“Internet Privacy after CCPA”
Location: 177 Huntington Ave, conference room 503
Abstract: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the subsequent California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) were designed to enhance Internet privacy by giving consumers more control of their personal information and by imposing data protection requirements on corporations. In this talk, I will describe work my group has done to empirically measure the impact California’s privacy laws through a combination of measurement studies and user studies. I will also discuss possible directions forward at the intersection of computer science and law.
Bio: Eleanor Birrell is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Pomona College, and she is currently Visiting Faculty at Northeastern University for the Fall 2025 semester. Her current research focuses primarily on human-centered security and privacy, with a focus on new approaches to understanding, expressing, and enforcing security and privacy. Prior to joining Pomona College, Professor Birrell received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University and a B.A. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Harvard University.