What’s Driving Conflicts Around Differential Privacy for the U.S. Census
Priyanka Nanayakkara, Jessica R. Hullman · IEEE Security & Privacy · 2022
The U.S. Census Bureau’s use of differential privacy has been fiercely debated among interested parties. Accuracy loss has been at the forefront, but conflicting confidentiality notions help explain why common ground is lacking. We propose three ways of understanding confidentiality conflicts and offer suggestions for researchers and organizations adopting formal privacy.