Understanding research related to designing for children’s privacy and security: A document analysis

Priya C. Kumar, Fiona O’Connell, Lucy Li, Virginia L. Byrne, Marshini Chetty, Tamara L. Clegg, Jessica Vitak

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Abstract

Many children are growing up in a “digital-by-default” world, where technologies mediate many of their interactions. There is emerging consensus that those who design technology must support children’s privacy and security. However, privacy and security are complex concepts that are challenging to design for, and centering the interests of children is similarly difficult. Through a document analysis of 90 HCI publications, we examine what problems and solutions designing for children’s privacy and security addresses and how this research engages with children. Applying Solove’s privacy taxonomy, we find that research addresses a range of problems related to information collection, processing, dissemination, and invasion at the organizational, system, and individual levels. Children’s participation in this research is largely limited to providing feedback rather than helping to guide the research itself. Based on these findings, we offer recommendations for designers to sharpen their privacy and security contributions and center children in their work.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference
Subtitle of host publicationRediscovering Childhood
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages335-354
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9798400701313
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 19 2023
Event22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, IDC 2023 - Chicago, United States
Duration: Jun 19 2023Jun 22 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood

Conference

Conference22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, IDC 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period6/19/236/22/23

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Software

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