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> So now you have to wait 180 days for your information to really be removed. So much for privacy. It's also a bit weird in that it is exactly 180 days and not
by oarsinsync 6y ago
> So now you have to wait 180 days for your information to really be removed. So much for privacy. It's also a bit weird in that it is exactly 180 days and not up to or at least which makes it a bit confusing in what its goal is.
"Up to 180 days" can result in data being deleted sooner. If data retention is a cost centre rather than a profit centre, the data will be deleted immediately.
"At least 180 days" can result in data never being deleted, for the same reasons as above.
180 days exactly gives the appearance that there's a balance that has been struck between data retention and privacy. Determining whether or not this is actually meaningful is dependent on what the data is used for, etc. and I don't have enough knowledge of the subject to make an educated guess.
- unishark 6y agoSeems like that would be interpreted as "at least" to me. Where do they say it must be deleted after the 180 days?
- namibj 6y agoE.g. under GDPR (yes, I know that law likely doesn't apply to this), you need to have a legitimate interest or consent to collect/retain personal information. You don't have to instantly scrub it from your storage, but this 180 day rule would force you to delete it shortly after the 180 days are up, probably within a couple weeks.