CyLab Seminar - Florian Schaub
October 5, 2026 12:00PM—1:00PM
Location:
In Person and Virtual - ET
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Panther Hollow Conference Room, Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center 4105 and Zoom
Speaker:
FLORIAN SCHAUB,
Associate Professor of Information, School of Information,and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering University of Mighigan
https://www.si.umich.edu/people/florian-schaub
Around the world, data protection and privacy laws are proliferating as policymakers seek to protect consumers from harms arising in a data ecosystem fueled by the extensive collection, use, and sale of personal information. Yet these laws often fail to produce meaningful improvements in consumers' privacy in practice.
Dr. Schaub’s research investigates how public policy and legal requirements affect consumers’ privacy in practice. His empirical findings show that privacy notices rarely provide meaningful transparency into companies’ data practices; cookie banners do not support informed consent; despite the availability of privacy rights and controls, consumers often permit more data collection and third-party sharing than they expect; and effective identity-theft protections, such as credit freezes, continue to have low adoption rates.
In this talk, Dr. Schaub will discuss his group’s empirical research on these issues and identify factors that create and sustain the privacy policy–practice gap. He will also discuss how human-centered privacy design and research-informed policymaking can help turn formal rights and requirements into effective protections for consumers.
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Dr. Florian Schaub is an associate professor of information and of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. His interdisciplinary research spans privacy, human-computer interaction, emerging technologies, and public policy. He studies people’s privacy decision-making and behavior, investigates the privacy implications of emerging technologies, and develops human-centered privacy and security solutions that help people better manage their privacy. Dr. Schaub holds a PhD in computer science from Ulm University and was a postdoctoral fellow in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. His research has been recognized with the 2019 Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies and with best paper awards at leading conferences in human-computer interaction and cybersecurity, including ACM CHI, USENIX Security, ACM CCS, and SOUPS. He is an ACM Distinguished Member and a DARPA Young Faculty Award recipient. His research has influenced industry practice and public policy, including rulemaking for the California Consumer Privacy Act.
In Person and Zoom Participation. See announcement.
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