A High Court ruling on Monday, May 5, has ordered the Worldcoin Foundation to delete the iris and facial data collected from Kenyans within seven days under the supervision of the Data Protection Commissioner. "An order of Mandamus compelling the Worldcoin Foundation and its agents to permanently delete (under the supervision of the Data Protection Commissioner) within seven days any biometric data collected in Kenya without undertaking (or using an inadequate) Data Protection Impact Assessment contrary to section 31 of the Data Protection Act, 2019 and by consent obtained through inducement of a cryptocurrency-Worldcoin," the orders read.
This is just one among the three orders issued by Lady Justice Aburili Roselyne, who declared that Worldcoin's activities went against the right to privacy that every Kenyan is entitled to.
Another prohibition order issued was that Worldcoin Foundation and its agents from restrained from further processing, collecting or dealing in Biometric data.
An order of Certiorari quashing Worldcoin Foundation and its agents' decision to collect or process biometric data in Kenya was also issued.
