Análise dos termos de consentimento das principais plataformas do metaverso com base na Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados

Abstract

This work sought to analyze how the main technology companies present in the metaverse ecosystem, that provide access to Brazilian users, are protecting the personal data of these users on their platforms. There was an attempt to start from the observation of the privacy policies present on the websites of these platforms, if these are in compliance with the General Law of Protection of Personal Data - LGPD (Law 13.709/2018), despite the fundamental rights and guarantees relating to the fundamental right to the protection of personal data present in the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil of 1988. Until arriving at the procedures adopted and the respective discussion of the result, the work goes through some important points, as the definition of metaverse, origin, to the explanation between the relationship between the real and the virtual world, linking to philosophical bases. Next, the research conducted tried to relate the data collected from the privacy policies with the normative provisions of the LGPD, in which data collection was used to compose the quantitative meaning of the research and, subsequently, a qualitative measurement was made of the same data, transforming them into a degree of conformity between the requirements fulfilled by the platforms, which the LGPD provides and the consequence of these factors together that resulted in each platform being graded. Given this scenario, one can observe deficiency on the part of most platforms in following to the letter what is expected of a privacy policy, in particular in its onsent form and in the protection of users' personal data, which was a reason for a reduction in the grade attributed in some questions that can be better understood in the reading of the development of the analysis. Finally, the work was closed demonstrating the difficulties and positive points on the part of each company and the due importance of the metaverse as a complex environment that still requires much debate.