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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

PIs to present at Beyond the FTC symposium

Beyond the FTC: The Future of Privacy Enforcement will bring together law and computer science scholars from across the country to identify and propose solutions to barriers that inhibit enforcement of privacy rights. The symposium is a collaboration between U of Iowa’s Innovation, Business and Law Center and Harvard’s Journal of Law and Technology. PIs…Continue Reading PIs to present at Beyond the FTC symposium