The Kenyan government requested Worldcoin's parent company to stop collecting personal data in May

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by TechCrunch, a letter sent to Worldcoin's parent company Tools for Humanity shows that the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) in Kenya ordered it to stop conducting iris scans as well as facial recognition and other personal data collection in May. The letter indicates that the agency failed to inform individuals about the data security and privacy measures taken, as well as how the collected data would be used or processed.