The multinational company Tools for Humanity – TFH should interrupt “the offer of cryptocurrency or any other financial compensation by collecting data holders in Brazil”, according to the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD).
The administrative order occurs two and a half months after EPP has started inspection on the processing of biometric data by the company founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, and Munich, Germany.
TFH presents itself as a “technology company that develops projects for humans in the age of artificial intelligence”.
According to EP, the purpose of collecting human iris would feed the Useful World ID platform for “proof that the holder is a unique human being” and thus “promotes greater digital security in the context of expanding artificial intelligence tools”.
In the evaluation of EP, the offer of cryptocurrencies contrary to the General Data Protection Law, which states that “consent to the processing of sensitive personal data, such as biometric data, needs to be free, informed, unequivocal and supplied specifically and prominently for specific purposes ”.
Report published by Brazil agency Last week there is a warning from experts that “people are unaware of risks by scanning the iris.” Karen Borges, Assistant Manager of the Legal Advisory of the BR (Nic.br) Information and Coordination Center (NIC.br) warns that “we do not yet know how this information will be used when associated in conjunction with advanced algorithms, besides artificial intelligence (AI), and can A door for abuse, crimes and irregularities opened. ”
According to the article, more than one million people have already downloaded the application in Brazil and more than 400,000 allowed the scan of the iris.
