Worldcoin, the controversial project that gives a handful of tokens to users who verify their humanity by scanning their irises, is already under investigation by authorities in at least 8 countries around the world, most recently joined by South Korea.

In a statement, the Commission for the Protection of Personal Information of the Asian country indicated that since last Thursday, February 29, they began investigations into Worldcoin, in response to a series of complaints related to the collection and processing of personal information.
According to the South Korean authority, there are at least 10 places in that country where people are scanning their irises, through Orbs, information that was confirmed by the Worldcoin team to that government entity. On Worldcoin's official website, however, South Korea is not listed as one of the countries where there are currently operational Orbs.
In accordance with the above, the Commission intends to investigate the collection and processing of confidential information, as well as the transfer of personal data abroad. All of this, under South Korea's Personal Information Protection Act.