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Re:Soft deletion probably isn't worth it by EUROCARE on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:01PM (#32159586)
Even if the company just issued you an invoice, that makes it obligated by law to hold onto your PII for the next 5 years - and GDPR of course has an exception for that.
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Re:Soft deletion probably isn't worth it by avianlyric on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:16PM (#32174196)
Sure, but that data doesn’t fall under your right-to-be-forgotten, so any obligations that apply to the right-to-be-forgotten are irrelevant.
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