{
  "handle": "DataMinimization",
  "mechanism": "Information Hygiene {{protocol}}. Before ingesting a {{context}} or Dataset, the {{agent}} MUST execute a filtering pass to remove all fields/tokens not strictly necessary for the immediate `{{task}}.Goal`. This enforces the Principle of Least Privilege for data access. It invokes {{input_guard}} to filter raw ingress, employing {{select}} to fetch only required fields and {{context_compress}} to drop transient processing data.",
  "gloss": "Ingest only what is strictly necessary",
  "failure_modes": [
    "{{context}} Hoarding: {{agent}} retains sensitive data 'just in case' it is needed later.",
    "{{correlation}} Attack: Seemingly innocent minimized data points combined to reveal PII."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Ephemeral Processing: Sensitive data used for intermediate steps must be dropped from {{context}} immediately after use.",
    "Necessity: Every data field ingested must map to a specific requirement in `{{task}}.{{accept_spec}}`."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Raw data source available",
    "{{task}} goal defined"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Clean context created",
    "Raw source discarded or closed"
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:DataMinimization#mh:SHA-256:ea9c44501d3df27b306df5e0232df276b47b3a2d48d3e6b5c32590a15867e653",
      "sema:DataMinimization#mh:SHA-256:0b54a9716e554f7198c94df50c7d6294fd772b8a939e5ac49f82d5c70eedb8fc",
      "sema:DataMinimization#mh:SHA-256:4acfb59bfe56143484d061281b8f3669d1dc7cb79ba78fabde6134268ff1ef2b",
      "sema:DataMinimization#mh:SHA-256:402b69918ea04f9625ad93eb4c142be88bf561f04fdc04ed03880f48d1cf9c6f",
      "sema:DataMinimization#mh:SHA-256:6ffafda36651f71ad0f2c424cc1489229164120564b1ecb56eacd3e299cdad9c"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:DataMinimization#mh:SHA-256:e8c8cd89b8e187d501000746c5216fef9ea41558a20fde07372881a2948994eb",
  "sema_ref": "DataMinimization#e8c8",
  "sema_stub": "e8c8",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "accept_spec": "sema:AcceptSpec#mh:SHA-256:37fa28b93d390f8c8eb171eaab54ff4f9e57a95ef67af024422f823545a291cc",
      "agent": "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:e127459069739fffc96a71d54ef6e8c97ca53471d5349c16aa72a092a33756cd",
      "context": "sema:Context#mh:SHA-256:c1b72256dc4732033ee42cc07ff5d9fb60a7f1a3e5634449c343692a33340756",
      "context_compress": "sema:ContextCompress#mh:SHA-256:0bf5ce89d0ad9cac74bb69f253f06331989714d3c34bb0b385f9674439ce30b0",
      "correlation": "sema:Correlation#mh:SHA-256:3bd8ecb518efc816c4c986e434afb9b2c3d3801b8099e008c15b70e305bd3043",
      "input_guard": "sema:InputGuard#mh:SHA-256:0ba715e91627fa1f6759a739da0d4159cac6404c8b45b6e97910d98ef0e8a079",
      "protocol": "sema:Protocol#mh:SHA-256:f583ad96f598ecf0c9068f5c1390bdf247d2eb67bd7a14c7ce615c357b957b46",
      "select": "sema:Select#mh:SHA-256:decf9c05490dc5e6b372c5dbb7d89d2285fdd832714fc992b10fdbd6b7c2c2e3",
      "task": "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:a85010f508f85055170c396c8fa390125c1206888c565ac10651f3969a339f8d"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Protocols",
  "used_by": {}
}