Google has open-sourced Differentially Private SQL, a tool for companies aiming to keep sensitive data private. Learn more: . For a company that’s in the business oftracking users’ online activities, Google sure is going all out to prove it’s dead serious about privacy. To that effect, the internet behemoth isopen-sourcing a librarythat it uses to glean insights from aggregate data in a privacy-preserving manner. Called Differentially Private SQL , the library leverages the idea of differential privacy (DP) — a statistical technique that makes it possible to collect and share aggregate information about users, while safeguarding individual privacy. The link for this article located at The Next Web is no longer available. . Meta has unveiled a new framework, Securely Anonymized Analytics, designed to assist organizations in safeguarding sensitive information during data exploration.. Differentially Private SQL, Data Protection, Open Source Solutions. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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