Lien
Lien v. Talkdesk, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
REBEKKA LIEN, et al., Case No. 24-cv-06467-VC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
TALKDESK, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 11 Defendant.
The motion to dismiss is granted because the plaintiffs have not alleged a concrete injury sufficient to establish Article III standing. The plaintiffs say they were harmed because Talkdesk infringed their interests in controlling their personal, private information. See In re Facebook, Inc. Internet Tracking Litigation, 956 F.3d 589, 598 (9th Cir. 2020). But whether that interest is infringed depends on whether the information at issue is actually personal and private. See, e.g., Valenzuela v. Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., 2023 WL 6609351, at *3 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 10, 2023). Moreover, the asserted injury must bear a “close relationship” to a “harm traditionally recognized as providing a basis for a lawsuit in American courts.” TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U.S. 413, 432 (2021). The plaintiffs do not meaningfully attempt to satisfy this requirement, but the best common law analog for their asserted harm is that addressed by…