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Differential privacy lets organizations collect people’s data while protecting their privacy, but it’s not foolproof. imaginima/E+ via Getty Images

October 21, 2020

People want data privacy but don’t always know what they’re getting

Gabriel Kaptchuk, Boston University; Elissa M. Redmiles, Max Planck Institute, and Rachel Cummings, Georgia Institute of Technology

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. Kena Benakur/AFP via Getty Images

June 17, 2020

Pandemic, privacy rules add to worries over 2020 census accuracy

Qian Cai, University of Virginia

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. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

April 6, 2020

Census 2020 will protect your privacy more than ever – but at the price of accuracy

Nicholas N. Nagle, University of Tennessee

It's important to strike a balance between protecting Americans' privacy and having accurate statistics for governments and businesses to make data-based decisions.

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Elissa M. Redmiles
Faculty member & Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Nicholas N. Nagle
Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
Qian Cai
Research Director of Demographics Research Group, University of Virginia
Gabriel Kaptchuk
Researcher Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Boston University
Rachel Cummings
Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

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