Differential privacy lets organizations collect people’s data while protecting their privacy, but it’s not foolproof.
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Differential privacy lets people to share data anonymously, but people need to know more about it to make informed decisions.
The pandemic has stretched out the amount of time the census is being conducted, contributing to worries over accuracy.
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An accurate census requires good data in and good data out. With the 2020 census, the US has unprecedented challenges with both.
Seattle residents walk past a wall of posters encouraging Americans to fill out their census forms.
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It’s important to strike a balance between protecting Americans’ privacy and having accurate statistics for governments and businesses to make data-based decisions.