In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 IN RE GOOGLE REFERRER HEADER Case No. 10-cv-04809-EJD PRIVACY LITIGATION

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISMISS

Re: Dkt. No. 107 11

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