Ask a better question, get a better answer a new approach to private data analysis

Abstract

Cryptographic techniques for reasoning about information leakage have recently been brought to bear on the classical problem of statistical disclosure control - revealing accurate statistics about a population while preserving the privacy of individuals. This new perspective has been invaluable in guiding the development of a powerful approach to private data analysis, founded on precise mathematical definitions, and yielding algorithms with provable, meaningful, privacy guarantees. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.