Summary
- The Bavarian Data Protection Authority has ordered the digital identity project World to delete data.
- World has concluded an investigation stating it did not comply with data protection regulations.
- The World Foundation has appealed the decision to provide legal clarity.
The Bavarian Data Protection Authority (BayLDA), a data protection agency in Germany, has announced corrective measures against the digital identity project World (WLD).
According to a report by Cointelegraph on the 19th (local time), the Bavarian Data Protection Authority stated, "We have concluded our investigation into whether World complies with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and have ordered the implementation of data deletion procedures within a month according to the standards."
In response, the World Foundation appealed the decision, stating, "World's privacy-enhancing technology must provide legal clarity on whether it meets the EU's legal definition of anonymization."
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