The lawsuit was filed by lawyer Rodrigo Lagos, whose daughter used the World ID app. It involves the creation of a unique digital identifier when scanning the iris of the eye. Lagos claims his daughter’s details were taken without his permission. The plaintiff fears that the girl’s confidentiality may be violated and insists that such data collection procedures should not be carried out on persons under 18 years of age.
“A minor child cannot give consent to a retinal scan. Even fingerprints cannot be taken without the parents’ knowledge. World violated not only Chilean but also international rules,” Lagos claims.
The case was previously dismissed by a lower court, although it found the collection of biometric data from minors illegal. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. According to his resolution, World is obliged to delete the biometric data of a minor girl stored in the Worldcoin and World App databases. The company must comply with the court’s order within 30 days from the date of the decision and report the same to the lower court.
In 2023, World reported that at that time, more than 200,000 Chileans had already passed World ID verification – approximately 1% of the country’s total population. At the same time, the crypto project has regulatory disagreements with European regulators. In December, the Bavarian State Data Protection Authority (BayLDA) also demanded that World delete biometric data collected from local users. However, the company’s management assures that personal information about clients is safe, since World has updated its data storage systems.
Source: Bits
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