alt Hacker NewsTo think that any company anywhere actually removes all data upon request is a bit naive to me. Sure, maybe I'm too pessimistic, but there's just not enough evidence these deletes are not soft deletes. The data is just too valuable to them.
To think that any company anywhere actually removes all data upon request is a bit naive to me. Sure, maybe I'm too pessimistic, but there's just not enough evidence these deletes are not soft deletes. The data is just too valuable to them.
Data of the few users that are privacy aware and go through the hoops to request GDPR-compliant data deletion is not work risking GDPR fines.
Data of non-european users who just click the "delete" button in their user profile? Completely different beast.