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  1. Xterra Edze Issue 3 · Designing consent and approval India’s data protection rules arrive in phases, accessibility becomes a condition of sale… New
  2. Xterra Edze Issue 2 · Provenance: four records clients can ask for Design tokens get a stable format, media gets Content Credentials, AI gets a…
  3. Xterra Edze Issue 1 · Numbers that decide whether work goes live Four thresholds we check before anything is released, for page speed, bulk email, AI agents…

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India’s data protection rules arrive in phases, accessibility becomes a condition of sale in the EU and AI agents need to ask before they act.

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