Argentina Lawmaker: We Must Protect Consumer Rights
Per the official news outlet of the Buenos Aires assembly, the new bill is the brainchild of Buenos Aires parliament member Carlos Puglelli.
The MP, and others, have claimed it is “unclear” what Worldcoin does with the biometric data it collects using its iris-scanning drives.
Puglelli’s bill proposes “regulating companies that scan people’s irises for the purpose of collecting biometric data.”
The bill’s author noted that Buenos Aires authorities should be allowed to “exercise control over activities carried out by companies like Worldcoin.”
He also called for more “transparency” about happens to the biometric data that “users deliver to these companies, in this case in exchange for a payment in cryptocurrency.”
Worldcoin has proven a hit in Argentina, where it operates over 50 iris-scanning centers.
