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<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Candidate: <span class="x_x_outlook-search-highlight" style="color:rgb(7,7,6)">Van</span> <span class="x_x_outlook-search-highlight" style="color:rgb(7,7,6)">Tran</span></div>
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<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Date: Tuesday, May 07, 2024</div>
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<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Time: 2 pm CT</div>
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<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Location: JCL 356</div>
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<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Title: Measuring Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act Over Space and Time</div>
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<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Abstract: The widespread sharing of consumers’ personal information with</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">third parties raises significant privacy concerns. The California</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) mandates that online businesses</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">offer consumers the ability to opt out of the sale and sharing of</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">personal information. Our study automatically tracks the presence</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">of the opt-out link longitudinally across multiple states after the</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) went into effect. We cate-</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">gorize websites based on whether they are subject to CCPA and</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">investigate cases of potential non-compliance. We find a number</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">of websites that implement the opt-out link early and across all</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">examined states but also find a significant number of CCPA-subject</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">websites that fail to offer any opt-out methods even when CCPA is</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">in effect. Our findings can shed light on how websites are reacting</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">to the CCPA and identify potential gaps in compliance and opt-</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">out method designs that hinder consumers from exercising CCPA</div>
<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">opt-out rights.</div>
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<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Advisors: Nick Feamster</div>
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<div class="" style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri; font-size:16px">Committee Members: Marshini Chetty, Nick Feamster, and Lior Strahilevitz</div>
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