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Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails

Posted by timothy on from the need-to-turn-on-google-labs-for-unsend dept.

rudy_wayne (414635) writes A Goldman Sachs contractor was testing internal changes made to Goldman Sachs system and prepared a report with sensitive client information, including details on brokerage accounts. The report was accidentally e-mailed to a 'gmail.com' address rather than the correct 'gs.com' address. Google told Goldman Sachs on June 26 that it couldn't just reach into Gmail and delete the e-mail without a court order. Goldman Sachs filed with the New York Supreme Court, requesting "emergency relief" to avoid a privacy violation and "avoid the risk of unnecessary reputational damage to Goldman Sachs."

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  1. Reputational Damage by what2123 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ha. Hahahaha. Ha.

    1. Re:Reputational Damage by ketomax · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't worry it will be automatically deleted after 30 days.

    2. Re:Reputational Damage by flyingsquid · · Score: 5, Funny

      So basically what happened is that someone started typing an email to "Joeblow@gs.com" and got as far as "Joeblow@g" before the autocomplete helpfully added "gmail.com". And then they hit "send". Through a combination of carelessness and cluelessness, this employee managed to put hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars of customer funds at risk. Well, given what happened the last time Goldman made a mistake of this magnitude, it's clear that there's only one course of action for the company. And that's to give this employee a massive bonus.

    3. Re:Reputational Damage by Cryacin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Where's the undo button? Oh right, speed dial my lawyer.

      --
      Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
  2. Yeah by boristdog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Barbara Striesand never returns my e-mails either.

  3. Too late by Slizzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    "avoid the risk of unnecessary reputational damage to Goldman Sachs." I'd say it's too late for that now, mate.

  4. Re:Disclaimer? by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's your email address? Because, I want to send you an email with a giant disclosure at the end which says you owe me $1 million if you read the email.

    --
    "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
  5. Re:Disclaimer? by Skater · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've tried replying to let them know they sent the email to the wrong address (as requested in the disclaimer), along with a bill for $200 for the service. They never respond.