[kyriakos]

Usually companies would rather delete uploaded content / text to avoid the chance of the user having disclosed private information through that content which will remain if simply "anonymized" because the account holder's PII is disconnected from the content. The liability is high enough to warrant deleting the content.

[joblessjunkie]

I agree, "legitimate" companies usually want to comply and to do right by their users. That's why I get hired.

But currently the entire online analytics and advertising industries are hanging by this thread.