How much private information are children sharing online. There is growing concern about how much of this data sharing is taking place with ChatBots as well as people they know and strangers online.
This news article reports on some research undertaken by the Information Commissioners Office in the UK.
- Survey reveals parents' concern over children handing over private information
- Online privacy includes children’s names, real ages, and where they live
- Nearly 22% of children have been found handing over this information
- The UK Government has launched a review to ban social media for under-16s
- The Government is also running a social media ban simulation at the moment
- Australia recently became the first country to implement similar social media rules
The ICOI uses parents to treat children's online privacy as "as natural as teaching a child to cross the road" or stranger danger campaigns. The concerns relate to sharing a wide range of information such as Their names, ages, where they live, and less obvious information such as but also less obvious information like their browsing history, purchases, photos, voice notes and social media or gaming activity."
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