> Only if you believe in retaining all data in perpetuity. There's a huge spectrum between your 'at most 30d' claim in another reply, and 'all data in perpetui

> Only if you believe in retaining all data in perpetuity. There's a huge spectrum between your 'at most 30d' claim in another reply, and 'all data in perpetuity'. 30d is way too short. Perpetuity is probably the idealistic intent, and depending on storage costs over time this may be achievable. > I suppose it demonstrates the difference in US and European perspectives on data. How so? I described a the case of one UK-based company, and TFA is about one US-based company, both doing similar things. > Most of what you describe has little meaning or use at a few months old. Clearly this is not the case, as evinced by the actions of the people designing, building, operating, and maintaining these types of systems.