Does data deletion fix compliance issues?

Deletion is necessary but not sufficient. Think of it like patching a single hull breach while ignoring others. **GDPR** and **CCPA** require deletion upon valid request, but compliance spans collection, consent, storage, and processing.

You must honor deletion requests within specified timeframes (30 days for **GDPR**, 45 for **CCPA**). But you also need lawful basis for collection, proper consent mechanisms, documented retention policies, and secure processing throughout. Deletion fixes one requirement among many.

True compliance requires systematic data governance. Document why you collect each data point, how long you keep it, and who accesses it. Audit regularly to ensure practice matches policy. Deletion is one cleanup task in ongoing maintenance.