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Billions of dollars have been invested into immersive metaverse technologies, where people live/work/play in virtual or augmented online worlds. There are some 400 million monthly users worldwide, a figure that is expected to quadruple by 2030.
Of those 400 million users, 80% are under 16 with just over half being under 13 years old. From Minecraft to Epic Games to Meta’s metaverse, there are a number of operators in the industry, with the most popular platform today being Roblox.
In this talk about Children and the Metaverse, Bailiwick Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan explores the opportunities and challenges of immersive online platforms. He delves into the risks for children on the metaverse, privacy safeguard expectations and how regulatory cooperation can play a key role in developing a safe and privacy-protective metaverse
The Bailiwick of Guernsey's independent supervisory authority which regulates data protection legislation. The ODPA protects people by driving responsible use of personal information through helping organisations get it right, deterring harmful information handling, and taking enforcement action against significant non-compliance
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