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Data breach: Kassait under fire over WorldCoin registration debacle

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By Brian Otieno | Aug 31, 2023

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**Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait when she appeared before the National Assembly's Communication ,Information and Innovation committee over the WorldCoin data mining saga on August 15, 2023.** [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Members of Parliament have faulted Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait for registering controversial cryptocurrency WorldCoin.

The MPs, drawn from the National Assembly's ad-hoc committee of inquiry into the WorldCoin controversy, wondered how the data commissioner could have certified the entity to mine biometric data from Kenyans despite not being registered in the country.

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