The Office of Privacy Commissioner of Canada published a blog post outlining how certain privacy-enhancing technologies can support businesses' data privacy efforts. The OPC explained the benefits of federated learning and differential privacy, outlining how both employ respective anonymization practices that keep datasets protected. However, the OPC notes both technologies have received mostly "theoretical development" because there have been "few use-cases in businesses."
16 April 2021
OPC breaks down privacy-enhancing technologies
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