The Administrative Chamber of the National Court of Spain announced it supports the decision by country's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, to stop cryptocurrency provider Worldcoin from processing citizens' biometric data, Confilegal reports. Meanwhile, Portugal's National Data Protection Commission issued recommendations to protect sensitive biometric data in response to the Worldcoin debate.
11 March 2024
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