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Why Kenyans in Worldcoin deal have cause to worry

Wolrdcoin saga: Kenyans troop to scan their irises at the KICC, August 1, 2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Kenyans who scanned their irises for Sh,7000 may have a reason to worry as fresh details filed before the High Court indicate that the firms behind the exercise are not registered as data controllers or processors.

The case filed before Justice Jairus Ngaah now raises questions about how the government let Kenyans troop to scan their irises as the fine print of the agreement that Worldcoin had for Kenyans' data is rather an e-atomic bomb.

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