NATIONAL COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY CHILD CARE ORGANISATIONS
Publisher:
National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations
Publication year:
2006
Pagination:
8p.
Place of publication:
London
The consultation paper sets out the Government's proposals for improving transparency and privacy in the family courts. The Government is seeking views on the proposals which would mark a major change in the way family courts conduct their business, and a major step towards the dual objective of confidence and confidentiality.
The consultation paper sets out the Government's proposals for improving transparency and privacy in the family courts. The Government is seeking views on the proposals which would mark a major change in the way family courts conduct their business, and a major step towards the dual objective of confidence and confidentiality.
Subject terms:
privacy, children, confidentiality, Family Courts;
Sexual Abuse a Journal of Research and Treatment, 32(4), 2020, p.476–49.
Publisher:
Sage
... current implementation. However, as opposed to respondents in the United States, U.K. respondents were also open to the idea of providing a degree of privacy to convicted sex offenders and were more tolerant of sexual offenders living near them. Finally, age, race, and parental status of the respondents were found to be statistically significant predictors among four identified dependent variables
(Publisher abstract)
Within both the United States and the United Kingdom, laws have been implemented that govern the behavior of individuals convicted of certain sexually based offenses. Thus, research has naturally gravitated toward examining the public perceptions of these laws. Although both the United States and United Kingdom have laws regarding convicted sex offenders, and although these laws vary, research into the perceptions of these laws has largely been concentrated within the United States. The current study seeks to fill this gap through a survey of U.K. residents that assesses their perceptions of the implementation of Sarah’s Law. Respondents were gathered through convenience sampling methods in both Bristol and London, England (n = 140). Overall, respondents were fairly supportive of Sarah’s Law and its current implementation. However, as opposed to respondents in the United States, U.K. respondents were also open to the idea of providing a degree of privacy to convicted sex offenders and were more tolerant of sexual offenders living near them. Finally, age, race, and parental status of the respondents were found to be statistically significant predictors among four identified dependent variables testing support of the law. Implications from these results are discussed, and a direction for future comparative research is highlighted.
(Publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
sex offenders registers, offenders, public opinion, privacy, law;
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 41(4), 2019, pp.491-494.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
Lifelong anonymity orders are rare in the UK. The most well-known cases are lifelong anonymity orders issued to protect adults who committed crimes as children. The Courts continue to experience challenges when dealing with how best to protect those who are the subject of intense and prolonged media reporting. These challenges have taken on a new form in the digital age and for family lawyers there are now important questions about the practicalities of upholding anonymity orders in the era of social media and rapidly developing technologies. Policymakers need to sensitively explore the ways in which policy, practice and regulation of social media platforms and their content can fully guarantee that lifelong anonymity orders are upheld, in order to ensure the safety, protection and well-being of those who have been granted them.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Lifelong anonymity orders are rare in the UK. The most well-known cases are lifelong anonymity orders issued to protect adults who committed crimes as children. The Courts continue to experience challenges when dealing with how best to protect those who are the subject of intense and prolonged media reporting. These challenges have taken on a new form in the digital age and for family lawyers there are now important questions about the practicalities of upholding anonymity orders in the era of social media and rapidly developing technologies. Policymakers need to sensitively explore the ways in which policy, practice and regulation of social media platforms and their content can fully guarantee that lifelong anonymity orders are upheld, in order to ensure the safety, protection and well-being of those who have been granted them.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
social media, privacy, rights, adults, digital technology;
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27(6), April 2012, pp.1155-1175.
Publisher:
Sage
Nondisclosure and delays in disclosure of child sexual abuse are of particular concern in the field of child protection. The aim of this study was to investigate the process of how children tell of their experiences of child sexual abuse from the perspectives of the young people and their parents. The study is based on semistructured interviews with 22 young people in Ireland, 16 girls and 6 boys, ranging in age from 8 years to 18 years as part of a larger study exploring disclosure experiences. A theoretical model was developed that conceptualises the process of disclosure as one of containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Three key dynamics were identified: the active withholding of the secret on the part of the child; the experience of a ‘pressure cooker effect’ reflecting a conflict between the wish to tell and the wish to keep the secret; and the confiding itself which often occurs in the context of an intimacy being shared. The findings support the position that children’s experiences of disclosure are multidetermined, and suggest the need for multifaceted and multisystemic approaches to prevention and intervention. The need for the secret to be contained, individually and interpersonally in appropriate safeguarding and therapeutic contexts needs to be respected in helping children tell.
Nondisclosure and delays in disclosure of child sexual abuse are of particular concern in the field of child protection. The aim of this study was to investigate the process of how children tell of their experiences of child sexual abuse from the perspectives of the young people and their parents. The study is based on semistructured interviews with 22 young people in Ireland, 16 girls and 6 boys, ranging in age from 8 years to 18 years as part of a larger study exploring disclosure experiences. A theoretical model was developed that conceptualises the process of disclosure as one of containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Three key dynamics were identified: the active withholding of the secret on the part of the child; the experience of a ‘pressure cooker effect’ reflecting a conflict between the wish to tell and the wish to keep the secret; and the confiding itself which often occurs in the context of an intimacy being shared. The findings support the position that children’s experiences of disclosure are multidetermined, and suggest the need for multifaceted and multisystemic approaches to prevention and intervention. The need for the secret to be contained, individually and interpersonally in appropriate safeguarding and therapeutic contexts needs to be respected in helping children tell.
