Child Privacy Protection Online: How to Improve it Through Code and Self-Regulatory Tools

Personal Information Privacy Settings of Online Social Networks and Their Suitability for Mobile Internet Devices

“…These users are aware that people with less than honourable intentions can harm adults or children by misusing their personal information. A study conducted by Casarosa (2010) found that minors are interested in new technologies and the Internet, and can be contacted by strangers online asking to form a friendship. When a website publishes the personal information of a minor without giving the child's parents (or the child's guardian) the authority to select privacy options, potential predators can use some of the minor's personal information, such as a mobile phone number, to engage in sexual contact (Casarosa 2010).…”