肯尼亚法院命令Worldcoin删除未经同意收集的生物鉴别数据,该公司在2026年1月前遵守了要求。 Kenya’s court ordered Worldcoin to delete biometric data collected without consent, and the company complied by January 2026.

肯尼亚高等法院于2025年5月裁定Worldcoin收集肯尼亚人的生物鉴别数据是非法的, Kenya’s High Court ruled in May 2025 that Worldcoin’s collection of biometric data from Kenyans was unlawful, leading to the deletion of all iris scans and facial images collected during public sign-ups from 2021 to 2023. 数据保护专员办公室于2026年1月20日确认,Worldcoin公司背后的人类工具公司在监管监督下完全遵守了法院命令。 The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner confirmed on January 20, 2026, that Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, had fully complied with the court order under regulatory supervision. 该裁决列举了违反肯尼亚《2019年数据保护法》的行为,包括未进行所需的影响评估和未获得有效同意。 The ruling cited violations of Kenya’s Data Protection Act 2019, including failure to conduct a required impact assessment and obtain valid consent. 该项目提供了25个比特币象征物以交换数据,2023年8月因隐私问题中止了该项目。 The project, which offered 25 Bitcoin tokens in exchange for data, was suspended in August 2023 over privacy concerns. 民间社会团体称赞这一决定是数据保护执法的里程碑。 Civil society groups hailed the decision as a landmark for data protection enforcement.