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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. Non-story. by u38cg · · Score: 5, Informative

    Already blocked

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  2. Re:Reputational Damage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    yeah.

  3. Re:Disclaimer? by fuzznutz · · Score: 5, Informative

    At least every lawyer type e-mail I get has a giant disclaimer at the end if you are NOT the intended recipient. Perhaps GS should have considered using that? Over paid dopes.

    Every time I see one of those worthless disclaimers, I crack up. You can't unring a bell and I am under NO obligation to delete any email that was sent to me if it was addressed to my email account. If you typed the wrong address, that's your problem, not mine.

  4. Re:Disclaimer? by blane.bramble · · Score: 3, Informative

    You are incorrect. The email may be mis-addressed, but you are still the intended recipient of that email, as given by the fact the email envelope has you as the recipient. You therefore have a legally acceptable record that that individual email was sent directly to you.

  5. Re: Reputational Damage by JoeJohnson2175 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, exchange server does have security to help inforce this. Maybe they need new IT policies.

  6. Re:Too late now by KiloByte · · Score: 3, Informative

    No -- according to the updated article, the account hasn't been accessed between the mail was sent and Google breached it to comply with Goldman Sachs' demand.

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  7. Treat it like regular mail. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 3, Informative

    If the mail has not yet been delivered, then Google can stop the deliver and bill Goldman for the cost of stopping the delivery. If it has already been delivered, it is the property of the recipient. You can't do anything about it. At best Goldman can go after the recipient and get a gag order from the court. But Google is out of the picture.

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  8. Re: Reputational Damage by kenh · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or, he just mistakenly typed '@gmail.com' instead of '@gs.com'

    Before autocorrect, people used to make this kind of mistake all the time, it was so common we had a name for it - we called it a 'typo', and we were forced to take ownership of the mistake.

    Now we either call it txt-speak or we blame it on auto-correct.

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