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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

OECD cites multiple Frontier work in Dark Commercial Patterns report

The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) recently published a report on “Dark Commerical Patterns” in which multiple Frontier works were cited. We are happy to see the lasting impact that the dark patterns work lead by NEU graduate student Johanna Gunawan, with PIs David Choffnes (NEU) and Woodrow Hartzog (Boston), continues to make…Continue Reading OECD cites multiple Frontier work in Dark Commercial Patterns report