Safeguarding Youth Privacy in an Era of Rapid Technological Progression
Keywords:
Youth Privacy, Rapid Technologies, Legal Provisions, Privacy-enhancing Technologies, Digital Personal Data Protection ActAbstract
The legal structure surrounding youth privacy must overcome tremendous obstacles to meet the pace of technological changes and to address a new threat to youths' privacy rights. The existing legislation Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) affords a degree of protection to the personal data of a young person. But these laws are not well-suited to deal with the complexities of digital surveillance, nor they are properly reflective of the importance of protecting youth privacy in a digital world, critics say. The aim of this paper is to explore the psychological, legal and technological aspects of youth privacy in the digital era. This paper aims to critically examine current policies, examine the implications of criminal law perspectives, the surveillance technologies and consider potential solutions, including digital literacy and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), to highlight insights and recommendations to better protect child/youth privacy in the rapidly evolving technological age.
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