{"id":842,"date":"2014-01-28T06:31:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T14:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetsafety.trendmicro.com\/?p=842"},"modified":"2014-01-28T06:31:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T14:31:10","slug":"data-privacy-day-the-questions-that-matter-for-our-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/blog\/data-privacy-day-the-questions-that-matter-for-our-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Privacy Day: The Questions That Matter for Our Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/internet-safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/LynetteOwens_Trend_bw_edit2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-600\" alt=\"LynetteOwens_Trend_bw_edit\" src=\"\/internet-safety\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/LynetteOwens_Trend_bw_edit2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Lynette Owens<\/p>\n<p><em>January 28, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.staysafeonline.org\/data-privacy-day\/about\">Data Privacy Day<\/a>, an annual event intended to encourage everyone to understand how to protect their privacy online, an important cause in an increasingly connected world.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s an important day, every day is an opportunity for educators and parents to talk to kids about the best ways to behave, share, or click online to protect their privacy and the privacy of others.\u00a0 But before handing them a canned list of do\u2019s and don\u2019ts, here are some deeper questions to consider and maybe even discuss with the older ones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What does online privacy mean?<\/b> Many technology, legal and political groups have weighed in on what is or isn\u2019t considered private information, and many times these definitions don\u2019t perfectly line up (e.g. the\u00a0 NSA and Edward Snowden) which causes a lot of debate and confusion.\u00a0 But it\u2019s a great question to ask ourselves and our kids.\u00a0 Technology or privacy settings can never truly guarantee us privacy. \u00a0Laws can\u2019t either.\u00a0 Some exist to protect the information we collect on kids under 13, but kids aren\u2019t kids forever.\u00a0 It\u2019s never too early to talk about privacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What is proper online etiquette? <\/b>It\u2019s not uncommon to see a picture from an event or party you\u2019re attending to pop up on Instagram or Facebook almost a minute after it\u2019s taken. However, what is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/diane-gottsman\/social-media-etiquette_b_4548813.html\">proper etiquette<\/a> when your child is then tagged in this picture without their permission? \u00a0What is ok for your own kids to be posting of other people?\u00a0 Even with privacy settings that allow us to approve before someone posts our photo online, what are the societal norms on creating a digital footprint for someone other than ourselves?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>How should we handle young children\u2019s digital footprint? \u00a0<\/b>Protecting kids\u2019 privacy is an important topic that begins even before they are born.\u00a0 Snap-happy parents are often the originators of their kids\u2019 online presence.\u00a0 Starting a digital footprint for kids was a hot topic in 2013 \u2013 especially stemming from Amy Webb\u2019s \u00a0Slate article on setting up a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/data_mine_1\/2013\/09\/facebook_privacy_and_kids_don_t_post_photos_of_your_kids_online.html\">digital trust for her child<\/a> generating multiple responses including claims that posting photos of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/09\/04\/posting_pictures_of_my_kid_on_facebook_does_not_make_me_a_bad_parent\/\">kids on Facebook<\/a> is not bad parenting. \u00a0More importantly, how do we talk to kids about their <a href=\"http:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2013\/09\/06\/should-parents-post-pictures-of-their-kids-on-facebook\/\">online reputation<\/a>?\u00a0 What does it look like when we hand-off creating a digital presence from ourselves to our kids? \u00a0How might they feel about the footprint we\u2019ve created already?\u00a0 Have we set a great example for them when they take it over?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Who does or should have control of our kids\u2019 online data? <\/b>Today, schools, employers, parents and companies are accessing information about us constantly. From a retailer sending relevant <a href=\"http:\/\/streetfightmag.com\/2013\/07\/30\/8-tools-for-the-in-store-delivery-of-mobile-coupons-2\/\">coupons to your phone<\/a> based on your GPS location to schools that hire firms to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/09\/14\/us\/california-schools-monitor-social-media\/\">monitor student\u2019s social media profiles,<\/a> we should be very aware of who has control of our online data and what they are doing with it.\u00a0 This is an area we have to be very actively involved in as technologies and the rules governing them are constantly in flux.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>How will legislation change privacy? <\/b>This year we will see a lot of bills designed to address privacy, especially following an American awareness of the existence of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/7\/17\/4517480\/nsa-spying-prism-surveillance-cheat-sheet\">PRISM<\/a>.<b> \u00a0<\/b>For the younger generation, we will see the effects of both the revival of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/news\/technology\/markey-barton-bring-back-do-not-track-kids-bill-153860\">Do Not Track Kids Bill<\/a> which extends digital privacy protections to kids ages 13-15. \u00a0We\u2019ll also feel the impact of the updates last July to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/media-resources\/protecting-consumer-privacy\/kids-privacy-coppa\">COPPA<\/a>, requiring changes to the information and means by which devices and apps collect data on kids under 13.\u00a0 On the latter, it\u2019s been a bumpy road so far \u2013 see my recent post on my family\u2019s experience with the <a href=\"\/internet-safety\/day1with_xboxone_for_parents\">Xbox One<\/a>. \u00a0Which laws are actually protecting our children? And which countries can we look to as an example of what to do or <a href=\"\/internet-safety\/why-the-uk-online-content-ban-will-hurt-not-help-our-kids\">what not to do<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These questions are by no means easy ones to answer, but they do trigger great discussion and can help us develop a critical lens for viewing online privacy.\u00a0 It\u2019s our responsibility to keep asking them and educating ourselves on how we are answering them as a society over time, and pass this knowledge on to our kids.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d love to hear your thoughts this Data Privacy Day or any day by tweeting at @TrendISKF or commenting below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Data Privacy Day, an annual event that encourages everyone to understand how to protect privacy online.  While it\u2019s an important day, every day is an opportunity for educators and parents to talk to kids about the best ways to behave, share, or click online to protect their privacy and the privacy of others.  <\/p>\n<p>But before handing them a canned list of do\u2019s and don\u2019ts, here are some deeper questions to consider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[107,29,13,44,8,47,35,6,16,5,37,11,39,48,66,25,10,57,28,88,12,82,21,67,40],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-parents","category-for-teachers","tag-dpd2014","tag-anti-bullying-laws","tag-cell-phones","tag-coppa","tag-digital-citizenship","tag-digital-literacy","tag-do-not-track-list","tag-education","tag-facebook","tag-internet-safety","tag-internet-watch-foundation","tag-kids","tag-kinect","tag-media-literacy","tag-mobile","tag-online-privacy","tag-online-safety","tag-parents","tag-right-to-privacy","tag-social-media","tag-social-networking","tag-social-networks","tag-teens","tag-twitter","tag-xbox","wpautop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}