Images of Research: Hope for humanity
Mum, Dad, what about MY privacy?
Category: Hope for humanity
![A black and white image of a little girl with her face in her hands facing a tilted wall of words with a network of fine magenta lines joining them up. A black and white image of a little girl with her face in her hands facing a tilted wall of words with a network of fine magenta lines joining them up.](/media/1newwebsite/1imagesofresearch/entrypageimages/2023/xKaren_Renaud.png.pagespeed.ic.49nF5nwy9Z.png)
The forthcoming arrival and subsequent milestones of a child’s life are naturally celebrated and shared by many parents. However, by the time they reach 18, their entire life history is already out there, digitally recorded on a variety of platforms easily accessed by all. Referred to as "Sharenting", our research is exploring the bigger picture of children's privacy rights and its ever-increasing potential to enable identity theft.
Entrant: Karen Renaud , Computer and Information Sciences
Copyright: Karen Renaud
Funding: Scottish innovation Centre for Sensing
Collaborators: Chelsea Jarvie
Links
Entrant profile: https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/renaudkarendr/