CCSP Legal, Risk, and Compliance Practice Question
In a cloud environment, a data subject exercises their right to erasure under GDPR. The cloud provider has multiple replicas and backups. What is the primary technical challenge in fulfilling this request?
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Ensuring deletion from backups and replicas within retention periods
GDPR's right to erasure requires deletion of all copies, including from backups and replicas, which is technically complex due to retention policies and storage architecture.
Answer analysis
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Transferring data to another controller
Why it's wrong here
That is for portability, not erasure.
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Ensuring deletion from backups and replicas within retention periods
Why this is correct
Correct. Backups are often immutable or have retention periods that prevent immediate deletion.
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Obtaining consent from other data subjects
Why it's wrong here
Not relevant to erasure.
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Identifying the data subject's data across all systems
Why it's wrong here
Identification is a step, but the main challenge is deletion from backups.
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