Rocky Mountain Bank–the institution that reportedly sent a Gmail user a list of its customers’ names, Social Security Numbers, and loan information by accident, then went to court to force Google to disable the account–has taken a step in the right direction. Elinor Mills at Cnet reports:

“After notifying the account owner, we complied with the court’s order. However, after working with Rocky Mountain Bank and the court, we resolved the issue around the bank’s error, and both sides have agreed to vacate the TRO and dismiss the case,” [Google’s Andrew Pederson] said.

While we regret that the user has been locked out of their account through no fault of their own, we’re not legally able to reactivate the account until the court approves our motion to dismiss the case and vacate the TRO,” Pederson added. “We’re hopeful that the court will act quickly, and as soon as the motion is approved, we’ll reactivate the account.”

Good! Case almost closed, I hope–although I wonder how Rocky Mountain is doing at alerting the customers whose privacy was apparently compromised by the bank’s actions, and whether any of them our contemplating legal action of their own…

 
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