[malka]

> I think it would be unreasonable for me to demand that a shop I buy from delete the record of who purchased it.

Why ? for recent transaction, they need to keep it for tax purposes but they have no legal need to keep old records.

[tut-urut-utut]

In some countries, they need to keep it for 10 years for tax and audit reasons.

I wouldn't call 10 years "recent transactions". Heck, for most of the online shops, it's more like "forever".

[Sosh101]

Which countries?

[kelnos]

I don't think "need" matters here. They have a record of a transaction, and they want to keep that record. I don't think I have a right to demand that they delete that data.

The GDPR/CCPA/etc. likely has different requirements here, and probably requires deletion after they're no longer needed (for tax purposes or whatever).

But I personally have financial records going back decades, so I can't fault a company for wanting to do the same thing.