April 2022 – All of us have concerns
regarding data privacy in the metaverse. Countless questions come
to mind, such as: What is the metaverse? Can a digital personality
be considered as personal data? What happens if digital data is
processed? In this short article we touch on the metaverse's
main data privacy concerns.
What is the metaverse?
The metaverse is a virtual world that relies on multiple
technologies such as virtual reality, blockchain, artificial
intelligence, etc. There is no longer just one world like the real
world anymore. A new virtual-world era has begun with the advent of
different metaverses such as Horizon, Decentraland, Sandbox, and
Upland, and it appears that their number will continue to
increase.
