Worldcoin Fined For Data Violations By South Korea Over Privacy Breach

Key points:

• South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission announced today that it has fined Tools for Humanity over $830,000 for local privacy law violations.
• Tools for Humanity, the developer behind Worldcoin, welcomed the announcement and added that it has since remedied the identified “weaknesses.”

Worldcoin Fined For Data Violations by South Korea for $830,000, including improper handling of biometric data and insufficient consent disclosure.

Worldcoin Fined for Data Violations in South Korea

According to the PIPC, Worldcoin, and its operating company Tools For Humanity, were each fined $830,000 for improper treatment of user biometric data. Issues included disclosure of consent and overseas data transfer violations.

South Korean regulators said that the companies did not inform the users about the method and process of collecting and transferring the data. Still, they allowed future operations after the issues were rectified.

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Tools For Humanity Faces Fines for Data Handling Violations

As a result, the Personal Information Protection Commission of South Korea imposed a fine on the development team for breaking data protection rules. The breaches include transferring sensitive iris data without proper consent from users and failing to verify the age requirement.

The company said it welcomes the decision, and it believes that the project complies with local laws because necessary changes have been made.