PhD Student  ·  Attorney at Law

Huzaifah Sehgal

When an intelligent system causes harm, who is to blame? He studies how the law’s frameworks of responsibility and privacy must evolve for a world shaped by AI.

About

Muhammad Huzaifah Naeem Sehgal (Huzaifah Sehgal) is a first-year PhD student in Informatics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Information Sciences, where he is advised by Professor Faye E. Jones of the University of Illinois College of Law. His research examines the impact of intelligent technologies on existing legal frameworks of responsibility and privacy.

He holds an LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Technology Law from the University of Illinois College of Law, awarded with High Honors, and an LL.B. from the University of London.

He is also an attorney, admitted in New York and Pakistan, with experience in intellectual property, technology transactions, data protection and arbitration across both jurisdictions, and holds the IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) credential.

Research interests
Algorithmic AccountabilityAI Liability & Blame AttributionNeurotechnology & Mental PrivacyComparative Data ProtectionAI Governance & RegulationAI & Copyright
Doctoral StudentPhD, InformaticsUniversity of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign
AttorneyNew York · PakistanAdmitted 2026 · 2023
Privacy ProfessionalCIPP/USInternational Association of Privacy Professionals