Privacy Risks in the Metaverse
Discover how emerging metaverse technologies pose risks to privacy rights and what safeguards are needed to protect human rights in digital environments.
Business and Human RightsHuman rights
Submission by the Commission
16 May 2023
Summary
Learn more about how Metaverse technologies are threatening our human right to privacy in the digital age.Privacy Risks in the Metaverse
Business and Human Rights, Human rights
Submission by the Commission
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Submission to the ACCC
The Australian Human Rights Commission has made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on how expanding ecosystems threaten consumer rights to privacy in the Metaverse.
More must be done to:
- Protect privacy and data in the Metaverse
- Address tech companies expanding their ecosystems
- Protect consumers from new and emerging technologies
This submission was made on 05 April 2023 and builds upon the extensive work of the Commission on human rights and technology.