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Spain Puts Temporary Ban on Worldcoin Due to Privacy Concerns

March 14, 2024

Sam Altman's Worldcoin project will not be available in Spain for up to three months, and may face future actions under the GDPR. The country's data protection authority, the AEPD, has ordered the company to stop collecting personal information due to privacy concerns.

Eye scan showing biometric data and privacy concerns for Worldcoin

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Worldcoin’s Targeting of Developing Countries in Biometric Data Collection Raises Privacy Concerns

August 21, 2023

Under a month into the project, privacy concerns have already caused Worldcoin to be banned by some countries and targeted for regulation in others. The central issue is its collection of biometric data, as it promises "free money" in return for capturing iris scans.

China flag in a crowded street showing facial recognition technology

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China’s Draft Rules Would Force User Consent for Facial Recognition Technology, With Expected Government Exceptions

August 17, 2023

China’s new rules for facial recognition technology require companies to protect personal information, and to demonstrate a "specific purpose" and "sufficient necessity" when collecting biometric data of this nature.

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Lawsuit Alleges Coinbase Violated Illinois Biometric Data Law

May 11, 2023

Coinbase has been sued for collecting biometric data from the photos of ID cards and the "selfies" that it requires when customers set up an account, and from the fingerprint scans that are used to authenticate mobile app users.

U.S. and Texas state flags flying on Capitol building showing biometric data privacy lawsuit

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Google Faces Another State Attorney General Lawsuit as Texas Claims Unlawful Collection of Biometric Data

October 25, 2022

The suit represents millions of Texas residents that have used Google services since 2015. The state requires that consent be collected from biometric data subjects to use their faces or voices.

Banco de Mexico headquarter in Mexico showing bank data and biometric data

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Mexican Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Warrantless Access to Bank Data but Strikes Down National Registry of Cell Phone Biometric Data

May 23, 2022

Privacy advocates were upset with the bank data decision, but were also handed a win by the Supreme Court with its ruling that the national government could not go ahead with a plan to collect the biometric data of cell phone users.

View from the street of Apple Genius employee looking at iPhones showing policy on biometric data for Apple employees

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White Collar / Blue Collar Schism at Apple: Factory Workers Subject to Collection of Biometric Data, Extra Security Measures

March 31, 2021

A new company policy forbids manufacturing partners from collecting the biometric data of visiting Apple employees, but says nothing about the over one million workers that put Apple's products together in these facilities.

Google classroom app on mobile showing two Illinois schoolchildren suing Google over biometric data

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Two Children Take on Google Over Biometric Data

April 15, 2020

Two Illinois schoolchildren are suing Google for collecting biometric data including face scans of millions of school students through its classroom software tools.

Biometric Data

Spain Puts Temporary Ban on Worldcoin Due to Privacy Concerns

Worldcoin’s Targeting of Developing Countries in Biometric Data Collection Raises Privacy Concerns

China’s Draft Rules Would Force User Consent for Facial Recognition Technology, With Expected Government Exceptions

Lawsuit Alleges Coinbase Violated Illinois Biometric Data Law

Google Faces Another State Attorney General Lawsuit as Texas Claims Unlawful Collection of Biometric Data

Mexican Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Warrantless Access to Bank Data but Strikes Down National Registry of Cell Phone Biometric Data

White Collar / Blue Collar Schism at Apple: Factory Workers Subject to Collection of Biometric Data, Extra Security Measures

Two Children Take on Google Over Biometric Data

Oxford Confirms Third-Party Data Breach Impacting CareerConnect Platform Exposed Personal Information

Five Eyes: Chinese Espionage Uses LinkedIn Recruitment to Target Security and Intelligence Officers

Inside Source Claims Anthropic Has Sent Mythos AI Engineers to NSA for Cyber Operations Training

New US National Security Order Calls for Pre-Release Access and Assessment of AI Models