The legal changes bill in Israel and EU Adequacy

Eran Toch and Tomer Shadmy had written an overview of the possible challenges to the negotiations between Israel and the EU on data protection adequacy. You are welcome to read the report here (in Hebrew). An article about the overview on

New paper accepted to CHI

I’m proud that the community acknowledged Tamir Mendel’s work on the Meerkat App and social support. Our paper “Social Support for Mobile Security: Comparing Close Connections and Community Volunteers in a Field Experiment” was conditionally accepted to #CHI2023! Looking forward

Interview at 102FM with Gidi Gov about ChatGPT

It was much fun talking with the legendary Gidi Gov and Adi Lerner on 102 FM – Radio Tel Aviv about how I learned to stop worrying and love ChatGPT. Direct link to the interview (in Hebrew) here: https://summur.ai/aoHB8

Eran’s critical essay on Orly Lobel’s book, The Equality Machine

You are welcome to download Eran’s notes spoken in an event for the book, The Equality Machine by Orly Lobel. The notes, Can the Equality Machine Work?, in Hebrew, can be downloaded from here.

Interview in Walla! Education about ChatGPT and Academia

Eran was interviewed in a Walla! Education story about ChatGPT and Academia.    

Talking at the Bar Ilan conference on Challenges of Network Privacy

Eran will talk at the Bar Ilan conference on the Challenges of Network Privacy at the Department for Information Sciences. Eran will discuss: “The Externalities of Privacy Harms: Evidence from Contact Tracing Surveillance during the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

Lecture at the Technion Behavioral Data Science Symposium

Eran will give an invited talk at the Technion Behavioral Data Science Symposium on January 1, 2023. This full-day (10:00-18:00) symposium will bring together researchers from academia and industry who work on topics at the intersection of behavioral science and data