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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. sue sue sue by claude_juan · · Score: 0, Troll

    i can sue tobacco because i have no willpower. i can sue mcdonalds because i'm a lazy slob. i might as well be able to sue my isp because i dont know how to write a check for my isp bill!

  2. Re:Come on people think about this a moment by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 2, Troll

    They tell you "No not until you pay us what you owe".

    This is a FEDERAL OFFENSE, punishable by jail time..

    Damn, and I thought we had freedom of speech. I'd like to see the U.S. Code that makes this illegal.

    In any case...

    Email is becoming so important to our everyday lives that maybe laws should be passed to protect email, just like they where passed to protect normal mail.

    No, they shouldn't. The internet is not real life. There shouldn't be any laws whatsoever about what I do over the internet.