Purge old accounts or wait for potential privacy law updates

Privacy Questions
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I want to purge as much as I can off the internet while going through my old emails, but I learned of Canada’s bill C-27. Part of this bill was supposed to give Canadians a form of right to data erasure, however recently it has suffered some setbacks.

Should I go through and continue with my plan of purging?
Or do you think I should wait until the government finally (if ever) gets around to better privacy laws and purge then?

The main benefit of waiting would be the ability to send data deletion requests, but I am unsure of potential downsides.

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I would not rely on government regulations to aid you in what you want to do and have your privacy set up be a certain way.

You should continue on purging.

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Please note that what I’m about to say does not have a solid legal basis.

However, you could invoke on the GDPR (Article 17) and claim to be an EU citizen. In practice, very few services verify this detail. Similarly, you could claim to be a resident of California and rely on the CCPA (CIV § 1798.105). Keep in mind that these approaches apply only to services available in the respective regions (EU/US).