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FPF REPORT OUTLINES OPPORTUNITIES TO MITIGATE THE PRIVACY RISKS OF AR & VR TECHNOLOGIES

The report considers current and future use cases for XR technology, and provides recommendations for how platforms, manufacturers, developers, experience providers, researchers, and policymakers should implement XR responsibly, including: 

• Policymakers should carefully consider how existing or proposed data protection laws can provide consumers with meaningful rights and companies with clear obligations regarding XR data;
• Hardware makers should consider how XR data collection, use, and sharing can be performed in ways that are transparent to users, bystanders, and other stakeholders;
• XR developers should consider the extent to which sensitive personal data can be processed locally and kept on-device;
• XR developers should ensure that sensitive personal data is encrypted in transit and at rest;
• Platforms and XR experience providers should implement rules about virtual identity and property that mitigate, rather than increase, online harassment, digital vandalism, and fraud;
• Platforms and XR experience providers should establish clear guidelines that mitigate physical risks to XR users and bystanders; 
• Researchers should obtain informed consent prior to conducting research via XR technologies and consider seeking review by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Ethical Review Board (ERB) if consent is impractical;
• Platforms and XR experience providers should provide a wide-range of customizable avatar features that reflect the broader community, encouraging representation and inclusion; and
• Platforms and XR experience providers should consult with the larger community of stakeholders including, industry experts, advocates, policymakers, XR users, and non-XR users, and integrate community feedback into decisions about software and hardware design and data collection, use, and sharing.

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