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[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gods yes. Destroy that data, per written policy. Who the fuck wants to pay a team of lawyers $500 each to hunt through your data.

keep longer are things legally obligated

Bingo! Then smoke it, automatically and forever.

[โ€“] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yep, if the data doesn't exist because (insert relevant policy here) you have legal defensibiity for not producing it.

And if there's no legal or regulatory requirement for retaining said data... You don't