I get user data protection and all that, but when you know that the charges are drug-related and they'd get a warrant anyway, why not cooperate and make it easier for everyone?
Would you risk having your servers seized for someone you know committed a crime? If you do, you make it very easy for competitors to shut you down.
edit: I'm assuming they don't blindly trust the police, but can verify the transactions to the drug site themselves. If that's not the case, making the police get a warrant would be the right thing to do.
Would you risk having your servers seized for someone you know committed a crime? If you do, you make it very easy for competitors to shut you down.
edit: I'm assuming they don't blindly trust the police, but can verify the transactions to the drug site themselves. If that's not the case, making the police get a warrant would be the right thing to do.