| Title | Goldman Sachs: Google Blocked Access to Email Sent by Mistake | |
| Date | Friday July 04 2014, @11:09PM | |
| Author | n1 | |
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| from the too-big-to-suffer-the-consequences dept. | ||
Reuters reports:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc said a contractor emailed confidential client data to a stranger's Gmail account by mistake, and the bank has asked a U.S. judge to order Google Inc to delete the email to avert a "needless and massive" breach of privacy.
The breach occurred on June 23 and included "highly confidential brokerage account information," Goldman said in a complaint filed last Friday in a New York state court in Manhattan.
Ars Technica reports:
At the request of investment bank Goldman Sachs, Google has blocked access to a sensitive e-mail that the bank mistakenly sent to a random Gmail account. Google confirmed to Goldman Sachs that the e-mail had not yet been opened by the recipient, according to a report late Wednesday from Reuters.
The e-mail in question, filled with confidential brokerage account information, was accidentally sent to a gmail.com address instead of a gs.com address by a contractor on June 23. Goldman Sachs tried to contact the e-mail account holder and then got in touch with Google, which initially said it would not take action without a court order. Goldman Sachs then filed for such a court order in a New York state court.
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