Worldcoin Project lamented to the National Assembly Adhoc Committee investigating their operations that iris biometrics were the most scalable and fraud-resistant approach that also preserved privacy.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Worldcoin does not and never will involve the collection or selling of data,” Tools for Humanity Chief Executive Officer Alex Blania said on Wednesday.
“No one – not even Tools for Humanity – can link biometric data to World ID. Further, the majority of the internal schematics and technical details of the technology are publicly available on the internet for everyone to review,” he said.
Worldcoin’s response came even as it emerged the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) had revoked its certificate of registration issued in June 2022.
ODPC issued the notice of cancellation Tuesday evening according to Worldcoin’s chief legal officer Scott Thomas.
“ODPC revoked our certificate yesterday evening and no doubt this is of interest. They provided four reasons for the cancellation and we respectfully think that cancellation was outside the normal process and the correct underlying facts,” Thomas said.
The American firm pleaded with the committee to investigate the matter and lift the suspension of their activities which it said had impeded its operations in the country.
“We want to request that the committee investigates this matter with a view of creating regulations, the company prays that the committee finds that Worldcoin did not engage in any wrong doing, we pray that the suspension be lifted with the necessary legal and regulatory oversight,” Blania noted.
