Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Filing 1548

REQUEST FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION. Signed by Judge Alsup on 3/23/16. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/23/2016)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ORACLE AMERICA, INC.,

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No. C 10-03561 WHA

Plaintiff,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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v.
GOOGLE INC.,

REQUEST FOR
FURTHER CLARIFICATION

Defendant.
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Oracle has not answered the question. Oracle is correct that Facebook permits users to

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configure their privacy settings so that individual posts are accessible to Internet users without

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logging on to Facebook (i.e., entering a password). Nevertheless, as stated, the collection of a

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Facebook user’s posts (called a “timeline”), is only accessible to other Facebook users,

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regardless of the user’s privacy settings. The only way to view a Facebook post that a user has

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classified as “public” without logging on is if an investigator somehow discovers the URL for

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that particular post, which is virtually impossible without logging onto Facebook. By

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MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, MARCH 23,

Oracle will please explain with specificity how it intends to

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view any juror’s “public” Facebook posts and how that procedure squares with its statement

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that its investigators will not log onto Facebook.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: March 23, 2016.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE