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Can you satisfy a right-to-erasure request by deleting...

Leaving the vector in the index means the data still exists in a system you have claimed does not hold it, which violates compliance requirements. You must tombstone the vector immediately to stop it from being retrievable, compact the index within your stated SLA, and ensure that replicas in other regions are also purged. Note that model weights are a separate, more complex issue.

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