Worldcoin began collecting data in Kenya in 2021, commission reveals

Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait appears before the National Assembly's Communication, Information and Innovation committee at Parliament building on August 15, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Data Protection Commission says Worldcoin began collecting data in Kenya on May 31, 2021.

The Commission, however, realised data was being collected a year later in April 2022 when the agency- Worldcoin started the scanning of irises to register unsuspecting individuals.