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<p>Many parents (over)share personal details regarding their children in social media without thinking that this can negatively affect the wellbeing of their child and put him/her at risk. Furthermore, parents forget that they are not owners of their children’s data but just the legal representatives of the child with an obligation to act only for the best interests of the child. A child’s right to privacy and the protection of his/her data is regulated in international, EU and national level, however, this is not enough to avoid malpractice of the data of a child. This article analyses social media dangers and whether parental actions result in privacy and online safety violations focusing on legal regulations and their interpretations in international, EU and national level exploring child’s right to privacy, consent of the child and the right to be forgotten.</p>
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Many parents (over)share personal details regarding their children in social media without thinking that this can negatively affect the wellbeing of their child and put him/her at risk. Furthermore, parents forget that they are not owners of their children’s data but just the legal representatives of the child with an obligation to act only for the best interests of the child. A child’s right to privacy and the protection of his/her data is regulated in international, EU and national level, however, this is not enough to avoid malpractice of the data of a child. This article analyses social media dangers and whether parental actions result in privacy and online safety violations focusing on legal regulations and their interpretations in international, EU and national level exploring child’s right to privacy, consent of the child and the right to be forgotten.

Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents

School of Business and Governance, Department of Law

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

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Many parents (over)share personal details regarding their children in social media without thinking that this can negatively affect the wellbeing of their...

Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents

Published Online: Mar 17, 2022

Page range: 101 - 122

Received: Mar 29, 2021

Accepted: Dec 30, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2021-0012

Keywords
Child and social media, child’s rights, data protection, oversharing personal data, parental responsibility, right to be forgotten

© 2021 Anna-Maria Iskül et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Child Right to Privacy and Social Media – Personal Information Oversharing Parents

Published Online: Mar 17, 2022

Page range: 101 - 122

Received: Mar 29, 2021

Accepted: Dec 30, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2021-0012

KeywordsChild and social media, child’s rights, data protection, oversharing personal data, parental responsibility, right to be forgotten

© 2021 Anna-Maria Iskül et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Child and social media, child’s rights, data protection, oversharing personal data, parental responsibility, right to be forgotten