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In this Network World article, a US District Court Judge in California ordered Google to deactivate the Gmail account of a User who accidentally received personally identifiable information.  An employee of Rocky Mountain Bank sent an e-mail to the User’s account in error containing names, Social Security Numbers and loan information of more than 1300 bank customers.  Once the employee realized their mistake, they quickly sent a follow-up e-mail requesting that the recipient destroy the previous e-mail and contact Rocky Mountain Bank as soon as possible.  After receiving no reply from the recipient, the bank contacted Google and asked for information on the Gmail accountRead More →