A “digital revolution” has introduced new privacy violations concerning access to information stored on electronic devices. The present two studies assessed how U.S. children ages 5–17 and adults (N = 416; 55% female; 67% white) evaluated those accessing digital information belonging to someone else, either location data (Study 1) or digital photos (Study 2). The trustworthiness of the tracker (Studies 1 and 2) and the privacy of the information (Study 2) were manipulated. At all ages, evaluations were more negative when the tracker was less trustworthy, and when information was private. However, younger children were substantially more positive overall about digital tracking than older participants. These results, yielding primarily medium-to-large effect sizes, suggest that with age, children increasingly appreciate digital privacy considerations.

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隐私和信任在儿童评估中的作用以及数字跟踪的解释

“数字革命”引入了新的隐私侵犯，涉及访问存储在电子设备上的信息。目前的两项研究评估了美国 5-17 岁儿童和成人 ( N = 416; 55% 女性；67% 的白人）评估了那些访问属于他人的数字信息的人，无论是位置数据（研究 1）还是数码照片（研究 2）。跟踪器的可信度（研究 1 和 2）和信息的隐私（研究 2）被操纵。在所有年龄段，当追踪者不那么值得信赖并且信息是私密的时，评价会更消极。然而，与年长的参与者相比，年幼的孩子对数字跟踪的总体态度要积极得多。这些结果主要产生中到大的影响大小，表明随着年龄的增长，儿童越来越重视数字隐私问题。