South Korea's Personal Information Protection Committee Investigates Worldcoin Over Privacy Concerns

According to PANews, South Korea's Personal Information Protection Committee (PIPC) has announced an investigation into Worldcoin due to concerns over the project's collection of sensitive information. The investigation will focus on Worldcoin's practices of collecting, processing, and potentially transferring sensitive personal information across borders, and will take action if any violations of local privacy regulations are discovered. Worldcoin offers cryptocurrency in exchange for scanning people's irises, and the project has collected information on people's faces and irises at ten locations across South Korea.