This article examines the conflicts of privacy rights in digital identity management in the metaverse era. Digital identity management in the metaverse faces numerous legal challenges, such as the incompatibility of existing laws with decentralized technologies, the right to “delete” under GDPR, and intellectual property issues. In addition, legal conflicts between jurisdictions, identity verification problems, and ethical threats also add to the complexities of this area. To create a safe and trustworthy environment, there is a need to develop appropriate legal and ethical frameworks and cooperation between legislators, technology professionals, and society.
Articles were searched based on the Persian keywords; privacy rights, digital identity, metaverse, Iran, as well as the English equivalents of these keywords in reputable databases and citations, including PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Google scholar, Science Direct, SID, and Magiran. All original articles were collected and reviewed for inclusion in the study. Screening criteria were applied in three stages by applying word and exclusion criteria; 24 articles were found at the beginning of the search. In the screening stage (first 4 stages), 11 articles were excluded from the study, and at the end of the screening stage, 13 articles related to the study objective remained, which were content evaluated and included in the study. To resolve legal conflicts in the metaverse, it is necessary to amend the laws to adapt to decentralized technologies and the use of hybrid blockchains. Also, international cooperation and the development of laws taking into account the ethical aspects of technology, along with the participation of various stakeholders, are necessary to create a safe and sustainable environment.