6 years of data
This got me thinking about backups which hold client data. As I read this, those would also have to be cleaned too, but then I thought about the 6 year data retention required by the gov etc. How can a company clean old data but still be compliant?
Another way of looking at it is I run sage and have backups from day 1 of my biz. If Mr Johnny down the road comes to me and says I need to remove all his data, that will be impossible without deleting the backups, which the tax inspector will demand I restore as needed. Even editing sage won't be enough to remove him and satisfy any future audits.