# Metaverse and Privacy

## Overview

**Authors:** AEPD

**Publication Date:** 29 September 2022

**Link:** <https://www.aepd.es/en/prensa-y-comunicacion/blog/metaverse-and-privacy>

**Keywords:** Metaverse, cognitive processes, behavioral influence, digital emotions, immersive psychology, social interactions, virtual environments, perception shifts, psychological adaptation, digital identity

**Type:** Blogs

## Summary

This piece outlines various privacy risks in the metaverse, including the collection of non-verbal and biometric information, and the virtualization of multiple aspects of an individual's development.