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> 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.



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".


Which countries?


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.




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