ABSTRACT
Despite the acknowledgment that life experiences influence understandings of and expectations for privacy, how privacy needs and expectations might change throughout life is not well interrogated. In an effort to highlight the importance of this line of inquiry, this chapter focuses on the intersection of online privacy with age and aging. It begins with an overview of important theories for understanding aging and privacy, including the life course perspective, socio-emotional selectivity theory, and the developmental theory of privacy. It then discusses research on how older adulthood intersects with technology and social media use, privacy attitudes and perceptions, and privacy-protecting behaviors. The chapter then concludes with a suggestion for future directions of research on this important topic.
