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Bank Goofs, and Judge Orders Gmail Account Nuked
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."
Wyoming is the home state of Dick Cheney, so TFA is no surprise.
The miscarriage of justice is the fact that Dick hasn't been rounded up and shot in the face with a 12 gauge shotgun. At point-blank range.
Close. It would be like having a package mailed to your home, without your knowledge, that's full of drugs, then the SWAT team kicks down your door, kills your dog, and arrests everyone in the house.
Oh, wait, that happens all the time. "Land of the free" my ass. I officially hate the land of my birth now.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
Whoever modded this troll needs shooting; preferably at birth.
Requiem for the American Dream