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0 pointsicedchai7y ago0 comments

The solution is to keep a list of "things to exclude" if a backup is ever restored. This is reasonable. Rewriting old backups is not reasonable.

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Would such a list not by nature consist of PII?

Not necessarily. It might consist of user IDs (integers, UUIDs) or hashed values of something that can be mapped to the user...

User ID's are considered PII though. If it can be mapped to the user, it's by definition identifying information

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0 pointsicedchai7y ago0 comments

The solution is to keep a list of "things to exclude" if a backup is ever restored. This is reasonable. Rewriting old backups is not reasonable.

Would such a list not by nature consist of PII?

Not necessarily. It might consist of user IDs (integers, UUIDs) or hashed values of something that can be mapped to the user...

User ID's are considered PII though. If it can be mapped to the user, it's by definition identifying information

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