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Privacy Budget
Privacy
A limit on how much data you can “learn” about individuals from stats.
Definition
A privacy budget is a limit used in differential privacy to control how much information can be revealed over many queries.
In plain English
A limit on how much data you can “learn” about individuals from stats.
Why this matters
Why it matters: Without limits, repeated statistics can leak details about individuals.
Example
Example: A system blocks more queries after the budget is used up.