The High Court has ordered Worldcoin to delete the biometric data of Kenya.
In a ruling delivered on Monday, May 5, 2025, the court ordered the foundation to delete data collected from Kenyans within seven days under the supervision of the Data Protection Commission.
“An order of Mandamus compelling the Worldcoin Foundation and its agents to permanently delete (under the supervision of the Data Protection Commissioner) within seven days any biometric data collected in Kenya without undertaking (or using inadequate) Data Protection Impact Assessment contrary to section 31 of the Data Protection Act, 2019 and by consent obtained through inducement of a cryptocurrency-Worldcoin” the court read.
This was after Lady Justice Aburili Roselyne declared Worldcoin activities illegal and against the right to privacy that every Kenyan is entitled to.
Justoce Roselyne further ordered the foundation to refrain from further processing, collecting or dealing in Biometric data.
The ruling followed an application by the Katiba Institute challenging the collection, processing and transfer of biometric data using the Worldcoin App and the Orb against the World Coin Foundation.
