Table servers protect confidentiality in tabular data releases

  • Authors:
  • Alan F. Karr;Adrian Dobra;Ashish P. Sanil

  • Affiliations:
  • National Institute of Statistical Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC;National Institute of Statistical Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC;National Institute of Statistical Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Federal statistical agencies must balance concern over confidentiality of data with their obligation to report information to the public. Advances in IT threaten privacy, but new technologies can also protect confidentiality while meeting user needs in innovative ways.