If the government is willing to spend the effort to investigate, they’ll find that deleted comment you posted 10 years ago criticizing the government.
But if you want to find your lost files after your cloud account gets suspended for vague “ToS Violations”, I hope you have a backup, because good luck trying to get the cloud provider to send you a copy of your files.
It might be out there, but not for you.
Unless you convince a government to try and get it for you. 🤔
A modern spin on it would be like:
The son is accused of drug trafficking
The father: “I can’t access the cloud drive account on [Site Name]”
The son: “If you ever remember the password and get in, delete the account. That’s where my (drug trade) ledger is”
Overnight, the FBI filed subpoena to the cloud company requesting a copy of any files on any of [the father]'s accounts. Within days, the company compiled and send the info to the FBI.
[The son]'s defence attorney got a copy of the files due to the discovery process, and passed it on to the father.
The father: “Son, I don’t know how, but your lawyer just sent me an email this afternoon with all the family photos”
I like your version better!