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Making sure each group has varied sensitive values.

Definition

l‑diversity is a privacy rule that says each group in the data should contain at least l different sensitive values.

In plain English Making sure each group has varied sensitive values.

Why this matters

Why it matters: It reduces “guessing” sensitive info even if someone knows your group.

Example

Example: In a group, there shouldn’t be only one disease value for everyone.