This is bad when it comes to personal data, like the VPN provider that claimed not to be logging. Companies should spend every effort to secure people's data, and can face large fines in the event of a leak. In erasing the data, Meow is also erasing the evidence of their crimes. Instead, Meow should ransom the data and set a fine proportional to the company's size, revenue, the sensitivity of the personal data, whether that personal data should have been collected in the first place, whether that data should be public-facing, etc. Then Meow can be made a public service, perhaps paid with taxpayer money, and bring about justice.