In today’s world, cyber crimes have become common practice and subsequently subpoena Gmail      records have been subject to heartened debates. However, given that Internet provides anonymity to users and to cyber criminals and cyber spies as well, it is difficult and sometimes even impossible to identify the perpetrators. Google is one of the most popular search engines in present days. However, few users take the time to read the terms of service and privacy policy of the company and  do not know Google’s data protection practices and regulations regarding the use of their services.

It is clearly stipulated in the terms and policy of Google that the company treats personal information and protects the privacy of people who use their services. Except for instances where the victim can subpoena Gmail records, it means that the Google Legal Department has the right to reject any request from an individual or attorney or state to disclose the name or the IP address of a user on the grounds that it is their duty and their rights to project their brand and that such requests are against their privacy policy.

In any cyber crime case the goal is to get Google or any service provider to disclose personal and private data on criminals, attorneys have the possibility to serve a subpoena to them. A subpoena is a court order that can be served on an individual or a collective requesting them to either appear before the court or to get the entire subpoena records. Failing to comply with a subpoena can lead to lawsuit and other legal penalties.

It is a complex and long procedure to get Google disclose subpoena Gmail records, but it is not an unachievable endeavor. However, before having recourse to subpoenas, often victims, with the help of professionals, find other non-litigations means such as mediation to try convince antagonists to stop their criminal behavior by proposing them to remove the damaging information. Court litigation is, most of the time, a last recourse when the antagonists have failed to comply with the request.

When victims opt for court litigation, for example, in instances of internet defamation in the United States, the latter has to file any internet defamation law case in the same country for the attorney to request the court to order a subpoena against ‘John Doe’. It means that prior to filing a lawsuit, the victim does not necessarily have to know the name of the antagonist.

However, some basic legal conditions have to be respected to get subpoena Gmail records and for U.S based companies to comply with the court order. These conditions are: subpoenas have to bear the stamp of the court, they have to be properly served as per the legal regulations, the nature of the specific information requested has to be clearly listed and if the subpoena’s request is for information that is not older than six to twelve months.

If all the conditions are respected, individuals may subpoena Gmail records will include: IP log information, email addresses used to register and other registration information. However, subpoenas usually do not cover the following information: emails details, emails recipients, contents of private conversations.