7 Data deletion
This chapter covers
- What is meant when we refer to data deletion
- Why companies need to delete data
- How modern data collection works
- Deleting account-level data
- Deleting warehouse data and sensitive data
- How to structure data ownership
We have, so far, looked at privacy as a holistic business differentiator as well as a risk mitigator, involving processes such as classifying data, building an inventory, sharing data securely, and conducting technical privacy reviews. Another key concept in data privacy is data deletion; this is critical, since most security and privacy risks emanate from data misuse, leakage, and exfiltration. Chapter 5 provided some useful techniques for obfuscating data so as to mitigate privacy harms if the ...
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