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# Vaultfire Compliance & Logging Guidelines

Vaultfire partners must uphold rigorous data protection and ethics-first logging practices. This guide outlines minimum controls and recommended patterns for compliant operations.

## Logging Principles

- **Purpose Limitation:** Collect only logs required for activation, rewards reconciliation, and alignment audits.
- **Secure Transport:** Transmit logs to Vaultfire endpoints using TLS 1.2+ with mutual authentication where available.
- **Time Synchronization:** Maintain NTP-synchronized clocks to ensure auditable timelines across partner systems.

## Storage & Retention

- **External Secure Log Redirection:** Store production logs in an encrypted, access-controlled environment external to publicly accessible repositories. Vaultfire recommends dedicated SIEM or compliant object storage with MFA enforced.
- **Retention Policy:** Retain raw logs for a maximum of 180 days unless regulatory requirements mandate longer. Summaries and aggregated metrics may persist beyond this window if anonymized.
- **Access Controls:** Implement role-based access with least privilege. All log access must be audited and linked to unique operator identities.

## Data Minimization & Redaction

- **PII Redaction:** Never store unmasked user PII (e.g., email, phone) in production logs. Replace with hashed or tokenized references.
- **Wallet Metadata:** When storing wallet identifiers, use truncated representations unless full addresses are essential for reconciliation.
- **Sensitive Fields:** Mask belief alignment attributes unless explicitly required for ethics reviews. Log only derived signals or identifiers when possible.

## Compliance Alignment

- **GDPR Obligations:** Respect user consent preferences and support data subject requests (access, erasure) within mandated timelines. Maintain processing records for each Vaultfire integration.
- **Belief Integrity Protection:** Apply additional safeguards to belief scores, consent tags, and alignment annotations. Access should be limited to ethics-cleared personnel.
- **Audit Trail:** Maintain tamper-evident audit trails covering data ingestion, transformation, and export events tied to Vaultfire services.

## Ethics-First Framework Integration

- **Consent Logging:** Record consent provenance for every belief mirroring event, including tag version and attestation timestamps.
- **Anomaly Detection:** Flag and review logs indicating potential ethics misalignment (e.g., anomalous belief score swings or unauthorized activation attempts).
- **Suspension Protocol:** In the event of an ethics breach, immediately pause automated syncs, notify Vaultfire within 30 minutes, and preserve forensic logs for joint review.

## Operational Practices

- **Configuration Management:** Version-control logging pipelines in private repositories, with peer review before deployment.
- **Disaster Recovery:** Replicate logs to a secondary region with the same security posture and test restoration semi-annually.
- **Partner Assurance:** Provide Vaultfire with annual compliance attestations covering GDPR adherence, log retention, and ethics governance.

Following these guidelines ensures partners maintain regulatory compliance and uphold the shared mission of belief-aligned integrations.
