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GDPR and losing data intentionally

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Audience asks how to reconcile immutable events with GDPR 'right to be forgotten'. Answer: design the system so GDPR-sensitive data lives in a separate side stream (e.g. user profile / user GDPR data) that can be dropped while the main user stream retains business history. Alternative: encrypt the sensitive data and destroy the key, leaving data in place but unreadable. Either way you must think about this up front.

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Keep GDPR-sensitive data in a separate stream that can be dropped, or encrypt and lose the key — but plan for it up front.
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Asks how immutable event stores reconcile with GDPR right to be forgotten.
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