The Move of Various Virtual World Operators as Well as Large Social Media Companies to Institute a So-Called Real/Verified User ID System

Computer Law & Security Review Volume 29, Issue 1, February 2013, Page 10

1 Pages Posted: 14 Feb 2013

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Wian Erlank

North-West University - Faculty of Law; Tulane University

Date Written: December 1, 2012

Abstract

While the de facto situation in the past has been that online accounts are normally anonymous, or else possibly verifiable at the whim of the account creator; there has been no real need for, or attempt to be able to link an online identity to the identity of its creator in the real world. However, this has now changed and we are seeing that it is becoming more commonplace to have online identities that are publicly and verifiably linked to someone's identity in the real world.

Presentation given at the 2012 CLSR-LSPI seminar on privacy, data protection & cyber-security – Presented at the 7th international conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT law (LSPI) October 2–4, 2012, Athens.

Keywords: Cyber-privacy, online identity, internet privacy, virtual worlds, virtual property

JEL Classification: K00, K11, K14, K33

Suggested Citation

Erlank, Wian, The Move of Various Virtual World Operators as Well as Large Social Media Companies to Institute a So-Called Real/Verified User ID System (December 1, 2012). Computer Law & Security Review Volume 29, Issue 1, February 2013, Page 10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2216562 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2216562

Wian Erlank (Contact Author)

North-West University - Faculty of Law ( email )

Faculty of Law
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South Africa
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HOME PAGE: http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-fl/staff

Tulane University ( email )

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United States

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