Comment by BlueTemplar

Far from me to try to defend platforms, but I am still wondering (for years now) :

How are data deletion requests supposed to be handled in practice, when the only way to be sure is to physically destroy the hardware that data was stored on ? (Especially the case for transistor-based storage, and even more so when wear leveling is being used.)

Or is this is actually a "pinky promise" by the company to not restore the data (or else they will have to face legal consequences) ?