Yahoo sued for $4 billion over access to user info

skankydog writes "A judge filed an injuction preventing Yahoo from publishing their privacy policy. It seems that a partner of broadcast.com is suing Yahoo for denying them access to user data. Heck, just read the story." The cute factors here are the huge amount of money sought and Yahoo's situation. They're being sued for having a half-decent privacy policy and refusing to release user information that a company they purchased had agreed, by contract, to release. Oh the irony: if you violate people's privacy, they get irritated, and if you don't, you get sued.