{
  "id": 27625,
  "title": "What really happens to your data when you click ‘delete’?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/what-really-happens-to-your-data-when-you-click-delete",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-02T02:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Moneyweb",
    "slug": "moneyweb",
    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/tech/what-really-happens-to-your-data-when-you-click-delete/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Experts warn that misunderstood deletion processes leave personal information exposed, while AI and cloud storage make permanent erasure even harder.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}