Privacy Notice – Research and Development
DISCLAIMER
This Privacy Notice is for Research and Development purposes only, it is not applicable to World App users and does not reflect data processing in the context of verifying your World ID with an Orb.
To ensure that World ID is as reliable and inclusive as possible, the neural networks powering it require to be trained with data from a diverse population. To collect that training data the World contributor Tools for Humanity collects this data transparently in dedicated data collection campaigns for which the following privacy notice applies.
Name and contact data of the data controller | Tools for Humanity Corp. (“TFH”, “us”, “we”) 548 Market Street, PMB 49951, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA |
Categories of Data Collected | Depending on the data collection campaign we may collect the following categories data with your consent:
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Purposes and legal grounds of data processing | In the context of this processing we collect the personal information described above for the following purposes:
The legal basis for processing your data is your explicit consent, which allows us to utilize this information responsibly and ethically in our research and development initiatives. |
Data Security |
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Categories of recipients | We do not share the images or derivatives of the images with anyone not working on the World Project. Only the following categories of recipients may receive your data to enable the above listed purpose of processing.
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Retention period | We retain the NFC Data for a maximum of one year. We retain video recordings for a maximum of 2 years. We commit to delete all Image Data and Derivatives collected for our data collection efforts after a maximum of ten (10) years after collection. We store your Administrative Information for as long as we store the corresponding data. In any case, we will delete the NFC Data, Image Data or any other type of data collected for the purpose of this Notice upon your request. |
Subjects’ rights | Under the applicable data protection laws you have the following rights:
You can exercise these rights by contacting: [email protected] or sending a letter addressed to “DPO”, Tools For Humanity Corporation, 548 Market Street, PMB 49951, San Francisco, CA 94104 USA. If you withdraw your consent, then we will no longer use your data for the purposes stated above. |
Necessity | You do not need to provide your personal data or agree to video recording in order to participate in product tests. You can also share your feedback directly with us. |
Third country transfers (GDPR), under the CCPA already who you share the personal data with | Data is stored and processed in the USA and EU. TFH complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Further information can be found in TFH’s general privacy notice available under www.toolsforhumanity.com |
Sharing and Selling of Personal Information | We are not selling personal data. |
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