Who ever heard of data that was really deleted or purged? IT folks work really hard to ensure that data can't easily be deleted in such a way that it will disa

Who ever heard of data that was really deleted or purged? IT folks work really hard to ensure that data can't easily be deleted in such a way that it will disappear irrecoverably. Legislation will not fix the fundamental problem that some data is actually really hard to selectively delete. Take the very common scenario of some small company that made backups of its databases to tape for years and years. If you were to exercise your right to purge your data, how can this be reasonably done? If they just delete it from their online, live database you'll have folks cry foul because they didn't really delete it. What a mess!