Embellishing Text Search Queries to Protect User Privacy

• Main Authors: PANG, Hwee Hwa, DING, Xuhua, XIAO, Xiaokui
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Search engines; privacy; confidential information; similarity text retrieval system; Databases and Information Systems; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/614; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/1613/viewcontent/vldb10.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Users of text search engines are increasingly wary that their activities may disclose confidential information about their business or personal profiles. It would be desirable for a search engine to perform document retrieval for users while protecting their intent. In this paper, we identify the pr...