(p+, α)-sensitive k-anonymity: a new enhanced privacy protection model

Sun, Xiaoxun and Wang, Hua and Truta, Traian Marius and Li, Jiuyong and Li, Ping (2008) (p+, α)-sensitive k-anonymity: a new enhanced privacy protection model. In: 8th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, 8-11 Jul 2008, Sydney, Australia.

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Abstract

Publishing data for analysis from a microdata table containing sensitive attributes, while maintaining individual privacy, is a problem of increasing significance today. The k-anonymity model was proposed for privacy preserving data publication. While focusing on identity disclosure, k-anonymity model fails to protect attribute disclosure to some extent. Many efforts are made to enhance the kanonymity model recently. In this paper, we propose a new privacy protection model called (p+, α)-sensitive kanonymity, where sensitive attributes are first partitioned into categories by their sensitivity, and then the categories that sensitive attributes belong to are published. Different from previous enhanced k-anonymity models, this model allows us to release a lot more information without compromising privacy. We also provide testing and heuristic generating algorithms. Experimental results show that our introduced model could significantly reduce the privacy breach.

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Faculty / Department / School:	Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Maths and Computing
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2008 00:04
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 23:04
Uncontrolled Keywords:	k-anonymity models; privacy protection models; (p+, α)-sensitive k-anonymity model
Fields of Research :	08 Information and Computing Sciences > 0806 Information Systems > 080604 Database Management 08 Information and Computing Sciences > 0803 Computer Software > 080303 Computer System Security 08 Information and Computing Sciences > 0804 Data Format > 080499 Data Format not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective:	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences
Identification Number or DOI:	10.1109/CIT.2008.4594650
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/4263

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