Glossary term
Glossary term
Governance and Compliance
An attribute used as a stand-in for a sensitive attribute. For example, an individual's postal code might be used as a proxy for their income, race, or ethnicity.
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A bank's credit team audits its model for proxy sensitive attributes like ZIP code that may correlate strongly with protected attributes.
A hiring-tech vendor audits its model for proxy sensitive attributes that could re-introduce protected-attribute information through correlated features.
A health-tech startup audits its model for proxy sensitive attributes that may capture demographic information indirectly through care patterns.
Definition source: Google for Developers Machine Learning Glossary | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License