[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44222: Add Archive state to data erasure requests

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#44222: Add Archive state to data erasure requests
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 Reporter:  garrett-eclipse  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Privacy          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:  administration
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Changes (by xkon):

 * keywords:  needs-patch => close


Comment:

 I'm a little confused here @garrett-eclipse.

 You're mentioning that "Trash" / "Archive" would help on a case of
 database restoration, how would that be of help though if the database is
 restored? You're restoring a list that should already contain any "up to
 that point" requests but any newer than those would've been lost. That
 includes most likely a full database so everything "after that point" is
 lost.

 The only way to be up to point in case of a backup restoration is by
 having an extra way of keeping all requests externally as their own backup
 system and this leads to a different option of being able to import/export
 your current requests for safekeeping if you wish to.

 Am I missing anything on how a Trash action would be of help in this case?
 We already have all the needed statuses in my opinion for the list to keep
 itself "clean" as it is, an extra Trash status wouldn't make much of a
 difference in my opinion.

 We can talk about an exporter/importer for the Requests in office hours if
 that's needed but that's a totally different solution. There have been
 previous discussions for a logging mechanism (similar to import/export
 solution) for this as mentioned in #43912, but that hasn't been moved
 forward either. I'd be more than happy to start discussions on that again
 though!

 I'm marking this with a "close" tag for now but do tell me if I didn't
 understand something so we can discuss further :).

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