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Or some overzealous engineer said hey guys let's delete all data 7 days after an account is canceled. This is called over optimizing.
by hallway_monitor 5y ago
Or some overzealous engineer said hey guys let's delete all data 7 days after an account is canceled. This is called over optimizing.
- dangrossman 5y agoSuch a decision is just as likely to have come from the legal/compliance team as an engineer. Data you no longer have clear consent or a legitimate business need to store is a liability, and if you operate in Europe, potentially illegal to continue storing.
- hinkley 5y agoIt’s amazing how much stupid shit we do to keep the legal guys happy while their bosses are busy engaging in <checks news headlines%> tax evasion, graft, bribery, fraud, embezzlement, illegal dumping, sexual harassment, sexual assault, statutory rape, solicitation to commit murder, and my personal favorite and I’m sure yours too: human trafficking. But sure, we can break all of our users to avoid the possibility of you having to write some legal briefs and us paying a small fine for keeping data 7 days instead of three.