differential privacy

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Definitions:

A rigorous mathematical definition of disclosure that considers the risk that an individual's confidential data may be learned as a result of a mathematical analysis based on that data being made publicly available.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-188

A mathematical framework that quantifies privacy risk to individuals as a consequence of data collection and subsequent data release.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-226 from Dwork et al (2006) - adapted

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