Thanks for clarifying. Does this mean they can't have a backup and then delete that backup after the data has been successfully deleted from the main db? Of co

Thanks for clarifying. Does this mean they can't have a backup and then delete that backup after the data has been successfully deleted from the main db? Of course, it's easy for me to say these things in hindsight but my point is that this is an issue with the organization not having the right processes, rather than the technology going wrong. This is alluded to in the article: "Policing minister Kit Malthouse said the problem had been identified and the process corrected".