DEFI a le plaisir de vous annoncer que nos collègues Grazia Cecere (IMT-BS), professeur, et Vincent Lefrère (IMT-BS), maître de conférences, viennent d’avoir l’acceptation de publication pour leur article :
“Privacy and Platform Governance: The Case of Apps For Young Children.”
dans la revue Academy of Management Perspectives.
This article analyzes global platform governance regulating apps distributed to children. We focus on the determinants influencing app developers to opt in to Google’s “Designed for Families” program aimed at promoting children’s privacy. This program requires compliance with U.S. privacy regulations related to children. We empirically analyze the special subset of children’s apps. Our results indicate that a lower level of data collection is likely to increase the likelihood of a developer to opt in to the program. Apps inside the program tend to show better performance in terms of user engagement while having a greater propensity to adopt freemium business models. In terms of policy implications, consumer protections may be more effectively enhanced by influencing global digital platform governance toward children rather than altering the regulatory regime within a single country.
L’article est co-écrit avec
- Le Guel, F. (University of Paris-Saclay, RITM),
- Tucker, C. (MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology),
- Yin, P-L. (Marshall School of Business, Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Southern California).
Published Online : 2 April 2025.