Re:Instagram kept deleted photos and messages on its servers...
by paulryanrogers on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:14AM
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Their comment wasn't an RFC. Right to be forgotten and GDPR are not suggestions.
Regardless, in practice, billion dollar companies have the resources to ensure 'delete' isn't actually "partially hide for years/forever". With proper surrogate IDs they could even preserve a minimal amount of meta such as tombstone IDs to ensure all first and third party systems are in compliance.
Regardless, in practice, billion dollar companies have the resources to ensure 'delete' isn't actually "partially hide for years/forever". With proper surrogate IDs they could even preserve a minimal amount of meta such as tombstone IDs to ensure all first and third party systems are in compliance.