Six Levels of Privacy: A Framework for Financial Synthetic Data

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Main Authors: Balch, Tucker, Potluru, Vamsi K., Paramanand, Deepak, Veloso, Manuela
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Published: 2024
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author Balch, Tucker
Potluru, Vamsi K.
Paramanand, Deepak
Veloso, Manuela
author_facet Balch, Tucker
Potluru, Vamsi K.
Paramanand, Deepak
Veloso, Manuela
contents Synthetic Data is increasingly important in financial applications. In addition to the benefits it provides, such as improved financial modeling and better testing procedures, it poses privacy risks as well. Such data may arise from client information, business information, or other proprietary sources that must be protected. Even though the process by which Synthetic Data is generated serves to obscure the original data to some degree, the extent to which privacy is preserved is hard to assess. Accordingly, we introduce a hierarchy of ``levels'' of privacy that are useful for categorizing Synthetic Data generation methods and the progressively improved protections they offer. While the six levels were devised in the context of financial applications, they may also be appropriate for other industries as well. Our paper includes: A brief overview of Financial Synthetic Data, how it can be used, how its value can be assessed, privacy risks, and privacy attacks. We close with details of the ``Six Levels'' that include defenses against those attacks.
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spellingShingle Six Levels of Privacy: A Framework for Financial Synthetic Data
Balch, Tucker
Potluru, Vamsi K.
Paramanand, Deepak
Veloso, Manuela
Cryptography and Security
Machine Learning
Statistical Finance
Synthetic Data is increasingly important in financial applications. In addition to the benefits it provides, such as improved financial modeling and better testing procedures, it poses privacy risks as well. Such data may arise from client information, business information, or other proprietary sources that must be protected. Even though the process by which Synthetic Data is generated serves to obscure the original data to some degree, the extent to which privacy is preserved is hard to assess. Accordingly, we introduce a hierarchy of ``levels'' of privacy that are useful for categorizing Synthetic Data generation methods and the progressively improved protections they offer. While the six levels were devised in the context of financial applications, they may also be appropriate for other industries as well. Our paper includes: A brief overview of Financial Synthetic Data, how it can be used, how its value can be assessed, privacy risks, and privacy attacks. We close with details of the ``Six Levels'' that include defenses against those attacks.
title Six Levels of Privacy: A Framework for Financial Synthetic Data
topic Cryptography and Security
Machine Learning
Statistical Finance
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14724