One of the more challenging aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for IT groups responsible for backup and archiving, concerns the data subject rights articulated in Chapter 3: in particular, Article 17, the right to erasure, often referred to as the “right to be forgotten”.

Before I discuss this topic further, I want to remind you that I’m a storage professional not a lawyer, so although I feel relatively well-informed to discuss this subject,...