Deploying Relaxed Notions of Differential Privacy for the Secure Query Service

Joshua Snoke Speaker
Georgetown University
 
Monday, Aug 3: 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
Invited Paper Session 
Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center 
This talk will discuss the methods used applying differential privacy (DP) to protect the outputs from the Secure Query Service, an interface which allows individuals to query aggregate statistics on linked individuals from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Statistics of Income Division. This talk will show how relaxations of DP were utilized to ensure rigorous privacy protections that satisfy the IRS regulations while also maintaining high quality statistics for users.

Keywords

Differential Privacy

Confidentiality

Secure Query Service

Internal Revenue Service

Post-Secondary Outcomes

Taxes and Earnings Data