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Output suppression

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A filter around a model that stops it producing a person's data: the fast first answer to an erasure or objection request when the data sits in the weights and retraining is disproportionate. The CNIL accepts filters shown to be effective and robust and prefers general rules to a list of names 1. The data stays in the model.

Developed in
ch. 19, Suppression, retraining and unlearning
ch. 05, Pattern: Rights Requests Against Models
Chapters
ch. 05, Patterns · ch. 19, Privacy & AI
Contrast with
Machine unlearning
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Output suppression: mentions per chapter1 mention of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterCross-referenced, not named05 Patterns019 Privacy & AI: 1 mention19 Privacy & AI1No mentions in the other 21 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Output suppression: mentions per chapter1 mention of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterCross-referenced, not named00010203040506070810111213141516171819 Privacy & AI: 1 mention11920212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Output suppression per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0Yes
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI1Yes
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

Output suppression: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastColour: stack layer of the pattern02 InventoryOutput suppressionRelated terms (1)Fulfilment record · RelatedFulfilment recordContrast with (1)Machine unlearning · ContrastMachine unlearningPatterns using it (1)Rights Requests Against Models, 2 mentions · Uses the termRights Requests Against Models
Output suppression: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastColour: stack layer of the pattern02 InventoryRelated terms (1)Fulfilment record · RelatedFulfilment recordPatterns using it (1)Rights Requests Against Models, 2 mentions · Uses the termRights Requests Against ModelsContrast with (1)Machine unlearning · ContrastMachine unlearningOutputsuppression
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Output suppression
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsFulfilment recordRelated
Contrast withMachine unlearningContrast
Patterns using itRights Requests Against Models, 2 mentionsUses the term
  • Fulfilment record

    The per-request record of how a data-subject request was honoured wherever the person's data sits, from source systems, snapshots, retrieval indexes, logs and…

Sources

  1. [1] "Ensuring and facilitating the exercise of data subjects' rights" (AI how-to sheet; retraining; output filters accepted if shown sufficiently effective and robust, based on general rules rather than lists of people). CNIL. 2026-01-05. https://www.cnil.fr/en/respect-and-facilitate-exercise-data-subjects-rights (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Output suppression. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/output-suppression. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026outputsuppression,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Output suppression}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/output-suppression}
}