The high court has been urged to protect the data that Worldcoin obtained in Kenya, an East African country.
It requests that the court issue an injunction mandating the preservation of data gathered from Kenyans between 19 April and 8 August by the cryptocurrency initiative.
Before an investigation into Worldcoin’s actions in Kenya is finished, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner seeks to prevent the information from being altered.
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency that US AI entrepreneur Sam Altman recently launched, was told earlier this month to stop adding new users while an investigation is ongoing.
Due to its dubious data collection methods, which include offering people digital currency in exchange for an eyeball scan, the initiative has aroused international controversy.
According to reports, it used facial and iris recognition to gather sensitive personal information from more than 350,000 Kenyans.
According to its website, Worldcoin uses cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence to become the greatest human identification and financial network in the world.