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Worldcoin banned from collecting biometric data in Portugal in second GDPR decision in weeks

By Sam Clark ( March 26, 2024, 12:18 GMT | Insight) -- Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency initiative from OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, has been blocked from processing some data in Portugal, weeks after receiving a similar sanction in Spain. Portugal’s data protection authority said today that it has ordered the Worldcoin Foundation to stop collecting biometric data. The decision targets a different entity to the recent Spanish enforcement and an ongoing probe in Bavaria.Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency initiative from OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, has been blocked from collecting some data in Portugal, weeks after receiving a similar sanction in Spain. ...

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