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by DigitalJack 3896 days ago
The part of the sentence you left out: unless required by law.
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That can be assumed to be true of any statement made in such a policy, regardless of whether it's there or not. No company can credibly claim that they will defy the law on your behalf.
Pretty sure that applies to any and all companies regardless of what they put in their ToS...
Almost, but not quite all!

The first exception that comes to mind is tarsnap. Who does not only offer that promise, but offers code and reasoning for why it is impossible for them to compromise your data even if law enforcement comes calling!

Lavabit also comes to mind. While they could have technically compromised their customers, when law enforcement came calling (after Snowden famously used them), the owner chose to shut down instead of complying with the requests of law enforcement.

That said, such heroes are few and far between.