The Brazilian National Data Protection Authority ordered World to stop providing services to local users

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) recently ordered Tools for Humanity (TFH), the company behind the biometric technology of the World ID project, to stop providing services to Brazilians starting January 25. This follows an investigation that the agency began after the World ID project was launched in Brazil last November.

The enforcement department of ANPD reported that it determined that offering cryptocurrency as compensation could undermine the validity of user consent for the collection of sensitive biometric data, and expressed concerns that financial incentives might influence people's decisions, especially among vulnerable groups. It also raised concerns about the sensitivity of biometric data, the irreversibility of data collection, and the inability to delete collected biometric data once provided.