It seems like with environmental policy where people forgot about Reduce and Reuse/Repair as vital parts of the of environmental protection triangle and instead

It seems like with environmental policy where people forgot about Reduce and Reuse/Repair as vital parts of the of environmental protection triangle and instead only focus on Recycle Data Protection has fallen into the same trap, where no one even questions if data should be collected, and then if it is collected for how long it should be retained. It seems the default position is Collect all info, and store it forever, encryption can protect it for all time....