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Not American either. As for fighting the subpoena themselves, that's the corp's choice, but kinda nuts to not let the user know about it if they're not going to fight it themselves. But falling over to a government demand (valid or not) protects you from future antitrust accusations.

Answering this from the point of view of an informal request: If it's not a situation of active harm, then they have time to get their court order. If it is a situation of active harm, there should still be a process to ensure the request was valid after the fact. Police can and do lie to get access under false pretences. Without a valid followup process, you can't be assured their request is legit.