residents had rushed to get their eyeballs scanned by Worldcoin orbs located astatine the supermarket concatenation Quickmart’s 13 outlets successful Nairobi. According to a report successful The Nation, residents who signed up and had their eyes scanned by the Worldcoin orb received 25 WLD tokens. Some of the token recipients reportedly converted their WLD tokens to USDT earlier yet converting the stablecoins to Kenyan shillings.
Some of the young Kenyans who rushed to get their eyeballs scanned lone did truthful aft learning of the accidental to get casual wealth via the WLD tokens.
“I was present by 5 americium due to the fact that determination has been a batch of speech connected Tik Tok and Instagram astir the escaped wealth Worldcoin is giving each those who download their app and subscribe, we are for the iris scanner truthful that we tin beryllium sorted,” Brian Mwangi, 1 of the WLD token recipients, said.
The Kenyan information regulator’s probe comes aft the French National Commission for Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) launched a akin inquiry into Worldcoin’s practices.
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