Personal data protection: are the GDPR objectives achieved amongst information and communication students?
Résumé
Since 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), European Union regulation, demands
transparency from companies and imposes new restrictions on data transfers (Botchorishvili,
2017).
The purpose of this article is to analyze the uses and representations of information and
communication science students regarding the RGPD and to compare it with that of students in
the education sciences. This article is in line with the research on the Privacy Paradox and brings
new elements of explanation thanks to the confrontation between two populations of students.
In this perspective, a questionnaire was sent out to information and communication students and
education sciences students. 70 students provided answers to 32 questions.
More than two-thirds of the respondents gave a correct definition of the GDPR. They also
believed that personal data protection was a key matter. So much considered that individuals
should know the reason behind data collection as well as its use. Information and
Communication students are more numerous to be convinced than Education Sciences students
that training individuals is necessary. Indeed, those studying information and communication
are more prone, thanks to their curriculum, to understand the issues of personal data protection.
Therefore, the students who a priori know the most are more aware of the need to improve their
knowledge through training. In general students had a fairly comprehensive view of the risks
when lacking data protection. However, students were very divided on data monetization : 15
believed it was legitimate while 23 had no opinion. Moreover, Information and Communication
students are much more likely to think that monetizing data is legitimate (13 over 54) compared
to 1 over 16 Education Science students.
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