首个可理论保证的垂直联邦学习遗忘框架,支持任意数据随时删除。
Forgetting Any Data at Any Time: A Theoretically Certified Unlearning Framework for Vertical Federated Learning
- 提出无模型、无数据类型限制的通用遗忘机制
- 支持异步遗忘,无需所有参与方同时在线
- 适配医疗金融等隐私敏感领域合规需求
机器学习中的隐私问题因GDPR等法规所倡导的“被遗忘权”(RTBF)而愈发突出,推动了机器遗忘成为关键研究方向。垂直联邦学习(VFL)通过跨参与方聚合样本特征实现协作建模,同时保护各端数据隐私,在医疗、金融等领域广泛应用。然而现有VFL系统缺乏满足RTBF要求的稳健遗忘机制,相关方法仍处于探索阶段。本文首次提出具备理论保障的VFL遗忘框架,可实现任意数据在任意时间点的移除。与以往依赖特定模型结构或数据类型的方案不同,本方法具有模型与数据无关性,兼容性强;且支持异步遗忘,无需所有参与方同步在线。该工作填补了当前VFL系统在合规性与灵活性上的空白。代码已开源:https://github.com/wangln19/vertical-federated-unlearning。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Privacy concerns in machine learning are heightened by regulations such as the GDPR, which enforces the "right to be forgotten" (RTBF), driving the emergence of machine unlearning as a critical research field. Vertical Federated Learning (VFL) enables collaborative model training by aggregating a sample's features across distributed parties while preserving data privacy at each source. This paradigm has seen widespread adoption in healthcare, finance, and other privacy-sensitive domains. However, existing VFL systems lack robust mechanisms to comply with RTBF requirements, as unlearning methodologies for VFL remain underexplored. In this work, we introduce the first VFL framework with theoretically guaranteed unlearning capabilities, enabling the removal of any data at any time. Unlike prior approaches -- which impose restrictive assumptions on model architectures or data types for removal -- our solution is model- and data-agnostic, offering universal compatibility. Moreover, our framework supports asynchronous unlearning, eliminating the need for all parties to be simultaneously online during the forgetting process. These advancements address critical gaps in current VFL systems, ensuring compliance with RTBF while maintaining operational flexibility.We make all our implementations publicly available at https://github.com/wangln19/vertical-federated-unlearning.
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