As more states pass not just comprehensive privacy laws, but narrow legislation that focuses on children’s privacy, data brokers, and hopefully, the emerging trend of privacy-for-profit, the pressure to find solutions that support compliance, while saving resources in an unsettled market, is only going to grow.
Google’s latest differential privacy tools are a step in the right direction but still have a few limitations when it comes to protecting consumer privacy. The approach doesn’t account for who decides what level of “noise” will appropriately protect user privacy.
A court battle is brewing as a collection of states challenges the Census Bureau's use of "differential privacy," a new method for anonymizing and securing census data.



