Tsudik’s Group uncovers data brokers’ CCPA compliance issues ProperData researchers at the University of California, Irvine recently investigated US data brokers’ compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and found a pattern of noncompliance with the CCPA’s requirements regarding consumer requests to access and/or delete personal information. The research team is led by Prof....Continue Reading ProperData researchers uncover data brokers’ CCPA compliance issues| Proper Data
ProperData students awarded fellowships Olivia Figueira and Ismat Jarin were recently awarded competitive fellowships for the AY 2025-26 (see below). Both are ProperData members, CS PhD candidates at UC Irvine, and active members of the WiCys chapter at UCI. Congratulations to Olivia and Ismat! Olivia Figueira was awarded the Steckler Family Endowed Fellowship for 2025-2026 by the...Continue Reading ProperData students awarded fellowships| Proper Data
Strong ProperData presence at PETS 2025 ProperData had a strong presence at this year’s 25th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS), which took place July 14–19, 2025, in Washington, DC. PETS is a flagship annual event for the privacy community: it “brings together privacy experts from around the world to discuss recent advances and new perspectives...Continue Reading Strong ProperData presence at PETS 2025| Proper Data
Policy-Relevant Privacy Research (PR2) Workshop at PETS 2025| Proper Data
Feb 7: Alan Mislove on “What I Learned at the White House, or, the Importance of Measurement Researchers Engaging with Policy” Join us on Friday Feb 7th as Alan Mislove presents “What I Learned at the White House, or, the Importance of Measurement Researchers Engaging with Policy”. This seminar will be virtual. To join on...Continue Reading Feb 7: Alan Mislove on “What I Learned at the White House, or, the Importance of Measurement Researchers Engaging with Policy”| Proper Data
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 ...| Proper Data
Dec 6: Emily Wenger on “Reclaiming Data Agency in the Age of Ubiquitous Machine Learning” Join us on Friday Dec 6th as Emily Wenger presents “Reclaiming Data Agency in the Age of Ubiquitous Machine Learning”. This seminar will be virtual. To join on zoom, you will be required to register. For full seminar details, zoom...Continue Reading Dec 6: Emily Wenger on “Reclaiming Data Agency in the Age of Ubiquitous Machine Learning”| Proper Data
Choffnes on Why It Feels Like Your Phone is Listening to You Feel like your phone is listening to your conversations? Turns out, it’s not that simple. David Choffnes (Northeastern) & collaborators analyzed 9,000 apps, checking for unauthorized mic and camera use. The verdict? No evidence of eavesdropping —but the data you do share daily...Continue Reading Choffnes on Why It Feels Like Your Phone is Listening to You| Proper Data
Javad Dogani‘s ongoing research pursuits include the development of federated learning models customized to the specific requirements of distributed platforms, such as those employed in edge and fog computing. Javad received his M.Sc. degree in software engineering from Shiraz University in 2012 and completed his Ph.D. in software engineering from the same university in 2023....Continue Reading Javad Dogani| Proper Data
DiffAudit awarded Best Student Paper at IMC 2024 Congratulations to Olivia Figueira and collaborators, Rahmadi Trimananda, Athina Markopoulou, and Scott Jordan (UCI), for being awarded the Best Student Paper Award at the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) 2024, which took place in Nov. 2024 in Madrid, Spain, for “DiffAudit: Auditing Privacy Practices of Online Services...Continue Reading DiffAudit awarded Best Student Paper at IMC 2024| Proper Data