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Anticipated Tightened Data Privacy Regulations: Raid on Worldcoin

Anticipated Tightened Data Privacy Regulations: Raid on Worldcoin

By Paul Haswell and Sarah Kwong

In late January 2024, Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog, the Personal Data Privacy Commission (“PCPD”) raided six premises of Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency initiative co-founded by Sam Altman, that requires an iris scan from clients for identification purposes and also for earning tokens. The PCPD conducted an investigation into Worldcoin’s operations, suspecting that its sensitive personal data (i.e. iris information) collection practices might infringe the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (Cap. 486).

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