Glossary:Consent Expiry Mechanism

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Type	Consent / contract safeguard
Canon status
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Consent Expiry Mechanism is an ANIMA term for a safeguard that causes certain permissions to expire, pause, or require renewal after time, context change, or risk escalation.

This page is spoiler-managed. It explains the concept without revealing specific canon triggers or late-volume contract outcomes.

Public Summary

Consent Expiry Mechanism means some permissions should not last forever.

In ANIMA, memory can become deeper and more powerful over time. A permission that was safe in one context may become unsafe after a relationship changes, a wound reopens, or a continuity layer becomes active.

Expiry protects the host from stale consent.

Canon Function

The term belongs to ANIMA's consent architecture. It works with Temporal Consent Ledger, CONSENT STATE, and BOUNDARY PROTOCOL.

Its public role is to show that consent is maintained, not merely stored.

Relationship To Consent History

Consent History records what happened. Consent Expiry Mechanism decides when old permission may no longer be enough.

Together, they prevent the system from using old consent in new situations without review.

Relationship To ANIMA Memory

ANIMA Memory should treat expiry as a safety layer for sensitive records.

Examples of memory categories that may need renewal include:

grief-linked memories;
family access permissions;
legacy instructions;
digital continuity choices;
private emotional patterns;
high-risk wound memories.

Product Meaning

For the real ANIMA platform, Consent Expiry Mechanism can support trust. A host should know that sensitive permissions are not silently permanent.

The system can remind, pause, ask again, and keep deeper memory under active consent.

Spoiler Boundary

This page does not describe specific in-story expiry triggers. It provides a public foundation for readers and product-facing SEO.