Sam Altman's World Halts Iris Scanning Operations in Germany

On July 10, according to Dlnews, World, the crypto project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (formerly known as Worldcoin), has suspended its iris scanning operations in Germany. The company's website shows that the "Orbs" scanning sites in Germany will "return soon," and a spokesperson confirmed to DL News that the company is updating the scanning stations and plans to open a flagship store in Munich. World is currently in a legal dispute with the Bavarian State Data Protection Office. The agency ruled in December 2024 that World violated European GDPR regulations and demanded the deletion of the collected iris codes. World has appealed and adjusted its data processing methods, encrypting user iris data and storing it distributed across multiple servers. [Deep Tide TechFlow]