In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 IN RE GOOGLE REFERRER HEADER Case No. 10-cv-04809-EJD 8 PRIVACY LITIGATION

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

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DISMISS

10 Re: Dkt. No. 107 11 12

13 This is a class action concerning Defendant Google, LLC’s alleged disclosure of users’ 14 search terms to third party servers; it was originally settled in 2013. The case now returns to the 15 Court upon remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, which vacated the settlement and instructed this 16 Court to evaluate the plaintiffs’ Article III standing in light of its decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. 17 Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016). See Frank v. Gaos, 139 S. Ct. 1041, 1046 (2019). The Court has 18 now done so, aided by the parties’ briefing and a hearing conducted on June 4, 2020. The Court 19 finds that Plaintiffs have standing to bring their claims and DENIES Defendant’s motion to 20 dismiss. 21 I. BACKGROUND 22 This suit’s path to the present motion is a long and circuitous one; accordingly, a brief 23 review…