Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 3, 2014 @01:26AM 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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Unsending E-mail by DERoss · 2014-07-03 02:53 · Score: 5, Interesting

The ancient Roman Horace (65-8 bce) said: "Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled."
More recently, Omar, the Tentmaker (died ca 1123 ce) said:
"The moving finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety or Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it."