Parents unwittingly leak their children's data: a GDPR time bomb?

Suzanne Prior; Natalie Coull

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_31

Parents unwittingly leak their children's data: a GDPR time bomb?

Suzanne Prior^*, Natalie Coull

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Cybersecurity and Computing

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Abstract

There are many apps available for parents that are designed to help them monitor their pregnancy or child’s development. These apps require parents to share information about themselves or their children in order to utilise many of the apps’ features. However, parents remain concerned about their children’s privacy, indicating a privacy paradox between concerns and actions. The research presented here conducted an analysis of parenting apps alongside a survey of parents to determine if their concerns regarding sharing information about their children was at odds with their use of parenting apps.

A survey of 75 parents found that they had strong concerns around the availability of information about their children but were using apps within which they shared this information. Parents were not giving consideration to the information requested when using apps. This should be of concern to developers given the growing awareness of users’ rights in relation to managing their data.

We propose new guidelines for app developers to better protect children’s privacy and to improve trust relationships between developers and users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust
Subtitle of host publication	Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Abbas Moallem
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	31
Pages	471-486
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030503093
ISBN (Print)	9783030503086
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_31
Publication status	Published - 26 Jun 2020
Event	2nd International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust - Held virtually, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 19 Jul 2020 → 24 Jul 2020 Conference number: 2nd http://2020.hci.international/hci-cpt.html

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Publisher	Springer
Volume	12210
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Name	Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI
Publisher	Springer
Volume	12210

Conference

Conference	2nd International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust
Abbreviated title	HCI-CPT 2020
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	19/07/20 → 24/07/20
Internet address	http://2020.hci.international/hci-cpt.html

Keywords

Privacy
Security
Mobile apps
Parenting

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Natalie Coull
- n.coullabertay.acuk
- Department of Cybersecurity and Computing - Head of Department
Person: Academic
Suzanne Prior
- s.priorabertay.acuk
- Department of Cybersecurity and Computing - Lecturer
Person: Academic

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Prior, S., & Coull, N. (2020). Parents unwittingly leak their children's data: a GDPR time bomb? In A. Moallem (Ed.), HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings (pp. 471-486). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 12210), (Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI; Vol. 12210). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_31

Prior, Suzanne ; Coull, Natalie. / Parents unwittingly leak their children's data : a GDPR time bomb?. HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. editor / Abbas Moallem. Cham : Springer, 2020. pp. 471-486 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)). (Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI).

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Prior, S & Coull, N 2020, Parents unwittingly leak their children's data: a GDPR time bomb? in A Moallem (ed.), HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), vol. 12210, Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, vol. 12210, Springer, Cham, pp. 471-486, 2nd International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_31

Parents unwittingly leak their children's data: a GDPR time bomb? / Prior, Suzanne ; Coull, Natalie.
HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Abbas Moallem. Cham: Springer, 2020. p. 471-486 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 12210), (Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI; Vol. 12210).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Prior S , Coull N. Parents unwittingly leak their children's data: a GDPR time bomb? In Moallem A, editor, HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: Second International Conference, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings. Cham: Springer. 2020. p. 471-486. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)). (Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3_31

Parents unwittingly leak their children's data: a GDPR time bomb?

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