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General Data Protection Regulation, Article 17: Right to erasure

What it says

A company must erase personal data 'without undue delay' when, for example, it is no longer needed or consent is withdrawn. The article sets no day count and says nothing specific about backups.

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  1. 01If I delete my data from an app, is it deleted from backups too?Eventually, but usually not at the same moment. EU and UK law require erasure without undue delay, and the UK regulator, the ICO, says backups count but may be put 'beyond use' until they are overwritten; Google Cloud commits to deleting customer data within about six months, and some backups are locked so that no one can delete them early.Privacy and deletion

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