Bank goofs, innocent user's Gmail account killed

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Bank goofs and sends customer PII to an email account.

Bank sends message pleading retroactive disclaimer.  (But useless disclaimers are 
another topic.)

Email address doesn't respond.

Bank goes to Google.  Google says "tell it to the judge."

Bank goes to court, and (after an undefined shift in judges) gets order to shut down 
email address.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114264

or

http://bit.ly/j99h2

OK, lemme get this straight: the bank creates a mess, so the best solution is for 
some third party to lose email?

I suspect this one will result in interesting appeals.

(Also suddenly makes the "Presidential kill switch" [http://bit.ly/NCR1Z]  
marginally less absurd ...)  


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