{"id":11053,"date":"2023-08-03T10:37:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T08:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/kenya-halts-worldcoin-data-collection-over-privacy-and-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T10:37:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T08:37:48","slug":"kenya-halts-worldcoin-data-collection-over-privacy-and-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/kenya-halts-worldcoin-data-collection-over-privacy-and-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya halts Worldcoin data collection over privacy and security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issues raised include use of eye scans to prove \u2018humanness\u2019 and financial inducements to sign up<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan government has barred the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/28\/crypto-firm-wants-to-scan-your-eyeballs-worldcoin-privacy-ai\">eyeball-scanning Worldcoin cryptocurrency<\/a> project from recruiting new customers as it investigates data privacy and security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s interior ministry said the venture must stop collecting user data after raising a number of issues including: concerns over the secure storage of data which includes scans of users\u2019 eyeballs; that offering crypto in exchange for data \u201cborders on inducement\u201d; inadequate information on cybersecurity safeguards; and placing large amounts of private data in the hands of a private business.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/aug\/03\/kenya-halts-worldcoin-data-collection-over-privacy-and-security-concerns\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e0ee4b943ea12fe5c9e6acf74e0770101e31c895\/0_136_3700_2220\/master\/3700.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c4213ac0f52cadb85941f73a6ba974cb\" title=\"Kenya halts Worldcoin data collection over privacy and security concerns\" \/>Issues raised include use of eye scans to prove \u2018humanness\u2019 and financial inducements to sign up<br \/>\nThe Kenyan government has barred the eyeball-scanning Worldcoin cryptocurrency project from recruiting new customers as it investigates data privacy and security concerns.<br \/>\nKenya\u2019s interior ministry said the venture must stop collecting user data after raising a number of issues including: concerns over the secure storage of data which includes scans of users\u2019 eyeballs; that offering crypto in exchange for data \u201cborders on inducement\u201d; inadequate information on cybersecurity safeguards; and placing large amounts of private data in the hands of a private business. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issues raised include use of eye scans to prove \u2018humanness\u2019 and financial inducements to sign up The Kenyan government has barred the eyeball-scanning Worldcoin cryptocurrency project from recruiting new customers as it investigates data privacy and security concerns. Kenya\u2019s interior ministry said the venture must stop collecting user data after raising a number of issues &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/kenya-halts-worldcoin-data-collection-over-privacy-and-security-concerns\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kenya halts Worldcoin data collection over privacy and security concerns<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11053"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}