Category: Policy News

Policy-Relevant Privacy Research (PR2) Workshop at PETS 2025

Policy-Relevant Privacy Research (PR2) Workshop at PETS 2025 ProperData PIs, David Choffnes (Northeastern), Athina Markopoulou (UC Irvine), and Zubair Shafiq (UC Davis), co-organized the inaugural workshop Policy-Relevant Privacy Research (PR2), which took place on Monday, July 14, 2025, as part of the 25th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS), in Washington, DC. The goal was to…Continue Reading Policy-Relevant Privacy Research (PR2) Workshop at PETS 2025

Roundtable on commercial surveillance

Organizer: David Choffnes (Northeastern University) Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 On October 9, 2024, David Choffnes (Northeastern University) organized a roundtable with leading researchers on commercial surveillance. The one-hour event started with brief introductions, followed by an engaging discussion about topics ranging from web tracking, algorithmic targeting, AI (particularly generative AI), fingerprinting, YouTube recommendations, custom/lookalike…Continue Reading Roundtable on commercial surveillance

ProperData discusses latest on ad-filtering at AFDS 2023

Several proper data members presented the latest in ad filtering technologies and online privacy at this year’s Ad-Filtering Dev Summit in Amsterdam (and remotely) from October 4-5, 2023. Graduate student Pouneh Bahrami (UC Davis) presented on the privacy implications of cross-domain script interactions. ProperData UC Irvine Alum Hieu Le (postdoc, University of Michigan-Ann Arbour) presented…Continue Reading ProperData discusses latest on ad-filtering at AFDS 2023

Hartzog testifies on AI legislation

Co-PI, Woodrow Hartzog, provided testimony on the future of AI legislation in front of the Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on September 12, 2023. In his testimony, Professor Hartzog discusses the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and emphasizes the inadequacy of current industry-led policy approaches. While he acknowledges the importance…Continue Reading Hartzog testifies on AI legislation

Comments provided to FTC on Trade Regulation Rules on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

Comments provided to FTC on Trade Regulation Rules on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security ProperData members (BU, IMDEA, NU, Princeton, UCI, UC Davis, USC), along with collaborators across multiple institutions and several multi- and cross-disciplinary projects, including: the Center for Information Technology Policy (Princeton), Security and Privacy Lab (UW), and the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute…Continue Reading Comments provided to FTC on Trade Regulation Rules on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security