| Due to the unique vulnerability,children’s privacy in cyberspace is more vulnerable to the threats from corporations.First of all,children are often the first pioneers to explore and experience new network equipment,services and content.Before adults are aware of or formulate measures to mitigate risks,they have already encountered the threat of online privacy.Secondly,although children are very familiar with network equipment and services and actively try them out,compared with adults,they do not understand the short-term and long-term risks involved in various network activities.Finally,children are not only important consumers now and in the future,but also can influence the consumption decisions of their peers and family members.The possibility of understanding customers precisely and attracting them brought by children’s online privacy makes them one of the important sources of corporation.In this context,the issue of corporate human rights responsibility for children’s online privacy has been raised.This article uses legal hermeneutics research methods,comparative research methods,case analysis methods,and historical research methods to study the corporate human rights responsibilities of children’s online privacy.By analyzing how corporations threaten children’s right to privacy on the Internet,the harm and the formation of consensus,it explains that there is a need for corporate human rights responsibility in the protection of children’s privacy.Through exploring the existing rules of corporate human rights responsibility in children’s online privacy,based on international human rights law,it clarifies and analyzes the problems in the existing rules.On the basis of above,suggestions are made on the improvement of the content of corporate human rights responsibilities.This article believes that the development of technology in cyberspace blurs the boundary between traditional public and private spaces,causing a crisis of personal privacy.Corporations are one of the main threats to online privacy.Children suffer more serious violations due to insufficient understanding and ability,strong curiosity,and the dual status of consumers and influencers,so their rights are negatively affected in the short and long term.Because of their status as market players,social players,and political players,corporations have the human rights responsibility of respecting and supporting children’s rights.Their responsibility are reflected in international,regional,national legislation and industry self-discipline.However,in specific rules and practices,the content of corporate human rights responsibility is lack of systematic rules for children’s online privacy,proper assessment of children’s abilities,emphasis on children’s online privacy literacy.The deeper causes are misunderstanding of the content and scope of corporate human rights responsibilities,the balance between guardian and children’s rights,differences in children’s abilities,and the importance of children’s participation and development.Therefore,the content of corporate human rights responsibilities should be improved on the basis of clarifying the above issues.According to the international human rights law,corporations have the responsibility to respect and support children’s rights.In cyberspace,the basic corporate human rights responsibility of respecting children’s online privacy is implementing children’s online privacy impact assessment,a detailed guardian informed consent system,and the realization of special protection for children in the default settings and design of online privacy.Voluntary corporate human rights responsibilities for supporting children’s online privacy,including providing technical solutions for the transformation of children’s education methods,and providing online privacy education for children,guardians,educators and other responsible subjects.The innovation of this article is to focus on corporate human rights responsibilities to children’s right to online privacy,and focus on the characteristics of children’s rights and the protection of specific groups.Among the existing ones,the research on children’s right to online privacy focuses on specific systems or comparative law.There is few article from the perspective of corporate human rights responsibility,and there is insufficient attention to children’s rights.This article intends to analyze and make suggestions on the existing rules of corporate human rights responsibility in children’s online privacy on the basis of international human rights law. |
