# Privacy Budget

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:58:37.875Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: veri-bilimi-ve-veri-yonetimi
**TLDR:** A concept that quantitatively governs how much privacy loss is allowed in differential privacy applications.

<p>The privacy budget is one of the most critical governance concepts in differential privacy. The more queries are answered, or the less noise is added, the more information may be revealed about the underlying data. The privacy budget makes this trade-off measurable. It defines quantitatively how much risk a system is willing to take between analytical utility and privacy protection. For that reason, it is not only a technical setting, but also a governance and policy decision.</p>