Sam Altman's Worldcoin files lawsuit after Spanish ban
Sam Altman's Worldcoin has filed a lawsuit against the Spanish data protection regulator in response to being banned from operating in Spain, a spokesperson for Worldcoin said on Friday.
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Sam Altman's Worldcoin has filed a lawsuit against the Spanish data protection regulator in response to being banned from operating in Spain, a spokesperson for Worldcoin said on Friday.
Worldcoin told Blockworks on Friday that it plans to take legal action against Spain after a Spanish data protection agency moved to block data collection from the Sam Altman-backed company earlier this week.
Worldcoin, an iris biometric crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has filed a lawsuit against Spain in response to an order by Spain's data protection body AEPD to stop personal data collection in the nation or utilize the already collected data. Worldcoin Files Lawsuit Against Spain Sam Altman's Worldcoin developed by San Francisco-
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The Spanish Agency for the Protection of Data (AEPD) has ordered Worldcoin, an open-source crypto blockchain that focuses on privacy.
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The cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, spearheaded by Sam Altman, has faced another setback as Spain takes steps to block the venture. The Spanish data protection regulator, AEPD, has ordered Worldcoin to immediately halt the collection of personal information within the country and cease using the data it has already gathered.
Worldcoin Data Protection Officer Jannick Preiwisch has countered the Spanish Data Protection Agency's claims concerning the project's ban in Spain.
The Spanish government's data protection agency (AEPD) ordered Worldcoin to halt its eyeball recognition project over privacy concerns.
Spanish authorities impose a three-month ban on Worldcoin amid ongoing investigations into the project's data collection practices.
The AEPD has received several complaints and has carried out a broader investigation.
The Worldcoin team claimed that the Spanish authority was 'circumventing established procedures' to temporarily suspend the project.
Spain recently hit Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency venture owned by Sam Altman, with a ban, insisting the project stop its unique method of gathering personal data through an eye-scanning device dubbed “the orb”. This action by the AEPD, Spain's watchdog for data protection, is a decisive move against Worldcoin's operations within the nation.
The government of Spain is ordering human identity-focused crypto project Worldcoin (WLD) to stop collecting data in the nation after receiving numerous complaints from customers. In a new press release, the Spanish Data Collection Agency (AEPD) is mandating that Worldcoin stop collecting personal data after getting multiple complaints that its data-gathering process infringed upon users.
Spanish regulator orders Worldcoin to stop processing personal data, citing privacy violations.
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Worldcoin runs into trouble as Spanish data protection watchdog cracks the whip on the project.
Worldcoin (WLD), the cryptocurrency project spearheaded by Sam Altman, has been forced to halt its operations in Spain.
Spain's Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has ordered Worldcoin to halt personal data collection and processing and cease using already gathered data within the country for the next three months. This directive, issued on Mar.
Spain has blocked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Worldcoin by halting its data collection process involving iris scanning.
Spain's data protection regulator has asked Worldcoin to stop collecting information and to cease using information it has already collected.
