Towards Explaining Epsilon: A Worst-Case Study of Differential Privacy Risks

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Contributors

  • Luise Mehner - (Author)
  • Saskia Nuñez von Voigt - (Author)
  • Florian Tschorsch - , Technical University of Berlin (Author)

Abstract

Differential privacy is a concept to quantity the disclosure of private information that is controlled by the privacy parameter \varepsilon. However, an intuitive interpretation of \varepsilon is needed to explain the privacy loss to data engineers and data subjects. In this paper, we conduct a worst-case study of differential privacy risks. We generalize an existing model and reduce complexity to provide more understandable statements on the privacy loss. To this end, we analyze the impact of parameters and introduce the notion of a global privacy risk and global privacy leak.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2021 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2021
Pages328-331
Number of pages4
ISBN (electronic)9781665410120
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85119056273