Subject terms:
parents, privacy, child protection, child sexual abuse, disclosure;
The purpose of this study was to develop a privacy framework that could inform the development, adoption, and use of home-based technologies for older adults. A five-part privacy framework was developed and then tested through a qualitative exploration of older adults’ perceptions. Focus-group sessions were conducted with 64 community-dwelling older adults. Transcriptions were analyzed using a grounded-theory approach. Participants’ concerns about privacy were more contextualized than the previously defined framework. Factors that influenced perceptions of privacy were identified as perceived usefulness, the importance of social relationships, data granularity, and the sensitivity of activities. Data analysis and gerontological theory was then used to develop a new framework. It is concluded
The purpose of this study was to develop a privacy framework that could inform the development, adoption, and use of home-based technologies for older adults. A five-part privacy framework was developed and then tested through a qualitative exploration of older adults’ perceptions. Focus-group sessions were conducted with 64 community-dwelling older adults. Transcriptions were analyzed using a grounded-theory approach. Participants’ concerns about privacy were more contextualized than the previously defined framework. Factors that influenced perceptions of privacy were identified as perceived usefulness, the importance of social relationships, data granularity, and the sensitivity of activities. Data analysis and gerontological theory was then used to develop a new framework. It is concluded that older people's perception of risk that may be less than actual risk, and that technologies should enable user-centered transparent data control.
Children and Society, 24(6), November 2010, pp.449-460.
Publisher:
Wiley
In Korea, there has been an explosion of children-exclusive websites, and they play a big role in granting purchasing power to children. This study discusses privacy risk factors when commercial web sites target primary school children in Korea. Specifically, the study examined the types of personal information required for membership subscriptions and whether privacy policies at commercial sites for children abide by privacy guidelines. A total of 159 commercial sites targeting children were selected for content analysis. The findings showed that most sites provided a mailing service for children. Critical problems in parental consent procedures also were found. Privacy policies at sites frequently omitted important principles, such as the specific purpose for the information being collected or protection of personal information. The paper concludes with general suggestions to protect child privacy for online marketers targeting children and for parents.
In Korea, there has been an explosion of children-exclusive websites, and they play a big role in granting purchasing power to children. This study discusses privacy risk factors when commercial web sites target primary school children in Korea. Specifically, the study examined the types of personal information required for membership subscriptions and whether privacy policies at commercial sites for children abide by privacy guidelines. A total of 159 commercial sites targeting children were selected for content analysis. The findings showed that most sites provided a mailing service for children. Critical problems in parental consent procedures also were found. Privacy policies at sites frequently omitted important principles, such as the specific purpose for the information being collected or protection of personal information. The paper concludes with general suggestions to protect child privacy for online marketers targeting children and for parents.
Subject terms:
internet, marketing, privacy, children, data collection;
... cognitive and linguistic ability to be able to participate and varying continence needs. The responses are disused in terms of defining dignity, coping strategies, professional care, communication, personal care, choice and privacy. The views provide evidence of user perceptions of continence services and their preferences; the emphasis being on sensitivity, timeliness, loss of self worth and good
The overall objectives of this two year project were to identify and validate person-centred attributes of dignity in relation to continence, to develop reflective guidelines for the provision of dignified care in this setting and to produce recommendations for best practice. Phase one of the three part study reported here examines attributes of dignified bladder and bowel care using a literature search and interviews with older people in nursing homes and hospitals. The literature search focused on three main areas, dignity and older people, dignity and continence, and dignity and care. This revealed that knowledge is limited to broad descriptions of the pathways care should take to achieve dignity; little is understood about how dignified care can actually be undertaken and achieved, particularly from a user perspective. Qualitative research then explored what dignified care meant to older people. Residents of two nursing homes and patients in an acute hospital setting were included from London and Kent (two contrasting areas in terms of socio-economic profiles and healthcare provision). Thirty three interviews were achieved. Those included were aged over 65 years, had sufficient cognitive and linguistic ability to be able to participate and varying continence needs. The responses are disused in terms of defining dignity, coping strategies, professional care, communication, personal care, choice and privacy. The views provide evidence of user perceptions of continence services and their preferences; the emphasis being on sensitivity, timeliness, loss of self worth and good communication.
