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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NICHOLAS KIS, Case No. 22-cv-05322-AMO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

DISMISS

COGNISM INC., Re: Dkt. No. 45 Defendant.

12 Cognism Inc.’s motion to dismiss was heard before this Court on September 19, 2023. Having read the papers filed by the parties and carefully considered their arguments therein and those made at the hearing, as well as the relevant legal authority, the Court hereby GRANTS IN PARTS AND DENIES IN PART the motion to dismiss for the following reasons. I. BACKGROUND1 Defendant Cognism, Inc. (“Cognism”) owns and operates a website, cognism.com, that is a prospecting tool for business to business (“B2B”) salespeople and marketers. ECF 1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 1, 4. Cognism.com provides a searchable database with names, contact information, and other information about millions of professionals. Compl. ¶ 6. Cognism collects “community-sourced data” by installing software on…