Subpoenas and Gag Orders
Discussions center on whether tech companies like OpenAI must comply with government subpoenas, court orders, or National Security Letters for user data, often under gag orders preventing disclosure of such requests.
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of course they wouldn’t, voluntarily. and you shouldn’t want them to. under subpoena however, they would have to.
What law mandates forced compliance outside subpoenas?
In the US this is done with National Security Letters and Court Orders, both of which usually include gag orders - so no.
I don't think it is legally possible. I believe these requests are usually accompanied by gag orders.
Unless they're under a legal gag-order?
They get subpoenaed if they don't agree
It belies the fact that OP prompted the lawyers to subpoena him.
Absolutely not. If they get subpoenaed (as is the case here) they have no choice but to share it.
Perhaps a secret court order forbids them from doing that.
I don’t know about employment contracts, but Google around for info about National Security Letters and gag orders. It’s certainly a thing, at least when the other party is the federal government.