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It sounds to me like this reflects more on the startup's sloppy practices than anything else. Prevalence of this bad practice shouldn't be an excuse for it.
by basilgohar 8y ago
It sounds to me like this reflects more on the startup's sloppy practices than anything else. Prevalence of this bad practice shouldn't be an excuse for it.
- hawkice 8y agoRegular database backups are a bad practice?
- gsich 8y agoNo, read again.
- gkya 8y agoKeeping a backup from a year ago when three backups from yesterday are available, is.
- hawkice 8y agoI mean, I see the general wisdom of what you're saying, but I think older backups are still good practice. I've seen it take almost a week for a data corruption issue to be noticed. Not crazy to think it'd take even longer, sometimes.
- wlll 8y agoYou have a month to delete data under GDPR: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/right-to-erasure/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da... I'd suggest this is a reasonable safety/compliance balance.