Deletion receipt
thecontinuitylayer.com/glossary/deletion-receiptThe definition
A signed, checkable statement that a deletion was carried out: what was removed, when, to which rung of the erasure ladder, and under which key or policy. Proposed in 2026 specifications and research as the way a third party can audit forgetting without trusting the operator's word.
The same words the glossary hub and the public data mirror carry; this page is the stable address for the term.
Related terms
- Erasure
Authorized deletion of stored memory: honoring a deletion request, making sure the removed fact stops influencing answers, and being able to show it is gone.…
- Erasure ladder
This site's ordering of the twelve operations the word “forget” is used for, from correcting a wrong record to verifying that a deleted one no longer shapes…
Where it shows up on this site
- What is a continuity layer · ReferenceThe definition, in full
- The primer: memory is not continuity · ReferenceSix distinctions, seven contrasts, the five obligations in brief
The working definition of a continuity layer, in full, is at /what-is-a-continuity-layer. Every term, on one page, at /glossary.