Sam Altman’s company will have to freeze its operations in Spain for the next three months.
Worldcoin, a “globally inclusive identity and financial network” founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has failed to defend its operation in Spain through legal action. The company filed an injunction against the local regulator’s order to cease data collection in the country, but the court declined to grant it.
On March 6, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) issued a temporary order prohibiting Worldcoin from data collection in the country for three months. The AEPD intends to use this period for investigating complaints that users in Spain aren’t able to withdraw consent and that Worldcoin has allegedly collected data from minors.
Worldcoin, however, didn’t accept the allegations. It sent Cointelegraph a statement, accusing the AEPD of “circumventing EU law spreading inaccurate and misleading claims” and failing to respond to the company’s letters for months.
