Minimax rate for multivariate data under componentwise local differential privacy constraints

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Main Authors: Amorino, Chiara, Gloter, Arnaud
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Published: 2023
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author Amorino, Chiara
Gloter, Arnaud
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Gloter, Arnaud
contents Our research delves into the balance between maintaining privacy and preserving statistical accuracy when dealing with multivariate data that is subject to \textit{componentwise local differential privacy} (CLDP). With CLDP, each component of the private data is made public through a separate privacy channel. This allows for varying levels of privacy protection for different components or for the privatization of each component by different entities, each with their own distinct privacy policies. We develop general techniques for establishing minimax bounds that shed light on the statistical cost of privacy in this context, as a function of the privacy levels $α_1, ... , α_d$ of the $d$ components. We demonstrate the versatility and efficiency of these techniques by presenting various statistical applications. Specifically, we examine nonparametric density and covariance estimation under CLDP, providing upper and lower bounds that match up to constant factors, as well as an associated data-driven adaptive procedure. Furthermore, we quantify the probability of extracting sensitive information from one component by exploiting the fact that, on another component which may be correlated with the first, a smaller degree of privacy protection is guaranteed.
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spellingShingle Minimax rate for multivariate data under componentwise local differential privacy constraints
Amorino, Chiara
Gloter, Arnaud
Statistics Theory
Our research delves into the balance between maintaining privacy and preserving statistical accuracy when dealing with multivariate data that is subject to \textit{componentwise local differential privacy} (CLDP). With CLDP, each component of the private data is made public through a separate privacy channel. This allows for varying levels of privacy protection for different components or for the privatization of each component by different entities, each with their own distinct privacy policies. We develop general techniques for establishing minimax bounds that shed light on the statistical cost of privacy in this context, as a function of the privacy levels $α_1, ... , α_d$ of the $d$ components. We demonstrate the versatility and efficiency of these techniques by presenting various statistical applications. Specifically, we examine nonparametric density and covariance estimation under CLDP, providing upper and lower bounds that match up to constant factors, as well as an associated data-driven adaptive procedure. Furthermore, we quantify the probability of extracting sensitive information from one component by exploiting the fact that, on another component which may be correlated with the first, a smaller degree of privacy protection is guaranteed.
title Minimax rate for multivariate data under componentwise local differential privacy constraints
topic Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10416