title: Toward practicing privacy.
abstract: Private data analysis-the useful analysis of confidential data-requires a rigorous and practicable definition of privacy. Differential privacy, an emerging standard, is the subject of intensive investigation in several diverse research communities. We review the definition, explain its motivation, and discuss some of the challenges to bringing this concept to practice.
authors.affiliation: Microsoft Research, 1065 La Avenida, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. dwork@microsoft.com
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dwork
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pottenger
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D009042:Motivation; D009626:Terminology as Topic