Subject terms:
incontinence, person-centred care, privacy, user views, dignity;
Handling personal and often sensitive information is central to daily practice in social and health services. However, the increasing emphasis on multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working required for effective, joined-up services presents new challenges and dilemmas in preserving citizens' rights to privacy This book examines key philosophical, ethical and legal issues in the area of privacy
Handling personal and often sensitive information is central to daily practice in social and health services. However, the increasing emphasis on multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working required for effective, joined-up services presents new challenges and dilemmas in preserving citizens' rights to privacy This book examines key philosophical, ethical and legal issues in the area of privacy and confidentiality and explores their implications for policy and practice. ,Offering a range of analytical frameworks the book focuses on different practice areas, including health and social care, children's services and criminal justice. The contributors from disciplines including law, philosophy, anthropology and the personal service professions bring their direct personal experience of working to create new systems and practices in a turbulent policy environment. The book provides a synoptic multi-disciplinary view of this increasingly challenging area where technological development, civil liberties, surveillance, health and welfare become inexorably intertwined. The book will be of key interest to professionals, managers, policy makers and academics in the health and personal social services. Students of social work, probation, medicine, nursing and professions allied to medicine will find a common multidisciplinary framework for their respective professional concerns to protect the interests and promote the wellbeing of clients, their families and the wider community.
Subject terms:
privacy, social care staff, access to information, confidentiality, health care;
Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(4), July 2008, pp.337-346.
Publisher:
Wiley
... of technology, such as safety alarms, are used at home. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of elderly persons through testing a mobile safety alarm and their reasoning about safety, privacy and mobility. The mobile safety alarm tested was a prototype in development. Five elderly persons with functional limitations and four healthy elderly persons from a pensioners' organisation tested are more important than privacy" emerged. The mobile safety alarm was perceived to offer an increased opportunity for mobility in terms of being more active and as an aid for self-determination. The fact that the informants were located by means of the positioning device was not experienced as violating privacy as long as they could decide how to use the alarm. It was concluded that this mobile safety alarm was experienced as a tool to be active and mobile. As a way to keep self-determination and empowerment, the individual has to make a "cost–benefit" analysis where privacy is sacrificed to the benefit of mobility and safety. The participants were actively contributing to the development process.
The demographic development indicates an increased elderly population in Sweden in the future. One of the greatest challenges for a society with an ageing population is to provide high-quality health and social care. New information and communication technology and services can be used to further improve health care. To enable elderly persons to stay at home as long as possible, various kinds of technology, such as safety alarms, are used at home. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of elderly persons through testing a mobile safety alarm and their reasoning about safety, privacy and mobility. The mobile safety alarm tested was a prototype in development. Five elderly persons with functional limitations and four healthy elderly persons from a pensioners' organisation tested the alarm. The mobile alarm with a drop sensor and a positioning device was tested for six weeks. This intervention was evaluated with qualitative interviews, and analysed with latent content analysis. The result showed four main categories: feeling safe, being positioned and supervised, being mobile, and reflecting on new technology. From these categories, the overarching category "Safety and mobility are more important than privacy" emerged. The mobile safety alarm was perceived to offer an increased opportunity for mobility in terms of being more active and as an aid for self-determination. The fact that the informants were located by means of the positioning device was not experienced as violating privacy as long as they could decide how to use the alarm. It was concluded that this mobile safety alarm was experienced as a tool to be active and mobile. As a way to keep self-determination and empowerment, the individual has to make a "cost–benefit" analysis where privacy is sacrificed to the benefit of mobility and safety. The participants were actively contributing to the development process.
Subject terms:
information technology, mobility, older people, privacy, alarm systems;
Young Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 16(1), February 2008, pp.26-47.
Publisher:
Sage
This article considers the increasing importance of personal, individualized spaces in the lives and identities of young people through a comparative examination of the contemporary use of the physical space of the bedroom and the ‘virtual’ territory of the online journal. Particularly popular among those in their teens and early twenties, online journals constitute an interactive form of web log whose content tends to be dominated by reflections upon the everyday experiences, thought and emotions of their individual owner. The authors propose here that such online journals often take on for their users the symbolic and practical properties of individually owned and controlled space — something we illustrate through a comparison with young people's uses of the primary, individual-centred, physical space in their lives — the bedroom. This discussion is informed by research by each of the authors, on young people's bedrooms and on the use of online journals respectively. The article identifies and explores understandings and functions of these two spaces for young people, identifying a number of apparent similarities in their use. Through doing so, we illustrate the potential value of the bedroom as a prism through which to understand online journal use at the same time as helping to illuminate the general significance of personal space to the lives and identities of contemporary young people.
This article considers the increasing importance of personal, individualized spaces in the lives and identities of young people through a comparative examination of the contemporary use of the physical space of the bedroom and the ‘virtual’ territory of the online journal. Particularly popular among those in their teens and early twenties, online journals constitute an interactive form of web log whose content tends to be dominated by reflections upon the everyday experiences, thought and emotions of their individual owner. The authors propose here that such online journals often take on for their users the symbolic and practical properties of individually owned and controlled space — something we illustrate through a comparison with young people's uses of the primary, individual-centred, physical space in their lives — the bedroom. This discussion is informed by research by each of the authors, on young people's bedrooms and on the use of online journals respectively. The article identifies and explores understandings and functions of these two spaces for young people, identifying a number of apparent similarities in their use. Through doing so, we illustrate the potential value of the bedroom as a prism through which to understand online journal use at the same time as helping to illuminate the general significance of personal space to the lives and identities of contemporary young people.
Subject terms:
internet, privacy, self-concept, young people, access to information;