Young Canadians Speak Out: A Qualitative Research Report on Privacy and Consent

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 31 Mar 2020.

Informed Youth Promote Clarity for All

It’s something we’ve all done before: scrolled past a wall of text to click “I Agree” with no idea what we’ve agreed to. Then, when we’re using the platform, messages like “We’ve made some changes to our Terms and Conditions” simply remind us that we probably didn’t read them in the first place. Our world is becoming more and more influenced by the data that’s being collected about us. For young people in particular, this can lead to serious and unexpected consequences that could affect their entire lives.

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Internet & Mobile, Privacy

Keeping up with kids in a wireless world

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 09 Mar 2020.

By Samantha McAleese, research associate at MediaSmarts and
David Fowler, vice-president, marketing and communications at CIRA.

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Digital Health, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Privacy, Social Networking

Getting paranoid about our smart speaker

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 27 Nov 2019.

The other day I was on the phone with my sister – our land line, not a cell phone – and I said to her, “You’re my person.” This is a well-known phrase from the TV show Grey’s Anatomy; Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang used to say it to each other to cement the closeness of their friendship.

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Cyber Security, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Privacy

Drawing the Privacy Line

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 14 Jun 2019.

I read an interesting Facebook post the other day, written by a teenaged girl. She said quite firmly that it was important for parents to not have their children’s passwords, for their phone or social media accounts. She talked about building trust and how insisting on knowing your kids’ passwords is the first step to them sneaking around online and getting involved in things you wish they wouldn’t.

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Cell Phones and Texting, Parents, Privacy

An Incident at School

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 24 May 2019.

I admit I was hoping to never get an email like this from the school:

“Some students in your child’s class have been involved in inappropriate online behaviour. Our Student Resource Officer will be doing a presentation on cyberbullying and leading a discussion about responsible actions on the internet. Please speak to your child about his/her activity online.”

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