Worldcoin will take legal action against the Data Protection Agency for prohibiting them from scanning the iris. Worldcoin - founded by the CEO of OpenAI and 'father' of ChatGPT, Sam Altman - paid cryptocurrencies to those who allowed them to scan their irises and store this data.

According to the company itself, "Worldcoin fully complies with the laws and regulations governing the collection and transmission of data, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)" of Europe.