European regulators are stepping up their inquiries into Worldcoin—with France and Germany becoming the latest countries to investigate the controversial crypto project.

Co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Worldcoin has embarked on an ambitious drive to scan the irises of millions of people—giving them a “digital passport” in return.

The project claims that these World IDs will be crucial as artificial intelligence becomes more influential, and allow humans to prove they aren’t robots.

“The legality of this collection seems questionable, as do the conditions for storing biometric data.” the French privacy watchdog CNIL told Decrypt in an email on Friday.

CNIL officials said the agency began an investigation and is now coordinating with the Bavarian state authority in Germany.

On Tuesday, Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office had also confirmed to Decrypt that it was “making enquiries”—not least because organizations need to perform a Data Protection Impact Assessment before they begin to collect such “high risk” information.

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