I’ve been insinuating otherwise playfully in this thread.
But, it is unfortunately absolutely realistic that companies are throwing away data the moment they can justify it. Ironically, it’s not the ones we’d like to forget about us most.
Data retention is a liability as much as it is an asset, and it’s challenging regardless.
If you’re a large enough company you will eventually come to be frustrated by whatever policies you have (either they’re too conservative or too liberal). And understandably when you’ve been caught being shady enough, even an honest deletion will look shady.
But, it is unfortunately absolutely realistic that companies are throwing away data the moment they can justify it. Ironically, it’s not the ones we’d like to forget about us most.
Data retention is a liability as much as it is an asset, and it’s challenging regardless.
If you’re a large enough company you will eventually come to be frustrated by whatever policies you have (either they’re too conservative or too liberal). And understandably when you’ve been caught being shady enough, even an honest deletion will look shady.