Retention policy
thecontinuitylayer.com/glossary/retention-policyThe definition
A rule that ends a fact's validity, or removes it, on a schedule or on an event, without anyone asking. Expiry is a policy; the record may still exist until a purge runs. Rung 3 of the erasure ladder.
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.