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Data Retention Boundary

A data retention boundary defines how long prospect data is retained after intake, the conditions that trigger deletion, and the operator responsible for both. The current OmniLabs prototype intake is mock-mode by default with no production storage; the retention boundary is what production intake must define before any storage layer or endpoint goes live.

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Definition

A retention boundary describes the storage window for intake data, the deletion trigger conditions, the deletion path the operator follows on request, and the audit trail the system keeps of both. It is one of four operating boundaries — intake, consent, anti-spam, retention — that together define the production intake posture.

Why it matters

Retention is the boundary most operators define last and revisit most often. Defining it before any storage layer ships means the storage schema, deletion path, and operator-side process are coherent from the first record; retrofitting retention into a live storage system is more expensive than designing it in.

Explore related entities

  • Intake Boundary The operating boundary that defines which prospect data the public intake collects, which fields it does not, and how the surface enforces both.
  • Consent Boundary The operating boundary that defines what the user is consenting to when they submit the public intake, and what the surface must show before that submission.
  • Anti-Spam Boundary The operating boundary that defines the minimum spam and abuse controls a production intake surface must hold before being enabled.
  • Production Launch Gate The operating gate that production launch must clear: reviewed Privacy Policy and Terms, intake/consent/anti-spam/retention boundaries, endpoint scope, analytics disclosure, and the production-domain plan.
[CLAIM BOUNDARY] The data retention boundary is an operating-process boundary documented for this project. It is not legal advice and does not substitute for qualified-counsel review of the retention windows and deletion paths that production launch requires.
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