From time to time, we may use your Personal Information and Traffic Data: (a) if we need to respond to
valid legal process, including, but not limited to, a search warrant, subpoena, or court order, and any other instance when we believe we are required to do so by law; or (b) if we deem it necessary to disclose Personal Information or Traffic Data, in our sole discretion, to comply with any applicable law, regulation,
legal process or governmental request, or to protect our rights or interests.
As you would expect
from a law - abiding corporation, Dropbox has made it explicit in its Security Overview that it will release your data to authorities «when it receives
valid legal process,» and it will remove their encryption
from the data before handing it over.