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They do need a court order, see my other comment

• buran77 5y ago
  There are ISPs who provide that information based on agreements with the law firms (what you called the automated process - quite literally there's no meaningful human intervention at any point which goes against every principle). Those cases will be dropped as soon as they receive a counter letter from a lawyer because it's the kind of thing that's supposed to stay in the shadow. A court order is not supposed to be automated because it's exceedingly simple to make it output whatever you want while still claiming good faith.
  • lgierth 5y ago
    Ah I did not know that, thanks! - My dozen or so cases have always had a court order attached. Worrying that there are ISPs that hand out data without one...