Odaily Planet Daily News The Brazilian National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) recently ordered Tools for Humanity (TFH), the company behind the biometric technology of the World ID project, to stop providing services to Brazilians from January 25. Previously, the agency began investigating after the World ID project was launched in Brazil in November last year.
The ANPD's law enforcement department reported that it determined that providing cryptocurrency as compensation could undermine the effectiveness of user consent to collect sensitive biometric data, and worried that financial incentives could affect people's decisions, especially vulnerable groups. It also expressed concerns about the sensitivity of biometric data, the irreversibility of data collection, and the inability to delete collected biometric data once provided. (Cointelegraph)