College Students Privacy
Today’s College Students Care About Privacy — Despite Some of Their Online Actions
a new report from the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum, which analyzed recent research about young adults from the U.S., China, Germany and Japan.
a study from Indiana University detailed the fears college students have about and the ways they adapt to the fact that they may be photographed at any moment by friends, classmates or even strangers.
Another worry described in the Future of Privacy Forum report is about a type of digital harassment known as “doxxing,”
Many students are loath to share biometric information with colleges and are wary about tools like facial recognition software.
- Colleges should teach students about data privacy, ethics and digital literacy.
- Institutions including colleges should be more transparent about how and why they collect and use personal information.
- Researchers should pursue additional study about young adult attitudes and behaviors.