Thai regulators order World to delete over 1.2 million iris scan data

According to DL News, Thailand's data regulatory agency has ordered the removal of over 1.2 million records collected in Thailand by the iris scanning project World, driven by Sam Altman.

Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob stated that the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) also ordered the company to suspend all its operations in Thailand on Monday.

In Thailand, a commissioned expert group investigating whether World violated the country's data protection laws concluded that collecting biometric data in exchange for cryptocurrency is illegal. The World company has ceased its iris scanning operations in Thailand.