How to delete GDPR right-to-forget data from backup?

[champanyie]

If a GDPR right-to-erasure request comes in to remove any emails pertaining to an EU Subject then I can see how to search the backup for the subject's name etc, but how do I delete any such items I find?

Or do I have have to effectively delete the entire backup and re-run it again once I have removed the items from the Office 365 mailboxes?

Thanks

[HannesK]

Hello,
GDPR rates the requirement for backup higher than the right to be forgotten. That means that there is no requirement to delete anything in the backups.

Best regards,
Hannes

[nielsengelen]

You can remove data via PowerShell using Remove-VBOEntityData. I created a small GUI tool for this last year (see my blog post: https://foonet.be/2019/10/04/veeam-back ... ol-update/).

[champanyie]

Thank you both