Pokemon Go, Rise of AR, VR Spark Legal, Regulatory Issues, Says R Street
Proliferation of augmented reality and virtual reality applications and services like Pokemon Go is sparking significant legal and regulatory issues about privacy, cybersecurity, e-commerce, free expression, intellectual property and safety, said R Street Technology Policy Fellow Anne Hobson in a…
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paper. Privacy advocates and lawmakers like Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., raised concerns with Pokemon Go creator Niantic over data collected from users and how it's being used (see 1607150014, 1607250009 and 1609010083). In privacy, Hobson wrote Thursday, passive data collection, facial recognition and targeted advertising are concerns. She said some state laws go further than federal rules and "present a more proximate threat" to AR and VR companies. Besides concerns with hacking, data breaches and information sharing requirements for AR and VR companies, she cited potential issues with data localization and the intersection of AR with IoT.