[Veat News] Mr. Songdo Young, a lawyer, led the presentation as an expert at the ‘Government-Wide Metaverse Coordination Committee’.

Law firm Veat’s Seongdoyoung Attorney delivered a presentation at the first meeting of the ‘Cross-Government Metaverse Coordination Body’ on March 4th, discussing topics such as “Misuse of Personal Information in the Metaverse and Response Measures.”

Established with the aim of promoting the metaverse industry, the ‘Cross-Government Metaverse Coordination Body’ was launched with participation from the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Broadcasting and Communications Committee, the Financial Services Commission, the Personal Information Protection Committee, and the Korea Intellectual Property Office. The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to discuss key legal issues within the metaverse through the coordination body and to identify key issues, utilizing this to inform future regulation and institutional improvement of metaverse-related laws and systems.

The first meeting held on March 4th was attended by senior officials from the Ministry of Science and ICT (Software Policy Officer - Metaverse), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Game, Intellectual Property), the Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Affairs (Youth), the Broadcasting and Communications Committee (User Protection), the Financial Services Commission (Innovative Finance), and the Korea Intellectual Property Office (Intellectual Property) and involved a presentation by the coordination body’s operation plan, a presentation by Seongdoyoung Attorney and Son Seung-woo Professor, and a comprehensive discussion for agencies to present their opinions.

During the presentation, Seongdoyoung Attorney pointed out that due to the continuous collection and use of personal information such as user location and usage patterns in the metaverse, this could lead to privacy violations and infringement of the dignity of minors, and presented expert opinions on “Personal Information Protection and Crime Issues in the Metaverse.”

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