Abstract While spending significant time on the Internet, children are often exposed to data disclosure requests from e-service providers. However, they are not always aware of the commercial value of their data, and they often struggle to understand the associated privacy risks. At the same time, scholars have stressed the importance of such knowledge in the adaptation of privacy-protective behavior. This study investigates how privacy literacy training can increase children's (aged 9–13 years) privacy literacy, influence their online disclosure behavior, and affect their privacy concern with regard to different levels of privacy costs (low versus high). Two online experiments (N = 214 and N = 366, respectively) showed that training enhances children's general understanding of data practices and helps children to better protect their privacy, including holding back and fabricating personal information, as well as to identify low privacy risks. The findings also suggested that enhanced privacy literacy evokes more negative brand responses. As one of the first studies to investigate disclosure behavior among young children, this study provides a more comprehensive understanding of how children cope with their online privacy and proposes important implications for policymakers and educators.

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知识作为隐私保护的策略：隐私素养培训如何影响儿童的在线披露行为

摘要 在 Internet 上花费大量时间时，儿童经常会受到来自电子服务提供商的数据披露请求。然而，他们并不总是意识到他们数据的商业价值，他们往往难以理解相关的隐私风险。同时，学者们强调了此类知识在适应隐私保护行为中的重要性。本研究调查隐私素养培训如何提高儿童（9-13 岁）的隐私素养，影响他们的在线披露行为，并影响他们对不同隐私成本水平（低与高）的隐私关注。两个在线实验（分别为 N = 214 和 N = 366）表明，培训可以提高儿童的 对数据实践的一般理解，帮助儿童更好地保护他们的隐私，包括保留和伪造个人信息，以及识别低隐私风险。调查结果还表明，增强的隐私素养会引起更多的负面品牌反应。作为最早调查幼儿披露行为的研究之一，这项研究提供了对儿童如何应对其在线隐私的更全面的了解，并为政策制定者和教育者提出了重要意义。