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> Somebody told me that, if hard deletions aren't technically feasible, then soft-deleting (or marking as archived or whatever) is acceptable. Just also rememb
by geocar 9y ago
> Somebody told me that, if hard deletions aren't technically feasible, then soft-deleting (or marking as archived or whatever) is acceptable.
Just also remember to record that you shouldn’t restore that persons data to the pre-forgotten state.
The European courts haven’t weighed in, but they’re not unreasonable, and the UK has given specific guidance:
https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1475/deleting_personal_data.pdf https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1475/de...
- Silhouette 9y agoThe UK guidance you mentioned there appears to apply to the DPA (the current legislation in this area) and not the GDPR (the new legislation with the stronger rights for deletion etc.).
- geocar 9y agoIn what way do you think the GDPR right to erasure is “stronger”?
- Silhouette 9y agoIn that no directly comparable right even exists under the current DPA?
- geocar 9y agoThat's not really how European law works. huehehue was interested in what the GDPR might mean by erasure and deletion. This is the ICO's opinion about it. It'd be a surprise if they suddenly interpret erasure and deletion differently: There would have to be something in the GDPR that suggests that this isn't good enough.