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ISP Sued Over Suspended Email Account

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lost-job-opportunities dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "A Canadian woman is suing her former ISP over their suspension of her email account. Their accounting system screwed up, and they suspended her account while they sought payment from her. What she didn't realize was that email sent to that address continued to pile up, without any notification to the sender that she had no access to it. She lost a chance at a $65,000 contract job at the Discovery channel because of this. Read the article at CNet, the complaint she brought to the Canadian Privacy Commisioner, and further details from the woman herself on Cryptome.org."

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  1. Acount system screw up=ISP fault by Picass0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This ISP better get ready to fork up 65k + damages.

  2. Not only did she lose the job offer... by brianvan · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... she also lost the chance to get a low interest mortgage, purchase cheap airline tickets, and enlarge her penis!

    1. Re:Not only did she lose the job offer... by spatrick_123 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think the ISP is lucky that she isn't suing them for the 25 million that she lost out on by not being able to assist Mr. Nagumbamboa sneak his family's wealth out of Nigeria.

  3. I'm going to sue Hotmail by Lxy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without even so much as asking, they just deleted my account with no backup of my inbox. Because of MSN/Hotmail, I've now lost these amazing oppurtunities to:

    Enlarge my penis
    Enlarge my breasts
    Meet Singles in my area
    Meet Sexy singles in my area
    Meet my former classmates all over again
    Refinance my house at a low, low interest rate
    Consolodate my debt
    Copy DVDs
    Lose weight while I sleep
    Work from Home
    Accept written guarantees of hundreds, if not thousands of dollars
    Get my .BIZ or .INFO domain while it's still available.

    Watch out Bill Gates... I've got about 100 million dollars in lost oppurtunity because of you, and I'm going to come and get it!

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    There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
    :wq
  4. Re:Come on people think about this a moment by FreeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is EXACTLY what they did to her, but only in the "virtual" world..

    So she should virtually win the case. The ISP should virtually pay here large amounts of virtual cash for her virtual damages. Seems virtually fair to me.

  5. Lost job offer by duren686 · · Score: 3, Funny

    She lost a chance at a $65,000 contract job at the Discovery channel because of this.

    I'm sure that they would have been glad to welcome her to the team when they read a "This email address has been suspended" auto-message.

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    Y2K Compliant since the late 1890s
  6. Re:sounds a little iffy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it's 65k canadian, which works out to about $3.50 US. The cost for the long distance call would have been greater than the salary.

  7. Get Rich Quick! by Kaboom13 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just think, how many times have many opportunities to aid rich Nigerians in distress (for a 20% cut) because of your isp's spam filters? I demand reperations be paid for the money I might have earned on these unique opportunities!