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World(coin) must let Europeans comprehensively delete their data, under privacy order
It took a lot more than the initially slated few weeks to arrive, but a pivotal privacy decision that's been hanging over Sam Altman's World (aka
Despite a decision on an investigation that opened back in April 2023 only — finally — slipping out just before the 2024 holiday break, the outcome doesn’t look like what the eyeball-scanning crypto identity venture was hoping for: it has been issued with a corrective order that requires it to comprehensively delete user data on request. Tools for Humanity (TfH) spokeswoman, Rebecca Hahn — who does comms for the entity that develops Worldcoin — said its grounds for appeal will focus on claims that World’s technical architecture is “privacy-preserving” and that results in user data being anonymized. She joined TC after a stint reviewing smartphones for CNET UK and, prior to that, more than five years covering business technology for silicon.com (now folded into TechRepublic), where she focused on mobile and wireless, telecoms & networking, and IT skills issues.
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