The Global Consumer Technology Use and Security study was conducted by Trend Micro Incorporated in seven countries across the globe.
The survey questioned 1,419 parents from Australia, Brazil, France, India, Japan, the UK and the US and found that parents overall the world are concerned about the security issues of children using internet.
While 56 percent of U.K. parents surveyed believe the Internet is safe for kids, 56 per cent of the kids surveyed have accounts in social networking sites.
The survey also found that 47 per cent of the Indian parents monitor their child’s activities online atleast once in every week.
More than half of the parents whose children use social networking are worried about their children’s privacy on these sites 'frequently' or 'all the time'. In India 51 percent are concerned about the privacy of their kids posing a similar situation.
Nearly half of the parents surveyed opined that there should be a minimum age limit of 13 years for having an account in a social networking site.
While the survey asked parents about smartphones and their kids, far fewer of those surveyed had actually purchased such a device for their children. Globally, about 17 per cent of parents have purchased a smartphone for their kids. This percentage is highest in Brazil at 27 per cent and lowest in Japan at 5 per cent.
