DP-PartFIM: Frequent Itemset Mining Using Differential Privacy and Partition

Itemset mining is a popular data mining technique for extracting interesting and valuable information from large datasets. However, since datasets contain sensitive private data, it is not permitted to directly mine the data or share the mining results. Previous privacy-preserving frequent itemset mining research was not efficient because of the use of privacy budgets or long transaction truncation strategies, which are impractical for large datasets. In this article, we propose a more efficient partition mining technology, DP-PartFIM, based on differential privacy, which protects privacy while mining data. DP-PartFIM uses partition mining to mine frequent itemsets and constructs vertical data storage formats for each partition, which makes the algorithm equally efficient for large datasets. To protect data privacy, DP-PartFIM adds Laplace noise to support candidate itemsets. The experimental results show that, compared with the classical privacy-preserving itemset mining methods, DP-PartFIM better guarantees data utility and privacy.