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# Compliance

The Linea protocol and operator stack offers enterprises the opportunity to configure compliance and audit capabilities. Such capabilities are provided through both protocol guarantees and operator-controlled integrations.

## Define auditability capabilities

### Auditability features

Linea supports audits with:

-   Protocol-level transaction records
-   State commitment proofs
-   Finalization records on the finalization layer
-   Deterministic replay and verification

### Compliance enablement

Operators can embed compliance into their deployment strategy:

-   Privacy-preserving execution models (private validium)
-   Selective disclosure implementations
-   Controlled access to state and data
-   Integration with external compliance and monitoring systems

## Define data retention and selective disclosure

### Protocol support

Linea supports customization:

-   State commitment retention rules
-   Protocol-level selective disclosure primitives (private validium)

### Deployment controls

Operators can configure data retention and selective disclosure to their business rules:

-   Data retention and deletion policies
-   Archive node deployment
-   Auditor and regulator access controls
-   Disclosure audit trails
