Ownership and Gatekeeping vs. Safeguarding and Consent: How Migrant Parents Navigate Child Data Management Complexities

Rui Huan; Marvin Ramokapane; Awais Rashid

doi:10.1109/SP61157.2025.00172

Ownership and Gatekeeping vs. Safeguarding and Consent: How Migrant Parents Navigate Child Data Management Complexities

Rui Huan^*, Marvin Ramokapane, Awais Rashid

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Parents pursuing opportunities abroad increasingly find themselves raising children in new cultural and legal environments. This responsibility extends to complying with unfamiliar regulations and safeguarding their children's data which is often complex and a challenging task. In this study, we examine how migrant parents perceive, manage, and safeguard data related to their children. Through interviews with 17 migrant parents and guardians in the UK, we uncover nuanced and evolving perspectives on data ownership and management. Migrant parents express significant concerns about losing control over data shared locally and with extended families abroad, with fears of misuse that could harm their children or jeopardize their immigration status. We discuss their data management strategies and approaches to navigating changing concepts of data ownership and consent. Our findings underscore the need for culturally sensitive support to help migrant families safeguard their children's data and highlight directions for future research into the complexities of cross-border data sharing and its implications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
Editors	Marina Blanton, William Enck, Cristina Nita-Rotaru
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	2209-2227
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3315-2236-0
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3315-2237-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SP61157.2025.00172
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2025
Event	46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy - Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, United States Duration: 12 May 2025 → 15 May 2025 https://sp2025.ieee-security.org/

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Name	IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Publisher	IEEE
Volume	2025
ISSN (Print)	1081-6011
ISSN (Electronic)	2375-1207

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Conference	46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Abbreviated title	SP 2025
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	12/05/25 → 15/05/25
Internet address	https://sp2025.ieee-security.org/

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Rashid, A. (Principal Investigator), Liveley, G. (Principal Investigator), Ramokapane, M. (Co-Investigator), Ajmeri, N. (Co-Investigator), Coles-Kemp, L. (Co-Investigator), Huan, R. (Researcher) & Patnaik, N. (Researcher)
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Huan, R., Ramokapane, M., & Rashid, A. (2025). Ownership and Gatekeeping vs. Safeguarding and Consent: How Migrant Parents Navigate Child Data Management Complexities. In M. Blanton, W. Enck, & C. Nita-Rotaru (Eds.), 2025 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP) (pp. 2209-2227). (IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy; Vol. 2025). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/SP61157.2025.00172

Huan, Rui ; Ramokapane, Marvin ; Rashid, Awais. / Ownership and Gatekeeping vs. Safeguarding and Consent : How Migrant Parents Navigate Child Data Management Complexities. 2025 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP). editor / Marina Blanton ; William Enck ; Cristina Nita-Rotaru. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025. pp. 2209-2227 (IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy).

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Huan, R , Ramokapane, M & Rashid, A 2025, Ownership and Gatekeeping vs. Safeguarding and Consent: How Migrant Parents Navigate Child Data Management Complexities. in M Blanton, W Enck & C Nita-Rotaru (eds), 2025 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP). IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, vol. 2025, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 2209-2227, 46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, United States, 12/05/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/SP61157.2025.00172

Ownership and Gatekeeping vs. Safeguarding and Consent: How Migrant Parents Navigate Child Data Management Complexities. / Huan, Rui ; Ramokapane, Marvin ; Rashid, Awais.
2025 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP). ed. / Marina Blanton; William Enck; Cristina Nita-Rotaru. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025. p. 2209-2227 (IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy; Vol. 2025).

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Huan R , Ramokapane M , Rashid A. Ownership and Gatekeeping vs. Safeguarding and Consent: How Migrant Parents Navigate Child Data Management Complexities. In Blanton M, Enck W, Nita-Rotaru C, editors, 2025 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2025. p. 2209-2227. (IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy). doi: 10.1109/SP61157.2025.00172

Ownership and Gatekeeping vs. Safeguarding and Consent: How Migrant Parents Navigate Child Data Management Complexities

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