After learning of Spain's decision to suspend Worldcoin's activities and operations in its territory, the company behind the controversial cryptocurrency project came out to criticize the Iberian country's position and assured that that nation "ignores the law of the European Union."

In a statement sent to the CriptoNoticias newsroom, Jannick Preiwisch, head of data protection at Worldcoin, said that the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) circumvents the bloc's regulation, as its actions "are limited to Spain and not to the EU in general."
Further, Preiwisch accused the Spanish office of spreading "inaccurate and misleading claims" about Worldcoin's technology globally. A technology, that is, that is researched in at least 8 countries around the world.
According to Preiwisch, they have collaborated for months with the Bavarian Data Protection Authority (BayLDA), which, he alleges, "is the main supervisory authority under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for Worldcoin Foundation and Tools for Humanity."