Worldcoin To End Storing Users' Personal Data

Although Worldcoin WLD/USD has always maintained it is highly protective of peoples' biometric data when scanning their eyeballs to prove they are human, the project is now implementing a plan designed to build additional trust. With the implementation of what Worldcoin calls "Personal Custody" when people sign up for a World ID, they will no longer be given the option to have their biometric data stored and encrypted. Now, instead, the biometric data "captured by the orb and used to generate the iris code during World ID verification" will be held on people's own personal devices — in most cases a smartphone — and users then can decide what to do with the data, including deleting it if they choose to. The project's personal custody plan was first teased back in December when Worldcoin announced details for its World ID 2.0, dubbed "a human passport for the internet."

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