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It is common practice in the industry to never delete data. There are also legal reasons for this.
by throwntoday 4y ago
It is common practice in the industry to never delete data. There are also legal reasons for this.
- ehutch79 4y agoThe way things SHOULD be, and the way things ARE, are not always the same thing.
- jacquesm 4y agoHaving been part of 'the industry' for the last 40 years or so I'm fairly well informed about how things are done and that between 'common practice' and 'actual implementation details' there can be a very, very large difference.
- Melatonic 4y agoTake a screenshot of the Tweet? Download the page with the tweet on it? Seems easy enough if you want a record of it existing. Odd argument for sure. This thread itself is now historical record that it exists.....
- zhfliz 4y agonot arguing in favor of op but there's also legal reasons to not keep data.
- sjs382 4y agoDepending on context (GDPR, CCPA, etc) there are legal reasons to actually delete data when your users request to rather than simply mark the data as "deleted". I understand OP's "I would not make any assumptions about implementation details to which I have no access." approach. That said though, I wouldn't expect any sort of "investigation", so my approach would probably be the same as most: "meh, delete it, change my password, revoke tokens and move on".