# Private XGBoost

**URL:** <https://discuss.flower.ai/t/private-xgboost/1063>\
**Category:** Flower Help - Intermediate\
**Created:** [August 1, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.flower.ai/t/private-xgboost/1063 "2025-08-01T09:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![williamlm](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/discuss.flower.ai/williamlm/32/162_2.png) [@williamlm](https://discuss.flower.ai/u/williamlm)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.flower.ai/t/private-xgboost/1063/2 "2025-08-01T17:31:41Z")

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> [@Differential privacy applied to XGBoost](https://discuss.flower.ai/t/differential-privacy-applied-to-xgboost/1065):
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> Dear Support, I am trying to apply Differential Privacy to the github example on xgboost-comprehensive I simply started wrapping the server strategy FedXgbBagging within DifferentialPrivacyServerSideFixedClipping but on running I get the following error: ERROR : ServerApp thread raised an exception: Cannot load file containing pickled data when allow\_pickle=False I know I provided little information but before moving on I would like to know whether Flower Differential Privacy is supposed…

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