OpenAI’s CEO’s Worldcoin violated data policies: Colombia

Colombia’s Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) accused Worldcoin — the decentralized identity founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — of infringing data protection laws.

According to an Aug. 21 SIC statement, the regulator sent a notification to Worldcoin and its developer Tools for Humanity. This kind of notification is the first act of an indictment which does not require a formal accusation. The announcement reads:

“The purpose of the proceedings is to determine whether...