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> there was a script that was supposed to actually delete the entries ... was there for legal and compliance issues. Sounds like the laws worked in this case.

• vasco 2y ago
  No you don't understand, the script exists for plausible deniability, it even runs sometimes! And if you find out we didn't delete your data, we might even go out of our way to run it for you. Except if the script doesn't run anymore because it's been broken. Or because 5 microservices were added since the last time we "actually had to run it", and so even running it makes no assurance it actually deletes everything about you. But if an internal lawyer really puts their foot down, we might put an intern looking at it for a couple of days. I'd bet a finger this is how it works in most companies, and I know I've seen worse versions.