Humanity Response: We will not collect any private information. 「Palmtop Information」 is an early partner, and the project operates globally.

BlockBeats News, June 23, Humanity Protocol founder responded to community doubts in a post regarding ("Humanity Possibly a 'Domestic Shell Project,' Palmprint Data Collection Raises Privacy Concerns") stating, "An old version (v1.0.2) of the Humanity application inadvertently included some legacy image resources during packaging that are unrelated to our production system. These are only residual files from the early testing phase and were not actually called by the application. This was an oversight by the engineering team during the packaging process and does not represent any integration of these resources in terms of functionality. We have now removed the relevant files and pushed clean updated versions to major app stores."

The "PalmInfo" mentioned in the article is a technical partner we collaborated with during the early hardware evaluation and infrastructure setup stages. The company's founder was a senior engineer at Tencent and has been recognized in the industry for the stability and security of their technology. They have deployed palmprint biometric systems for institutions such as UnionPay and the Shanghai Metro. Our collaboration is limited to the technical level.

Humanity does not collect palmprint raw images or any personally identifiable information. All biometric data is locally transformed into privacy-protecting signatures on the user's device, used to securely prove "human identity." No sensitive information leaves the user's control. Our system is designed with "zero knowledge" and "privacy-first" as core principles, ensuring end-to-end encryption. The encrypted feature data used to generate privacy-protecting biometric signatures is not stored domestically but is distributed across cloud infrastructures compliant with local data protection regulations. In markets with unclear jurisdictional oversight, we default to a secure storage solution in Switzerland.

We understand the external skepticism towards projects seen as "domestic projects" and the community's concerns about privacy. However, Humanity Protocol is a globally operated project, with team members and stakeholders spread across multiple continents. We are committed to addressing one of the most critical challenges in Web3 and the digital world: verifying users' "human identity" without compromising privacy."