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H Simon is a leading researcher in child-computer interaction and digital privacy, with a focus on how young children understand and navigate data processing and online risks. Their major contribution lies in uncovering the developmental and social dimensions of children’s privacy conceptualizations, particularly through qualitative, child-centered methodologies. In their most-cited work, a 2021 study with 43 citations, Simon conducted in-depth interviews with 26 children aged 4 to 10 from educationally advantaged families, revealing how children’s perceptions of privacy are shaped by gender stereotypes, tangible design cues, and their emerging understanding of data flows. This research challenges adult-centric assumptions about digital literacy and provides critical insights for designing age-appropriate privacy education and safer technologies. Simon’s work has been influential in shaping policy discussions around children’s digital rights and has been cited by scholars in human-computer interaction, developmental psychology, and media studies. By centering children’s voices, Simon has advanced a more nuanced, empirically grounded understanding of privacy that respects children as active, interpretive agents in an increasingly datafied world.
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