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WorldCoin took advantage of a loophole in the law, says Kassait

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Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait when she appeared before the Adhoc Committee of Enquiry into the Worldcoin controversy at Mini chambers, Nairobi on September 7, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Cryptocurrency entity WorldCoin did not need a licence to operate as a business in Kenya to be registered as a data controller, a parliamentary committee has heard.

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) yesterday said there was no law that required WorldCoin to be registered under the Companies Act, citing it as a legal gap that needed to be addressed.

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