Portugal orders Worldcoin to stop collecting iris data for 90 days

Portugal's data regulator, the National Commission for the Protection of Personal Data (CNPD), has ordered Worldcoin (WLD) to stop collecting iris data for 90 days. "More than 300,000 people in Portugal have provided biometric data to WLD," the CNPD said, according to Reuters, "and the regulator's intervention is justified to prevent serious harm," according to the agency. In response, WLD developer Tools for Humanity (TFH) said, "The WLD project complies with all laws and regulations regarding the collection and transfer of biometric data." The company added that it has introduced Personal Custody to give users more control over their data. Personal Custody allows users to keep the information used to generate their iris code on a separate device.