Use an encryption key hierarchy and delete (one of) the keys Until a court or politician says otherwise, "Deleting data" means inaccesible, not physically dest

Use an encryption key hierarchy and delete (one of) the keys Until a court or politician says otherwise, "Deleting data" means inaccesible, not physically destroyed. AFAIK GDPR, CCPA don't specify deletion means physical destruction. You can kill one or one-thousand backups with the same effort.