"Relevant security, financial services and data protection agencies have commenced inquiries and investigations to establish the authenticity and legality of the aforesaid activities, the safety and protection of the data being harvested,and how the harvesters intend to use the data," reads a statement from the Ministry issued last week.
Kenyan Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua was enraged over the technology, saying in a statement: "Let us support the stoppage of Kenyans being used as guinea pigs and their data being harvested."You have to ask yourself why your eyes are being scanned and information gathered. What does it mean and what will it mean to you and your offspring?"
Worldcoin's stated purpose is to build a global identification system using iris scans, which can prove that a person is human. The company argues that in the future, when Artificial Intelligence (AI) is 'fully functional,' it will be difficult to determine whether a subject is human or machine.
However, the company's conduct in collecting biometric data from across the world has attracted criticism and investigations from data protection regulators.
Investigators have pointed out that some of the techniques being used by the company, especially in developing countries, are exploitative.
In Kenya for instance, the company has been collecting data in exchange for crypto tokens equivalent to Ksh7,000. -Kenyans.co.ke
Blania defended his company with a lawyer-approved: "World ID is built for privacy. We look forward to resuming operations while continuing global rollout."
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