Worldcoin, which belongs to Tools for Humanity, is expanding its iris scanning operations in Mexico. Sharing the news, the project has started more scanning centers in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara according to Criptonoticias base.
The increase in volume in Mexico places it as the third base in Worldcoin in Latin America, after the larger bases in Argentina and Chile.
Protection of biometric data collected by Worldcoin has been discussed by Mexican legislators such as María Eugenia Hernández from the Morena party. Hernandez has demanded the INAI probe to find out whether the personal information gathered and the tokens issued are safe to be captured against Bitcoin.
Countries like Spain and Portugal have interrupted the Worldcoin operations for the time being because of the data privacy problems and the particular attention to the personal data of child minors. In Latin America, Argentine and Chilean authorities also carry out worldcoin data collection implications evaluations and some part presents the process of fines.
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