In general, law is ok with good-faith mistakes if you obey the spirit of the law. If you forgot about an off-site backup but then deleted it when you found out

In general, law is ok with good-faith mistakes if you obey the spirit of the law. If you forgot about an off-site backup but then deleted it when you found out about it, I doubt you'd get in much trouble. If you deliberately used a technological mechanism to evade a court order, you'd probably be in for a world of hurt if you got caught, but that's fundamentally no different than committing any other crime and hoping you don't get caught.