If nobody finds out about an illegal thing that you did, it doesn't immediately become legal. Imagine you send a GDPR wipeout request to a company. You have no

If nobody finds out about an illegal thing that you did, it doesn't immediately become legal. Imagine you send a GDPR wipeout request to a company. You have no way to check whether they really delete all your data, but I hope you agree that it would be illegal for them to not do it.