World project has faced regulatory investigations over privacy concerns in Germany and Argentina, while Spain and Hong Kong have imposed outright bans

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However, the project has not been without controversy. Regulatory authorities in Germany and Argentina have launched investigations over privacy concerns, while Spain and Hong Kong have issued outright bans.

But World has faced pushback in European countries, including Spain and Portugal, over security and privacy concerns and been investigated by the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA), the German data protection authority, over its handling of biometric data.