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Worldcoin began collecting data in Kenya in 2021, commission reveals

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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.

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