Yes, it is. The legal definition of deletion under EU data protection laws is to make the data unusable and inaccessible. Marking for deletion (as deleting from

Yes, it is. The legal definition of deletion under EU data protection laws is to make the data unusable and inaccessible. Marking for deletion (as deleting from a recycling bin does) is sufficient under those rules. Deleting the image ID and leaving the content on a CDN is not acceptable - but that's not what I said.