Thailand: Personal Data Protection Committee opened investigation into Worldcoin over alleged unlawful iris-scan data collection
Description
Personal Data Protection Committee opened investigation into Worldcoin over alleged unlawful iris-scan data collection
On 17 May 2025, the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) identified a risk in the World project inviting the public to scan irises through the Orb device in exchange for digital tokens. PDPC conducted an onsite inspection to examine the data-collection process and found the hiring of individuals to perform the scanning by Worldcoin.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority