If I was being compelled to violate the 4th Amendment rights of my customers, I'd massively and securely erase any data that isn't vital to my service, or if th

If I was being compelled to violate the 4th Amendment rights of my customers, I'd massively and securely erase any data that isn't vital to my service, or if that conflicted with the rights of my customers given being compelled by a secret court, I'd simply shut down my business. That's what I'd expect any company which espouses a "do no evil" policy to do. Literally, if you are doing evil, especially if you are being compelled to do so, take whatever action is necessary to prevent further evil from being done. As for the letter in the article, I find it completely insufficient. Asking for the ability to disclose how many secret compulsions are made against these companies isn't useful information for us. Further, it doesn't actually fix the problem. There shouldn't be secret requests being made. It should all be done under normal warrants, with exceptional cases that actually require secrecy decided by a judge, not the NSA. In this way, when your information is collected but isn't pertinent to national security, Google can actually inform you.