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Policy

Content suppression policy

When records are hidden from search, unpublished, or limited to internal review because public discovery would be inappropriate.

Suppression criteria

We suppress records when public indexing creates a privacy, safety, or accuracy problem but complete deletion is not the right archival response.

  • Recent deaths with a family privacy request
  • Living-person or wrong-person memorial errors
  • Pending identity disputes or legal review

Internal retention

Suppressed records stay in the internal audit log so the review history is preserved and repeat mistakes do not re-enter the system.