Children’s and Parents’ Perceptions of Online Commercial Data Practices: A Qualitative Study
Abstract: Children’s personal data are often collected for commercial aims. Although regulations in different countries aim to protect children’s privacy (e.g., by imposing websites to request parental consent for the processing of children’s data for commercial purposes), concerns about protecting children’s online data continue to rise. This article therefore aims to get insights into parents’ and children’s privacy coping strategies and perceptions underlying these strategies. In-depth interviews with ten parents and nine children (8–11 years) were conducted. Findings show that although children engaged in avoidance (e.g., leaving the particular website) and confrontation (e.g., seeking support) strategies, they mainly did this to protect their privacy from malicious individuals—and not from commercial parties. Participating children also lacked general knowledge about both explicit and implicit data practices. To protect their children’s privacy, parents in this study mainly adopted rest
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Media and Communication ; 8 (2020) 4 ; 163-174
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
- (who)
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
- (when)
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2020
- Creator
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Desimpelaere, Laurien
Hudders, Liselot
Sompel, Dieneke Van de
- DOI
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10.17645/mac.v8i4.3232
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022040508483383365077
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 7:31 AM CEST
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- Desimpelaere, Laurien
- Hudders, Liselot
- Sompel, Dieneke Van de
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Time of origin
- 2020
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