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by SahAssar 167 days ago
How do you deal with deletion requirements in a immutable database? Like how do you delete personal data when requested?
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radarroark 166 days ago
The fastest approach is to just zero out the data. Alternatively you can rebuild the entire database while preserving only the data accessible in the latest copy of the db (kinda similar to SQLite's VACUUM command).
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malloryerik 166 days ago
In the case of Datomic: https://docs.datomic.com/operation/excision.html
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mwarkentin 167 days ago
Crypto shredding?
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