--- title: Stop Hoarding Personal Data in Entity Framework — Daily... description: Monolithic user entities that hoard personal data create GDPR compliance nightmares and architectural deadlocks. The solution is separating operational data... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-hoarding-personal-data-in-entity-framework-daily-devops-net-itqnzm2xq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stop Hoarding Personal Data in Entity Framework — Daily DevOps & .NET | daily.dev og:description: Monolithic user entities that hoard personal data create GDPR compliance nightmares and architectural deadlocks. The solution is separating operational data... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-hoarding-personal-data-in-entity-framework-daily-devops-net-itqnzm2xq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ITQnzm2XQ.png og:image:alt: Stop Hoarding Personal Data in Entity Framework — Daily DevOps & .NET og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop Hoarding Personal Data in Entity Framework — Daily DevOps & .NET **[Daily DevOps & .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/dailydevopsnet)** · [@samtrion](https://daily.dev/samtrion) · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Monolithic user entities that hoard personal data create GDPR compliance nightmares and architectural deadlocks. The solution is separating operational data (UserAccount) from personal data (UserProfile) in EF Core, with nullable fields, documented purposes, soft-delete query filters, and hard-deletion of personal data on request. The post also covers CI-enforced integration tests to prevent data leaks, XML documentation for audit trails, progressive data collection, and the often-overlooked backup retention problem. Periodic field audits and schema reviews are recommended to keep data collection intentional and defensible. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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