Dropbox: Oops, yeah, we didn't actually delete all your files (theregister.co.uk)

This is a problem with all cloud storage as far as I know. Just like "deleting" a file on your PC all you have done is remove the pointers to it. Still forensically available unless you actually overwrite the media.

Please someone report them to the European privacy watchdog for this.

The rest of the cloud storage providers go to great lengths to make sure this kind of mistake isn't possible.

Dropbox should be punished for abusing the fact their internal deletion methods aren't auditable to allow data to go undeleted.