LLM-PBE: Assessing Data Privacy in Large Language Models

TL;DR

This paper introduces LLM-PBE, a comprehensive toolkit for systematically evaluating data privacy risks in large language models across their lifecycle, addressing a critical gap in privacy assessment methods.

Contribution

The paper presents LLM-PBE, the first toolkit designed to assess data privacy risks in LLMs, incorporating diverse attack and defense strategies and analyzing various data types and model factors.

Findings

Model size influences privacy risk levels

Data characteristics affect leakage susceptibility

Temporal factors impact privacy vulnerabilities

Abstract

Large Language Models (LLMs) have become integral to numerous domains, significantly advancing applications in data management, mining, and analysis. Their profound capabilities in processing and interpreting complex language data, however, bring to light pressing concerns regarding data privacy, especially the risk of unintentional training data leakage. Despite the critical nature of this issue, there has been no existing literature to offer a comprehensive assessment of data privacy risks in LLMs. Addressing this gap, our paper introduces LLM-PBE, a toolkit crafted specifically for the systematic evaluation of data privacy risks in LLMs. LLM-PBE is designed to analyze privacy across the entire lifecycle of LLMs, incorporating diverse attack and defense strategies, and handling various data types and metrics. Through detailed experimentation with multiple LLMs, LLM-PBE facilitates an in-depth exploration of data privacy concerns, shedding light on influential factors such as model size, data characteristics, and evolving temporal dimensions. This study not only enriches the understanding of privacy issues in LLMs but also serves as a vital resource for future research in the field. Aimed at enhancing the breadth of knowledge in this area, the findings, resources, and our full technical report are made available at https://llm-pbe.github.io/, providing an open platform for academic and practical advancements in LLM privacy assessment.