Prosecutors in the Brazilian state of São Paulo have filed a civil lawsuit against Tools for Humanity, the developer behind World, and Amazon AWS Serviços Brasil, accusing the companies of improperly collecting iris data from more than 400,000 people in São Paulo. According to the prosecutors, participants received incentives ranging from 300 to 700 Brazilian reais in exchange for iris scans. The lawsuit asks the court to halt the practice of obtaining iris data through payments or other benefits, order the permanent deletion of the information already collected, and require the defendants to pay at least 240 million reais, or roughly $47.2 million, for collective moral damages. The case centers on how biometric data was gathered and the compensation offered to participants, based on the claims presented by the São Paulo state prosecution authority.
Prosecutors in the Brazilian state of São Paulo have filed a civil lawsuit against Tools for Humanity, the developer behind World, and Amazon AWS Serviços Brasil, alleging that the companies improperly collected iris data from more than 400,000 people in São Paulo.
According to the prosecution authority, participants received payments ranging from 300 to 700 Brazilian reais in exchange for iris scans. Prosecutors are asking for the suspension of any practice that trades payments or other benefits for iris data, the permanent deletion of the data already collected, and compensation of at least 240 million reais, about $47.2 million, for collective moral damages.
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