Exploration of Adaptive Data Analysis and Its Implications for
Differential Privacy:
Adaptive data analysis refers to scenarios where subsequent queries or
analyses are determined based on the results of earlier queries. This
introduces challenges to differential privacy because an adversary’s
queries can adapt in response to previously obtained information. Basic
composition techniques may not effectively capture the privacy
implications of such adaptive behavior.
The implications for differential privacy are twofold:
Privacy Erosion: Adaptive queries can lead to gradual privacy erosion,
where each subsequent query learns more about the data. This can
potentially breach privacy guarantees if not managed properly.
Privacy Budget Allocation: Allocating and managing the privacy budget
becomes complex as queries adapt. Traditional approaches may not
adequately account for how the privacy budget should be distributed
across adaptive queries.