Output perturbation with query relaxation

  • Authors:
  • Xiaokui Xiao;Yufei Tao

  • Affiliations:
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong;Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Given a dataset containing sensitive personal information, a statistical database answers aggregate queries in a manner that preserves individual privacy. We consider the problem of constructing a statistical database using output perturbation, which protects privacy by injecting a small noise into each query result. We show that the state-of-the-art approach, ε-differential privacy, suffers from two severe deficiencies: it (i) incurs prohibitive computation overhead, and (ii) can answer only a limited number of queries, after which the statistical database has to be shut down. To remedy the problem, we develop a new technique that enforces ε-different privacy with economical cost. Our technique also incorporates a query relaxation mechanism, which removes the restriction on the number of permissible queries. The effectiveness and efficiency of our solution are verified through experiments with real data.