System designHardsd-p085

Subject Data modelingLevel Senior~45 minCommon in Databases & SQL interviewsIndustries Technology, Software development

Question

Design a system to handle data-subject requests (GDPR/CCPA): a user can request a full export of their data or deletion of all their data across many services.

What a strong answer looks like

Clarify scale and constraints first. Propose a clean component breakdown, then go deep on the hard parts — data model, bottlenecks, consistency, failure modes — and name the trade-offs you are making.

Learn the concepts

Narrate your design

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Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.