Digital Data Privacy Awareness: Do children know what they share?

In the last few years, there has been a significant increase in smartphone usage among children. Within this topic one development stands out: children are having their first phone at a younger age. It is important for smartphone users to realize what kind of information is on their phone and what possible risk they face when the data becomes accessible to external threats.

This research looks into how privacy aware childrens are between the age of seven and twelve of the privacy risks related to smartphone usage, and what influence parental mediation has to the privacy awareness. This paper will focus on two of the most significant risks related to smartphones and children, 1) Data consent , 2) Data Legitimacy. The insights of this paper indicate that children between the age of seven and twelve have insufficient knowledge about these risks.