Bank Goofs, and Judge Orders Gmail Account Nuked

Posted by kdawson on Saturday September 26, 2009 @09:43AM from the oops-our-bad dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Rocky Mountain Bank, based in Wyoming, accidentally sent confidential financial information to the wrong Gmail account. When Google refused to identify the innocent account owner's information, citing its privacy policy, the bank filed in Federal court to have the account deactivated and the user's information revealed. District Judge James Ware granted the bank's request, with the result that the user has had his email access cut off without any wrongdoing or knowledge of why." The Reg's earlier story says, "Rocky Mountain Bank had asked to court to keep its suit under seal, hoping to avoid panic among its customers and a 'surge of inquiry.' But obviously, this wasn't successful."

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Re:Can the Poor SOB sue for damages? by grahamwest · 2009-09-26 09:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Sewing for damages?
Fear the giant quilt of redress!

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Re:Redirect the evil! by cheftw · 2009-09-26 11:43 · Score: 5, Funny

and I will backfire badly
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It's not like it coud have been a typo, you capitalised it.
Is this some new americanism?

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Re:G-Mail? by easyTree · 2009-09-26 12:18 · Score: 5, Funny

You appear to have accidentally hit the nail on the head.
Well done.

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